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
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
Areae-uk-en
Time period1660 - 1703
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
Areae-uk-en
Time period1703 - 1723
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 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
Other Information
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