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mei/02128564 IA.55011 [02128564]

London, British Library (GB) : IA.55011

ISTC No.ir00365300
AuthorRussell, John
TitlePropositio ad Carolum ducem Burgundiae
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, not after June 1476]
Format4° in divided half-sheets
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
KeywordsCelebratory works; current affairs
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128564
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIA.55011
NoteCreated by David Shaw
Physical DescriptionLeaves 2 and 3 have been transposed in the binding. A printed catalogue description for the Caxton exhibition at the South Kensington Museum in 1877 is bound in at the beginning.
Size of leaves196 × 139 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionBritish Library IA.55011
SourceBlades 7 (12); BMC XI, 103; Duff 367; STC 21458; De Ricci 90: 2.

Provenance 1600 -

PlaceHolkham (Geonames ID: 2646759)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1600 -
Provenance nameHolkham Hall, 1600- [Former Owner] (Library, Aristocracy) A residence of the Coke family from the early 17th century
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, Aristocracy)
Coke, Thomas, 1st Earl of Leicester, 1697-1759 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Clarke and Bedford, bookbinders, 1841-1850 [Person; Binder] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay) In partnership in London, 1841-1850.
Chantrey, Francis [Person; Librarian] (Male, Librarian / Curator, No characterisation/lay) librarian at Holkham Hall, c. 1842-1860.
Collyer, Robert, mid 19th century [Person; Librarian] (Male, Librarian / Curator, No characterisation/lay) Librarian at Holkham Hall
Coke, Thomas Edward William, 5th Earl of Leicester, 1908-1976 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
NoteBound in at the beginning: a note in the hand of Francis Chantrey, librarian at Holkham c. 1842- c. 1860, describing the book as printed 'in 1469 by Caxton when he was in the Low Countries', and a note in the hand of the Revd Robert Collyer, a colleague of Chantrey.
A printed catalogue description for the Caxton exhibition at the South Kensington Museum in 1877 is bound in at the beginning.
Binding noteBound by Clarke and Bedford in brown morocco, tooled in blind and gold, previously in a vellum wrapper (BMC)
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingBlind and gold
Historic ShelfmarkC.1.A5: Holkham Hall shelfmark in pencil in the top right-hand margin of the fly leaf (BMC) (Shelfmark pattern No.: 132)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1951 -

PlaceBritish Museum (Geonames ID: 6697862)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1951 -
Provenance nameBritish Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteBought from Thomas Edward William Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester, November 1951 (BMC)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-03-19 11:23:21

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  02128564

London, British Library (GB) : IA.55011

ISTC No.ir00365300
AuthorRussell, John
TitlePropositio ad Carolum ducem Burgundiae
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, not after June 1476]
Format4° in divided half-sheets
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectRhetoric
KeywordsCelebratory works; current affairs
Periodcontemporary

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128564
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIA.55011
NoteCreated by David Shaw
Physical DescriptionLeaves 2 and 3 have been transposed in the binding. A printed catalogue description for the Caxton exhibition at the South Kensington Museum in 1877 is bound in at the beginning.
Size of leaves196 × 139 mm
Copy FeaturesComplete
Support material (book)Paper
Electronic ReproductionBritish Library IA.55011
SourceBlades 7 (12); BMC XI, 103; Duff 367; STC 21458; De Ricci 90: 2.

Provenance 1600 -

PlaceHolkham (Geonames ID: 2646759)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1600 -
Provenance nameHolkham Hall, 1600- [Former Owner] (Library, Aristocracy) A residence of the Coke family from the early 17th century
Coke, Edward, Sir, 1552-1634 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Lawyer, Aristocracy)
Coke, Thomas, 1st Earl of Leicester, 1697-1759 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
Clarke and Bedford, bookbinders, 1841-1850 [Person; Binder] (Booktrade, No characterisation/lay) In partnership in London, 1841-1850.
Chantrey, Francis [Person; Librarian] (Male, Librarian / Curator, No characterisation/lay) librarian at Holkham Hall, c. 1842-1860.
Collyer, Robert, mid 19th century [Person; Librarian] (Male, Librarian / Curator, No characterisation/lay) Librarian at Holkham Hall
Coke, Thomas Edward William, 5th Earl of Leicester, 1908-1976 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, Aristocracy)
NoteBound in at the beginning: a note in the hand of Francis Chantrey, librarian at Holkham c. 1842- c. 1860, describing the book as printed 'in 1469 by Caxton when he was in the Low Countries', and a note in the hand of the Revd Robert Collyer, a colleague of Chantrey.
A printed catalogue description for the Caxton exhibition at the South Kensington Museum in 1877 is bound in at the beginning.
Binding noteBound by Clarke and Bedford in brown morocco, tooled in blind and gold, previously in a vellum wrapper (BMC)
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
ToolingBlind and gold
Historic ShelfmarkC.1.A5: Holkham Hall shelfmark in pencil in the top right-hand margin of the fly leaf (BMC) (Shelfmark pattern No.: 132)
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered uncertain
SourceBibliography

Provenance 1951 -

PlaceBritish Museum (Geonames ID: 6697862)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1951 -
Provenance nameBritish Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteBought from Thomas Edward William Coke, 5th Earl of Leicester, November 1951 (BMC)
Method of acquisitionPurchase
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered incomplete
Last Edit2021-03-19 11:23:21