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mei/02128857 PL 2051(2) [02128857]

Cambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library (GB) : PL 2051(2)

ISTC No.il00290000
TitleTreatise of love
Imprint[Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, [about 1492-93]
Formatf°
Languageeng
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SubjectLiterature-moral
Periodcontemporary?

Description of Copy

Copy Id02128857
Holding InstitutionCambridge, Magdalene College, Pepys Library (GB)
ShelfmarkPL 2051(2)
Also bound with this copy[1] The Chastysing of goddes Chyldern. Add: William Flete: De remediis contra temptationes [English]. - [Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, c.1492-93 [ic00430000] (MEI ID: 02128856)
[3] [Attributed to] St. Bonaventure: Incipit Speculum vite xp̄i [Meditationes vitae Christi] / [translated into English by Nicholas Love as 'The Mirror of the blessed life of Jesus Christ'. . - [London] : Richard Pynson, [1506] [ESTC no. S125194 ; STC (2nd ed.) 3263; ]
Physical DescriptionWants B2, B5.
Size of leaves274 × 189 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Copy Features - NoteIncludes printer's device.
Support material (book)Paper

Provenance 1493 - 1600

Time period1493 - 1600
Manuscript notesMS marginal notes throughout; includes the name ‘Harry Dane’ on a5r, and on the lower endpaper, two pen signatures for the name “Mary”.
Ms. notes (frequency)Occasional
Location in BookParts only
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1660 - 1703

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1660 - 1703
Provenance namePepys, Samuel, 1633-1703 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeExlibris
Binding
Shelfmark
NoteIncludes bookplates (two instances). The bookplate located on the title page 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 at the end of the volume, beneath the printer’s colophon of 2051(3).
Date of evidence1660-1703
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteSprinkled edges. Includes gilt armorial stamps for Samuel Pepys on upper and lower boards. See Style F in Pepys Library Catalogue (Volume VI: Bindings).
Binding date17th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Board materialPaper
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusOriginal binding (repaired)
Binding Dimensions282 × 195 × 33 mm
ToolingGold
EdgesColoured
Historic ShelfmarkNo. 2051 (made in red ink on upper pastedown; Pepys’s final shelfmark).
1239 (on upper endpaper, crossed through in red ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
1101.B. (on upper endpaper, crossed through in black ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1703 - 1723

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1703 - 1723
Provenance nameJackson, John, 1672-1723 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteCollege records state that the 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
certaintya
psourceg

provenance 1724 -

placenameCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1724 -
ownerCambridge, Magdalene College (Pepys Library), 1724-
provenanceType1
noteDocumentary evidence in College Archives to mark the arrival of Pepys’s library to the College.
certaintya
psourcea

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CambridgeMagdaleneCollegePepysLibrary : PL 2051(2)

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copyId02128857
holdingInstitutionIdCambridgeMagdaleneCollegePepysLibrary
shelfmarkPL 2051(2)
alsoboundinthisitem[1] The Chastysing of goddes Chyldern. Add: William Flete: De remediis contra temptationes [English]. - [Westminster] : Wynkyn de Worde, c.1492-93 [ic00430000] (MEI ID: 02128856)
[3] [Attributed to] St. Bonaventure: Incipit Speculum vite xp̄i [Meditationes vitae Christi] / [translated into English by Nicholas Love as 'The Mirror of the blessed life of Jesus Christ'. . - [London] : Richard Pynson, [1506] [ESTC no. S125194 ; STC (2nd ed.) 3263; ]
physicalDescriptionNoteWants B2, B5.
paperSize274 × 189 mm
copyType1
copyFeaturesNoteIncludes printer's device.
supportMaterialBooka

provenance 1493 - 1600

timeperiod1493 - 1600
msNoteMS marginal notes throughout; includes the name ‘Harry Dane’ on a5r, and on the lower endpaper, two pen signatures for the name “Mary”.
msFrequencya
msLocationd
psourcea

provenance 1660 - 1703

placenameLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
areae-uk-en
timeperiod1660 - 1703
ownerPepys, Samuel, 1633-1703
provenanceType1
1
1
noteIncludes bookplates (two instances). The bookplate located on the title page 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 at the end of the volume, beneath the printer’s colophon of 2051(3).
provDate1660-1703
methodofacqa
bindingNoteSprinkled edges. Includes gilt armorial stamps for Samuel Pepys on upper and lower boards. See Style F in Pepys Library Catalogue (Volume VI: Bindings).
bindingDateu
bindingTypec
boardMaterialg
coverMaterialb
bindingStatuse
bindingdimensions282 × 195 × 33 mm
toolingb
edgesb
Historic ShelfmarkNo. 2051 (made in red ink on upper pastedown; Pepys’s final shelfmark).
1239 (on upper endpaper, crossed through in red ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
1101.B. (on upper endpaper, crossed through in black ink, an earlier Pepys shelfmark).
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

Provenance 1703 - 1723

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1703 - 1723
Provenance nameJackson, John, 1672-1723 [Person; Former Owner] (Male, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteCollege records state that the 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
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceDocumentary source

Provenance 1724 -

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1724 -
Provenance nameCambridge, Magdalene College (Pepys Library), 1724- [Corporate body; Present Owner]
Provenance TypeDocumentary Evidence
NoteDocumentary evidence in College Archives to mark the arrival of Pepys’s library to the College.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceBook in hand

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Last Edit2019-07-18 15:30:58