Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library (GB)
: PL 1254(3)
ISTC No.iw00010800
TitleWednesday's Fast
Imprint[Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, [about 1500]
Format4°
Languageeng
SubjectLiterature-Devotional
Periodmedieval?
Description of Copy
Copy Id02128398
Holding InstitutionCambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library (GB)
ShelfmarkPL 1254(3)
Also bound with this copy(1) Here begynneth the Iustes of the moneth of Maye parfurnysshed [and] done by Charles brandon. Thomas knyuet. Gyles Capell, [and] Wyllyam Hussy. The .xxii. yere of the reygne of our souerayne lorde Kynge Henry the seuenth.. - [London] : [Wynkyn de Worde], [1507?] [ESTC Citation: S111362 ; STC (2nd ed.): 3543.; ]
(2) Hawes, Stephen: Example of vertu. - [London] : [Wynkyn de Worde], [1506?] [ESTC Citation: S112194 ; STC (2nd ed.): 12945; ]
(4) The Rote or myrour of consolacyon and conforte. - Westminster : Wynkyn de Worde, [1499] [ir00339000] (MEI ID: 02128399)
(5) Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford: The epitaph of the most noble and valiant Jasper late Duke of Beddeforde. - [London] : Richard Pynson, [about 1496] [ij00218300] (MEI ID: 02128400)
(6) Foundation of the Chapel of Walsingham [in verse]. - London : Richard Pynson, about 1496 [iw00002700] (MEI ID: 02128499)
Size of leaves185 × 124 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Copy Features - NoteIncludes woodcuts and printer's device of Wynkyn de Worde.
Support material (book)Paper
Provenance
1606 -
1682
Areae-uk-en
Time period1606 - 1682
NoteFor information concerning Smith's ownership of the copy of this text, and its purchase by Pepys at auction c.1682, see Oates, J.C.T. (1958) “Richard Pynson and the Holy Blood of Hayles” The Library, volume s5-xiii, issue 4: 269-277.
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1682 -
1703
Areae-uk-en
Time period1682 - 1703
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Shelfmark
NoteIncludes bookplates (two instances). The bookplate located on the page opposite a1 depicts the portrait engraving of Samuel Pepys in oval surround, created by Robert White in 1690, after the Sir Godfrey Kneller portrait. The bookplate includes Pepys's motto as subscript. Also includes an example of the 'rear bookplate' created by [?] Sutton Nicholls (fl. 1680-1729), with stylised fouled anchors and rope design, and Pepys's motto, this being situated on the lower endpaper.
Date of evidence1682-1703
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteSprinkled edges. Includes gilt armorial stamps for Samuel Pepys on upper and lower boards. See Style H in Pepys Library Catalogue (Volume VI: Bindings).
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions192 × 134 × 24 mm
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Decoration NoteVery worn tooling on spine.
Historic ShelfmarkNo. 1254 (made in red ink on upper pastedown; Pepys’s final shelfmark).
702 B. (on upper endpaper, crossed through in black ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
759 (on upper endpaper, crossed through in black ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
811.4 (on upper endpaper, crossed through in red ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
SourceBook in hand
Provenance
1703 -
1723
Areae-uk-en
Time period1703 - 1723
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteCollege records state that Pepys's library came to Magdalene College, Cambridge, in 1724 in accordance with the codicil to Samuel Pepys's will. The wife of John Jackson gave the books to Magdalene upon John Jackson's death in 1723.
Date of evidence1703-1723
Method of acquisitionBequest
SourceDocumentary source
Provenance
1724 -
PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1724 -
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteDocumentary evidence in College Archives to mark the arrival of Pepys's library to the College.
Date of evidence1724
Method of acquisitionBequest
SourceBook in hand
Other Information
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