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mei/02137505 IB.55016 [02137505]

London, British Library (GB) : IB.55016

ISTC No.ic00435400
AuthorChaucer, Geoffrey
TitleThe Parlement of Foules [and other poems]
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, about 1477]
Format4°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02137505
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIB.55016
NoteFragment of 14 leaves: ff.[a]2-7 and quire [c]. Mutilated and damaged by damp. Wormeaten.
NoteCreated by John Goldfinch
Size of leaves209 × 147 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Binding waste
Electronic ReproductionBL IB.55016
SourceBMC XI, p.110. De Ricci, A census of Caxtons 25: 2

Provenance 1478 -

PlaceSt Albans, Hertfordshire (Geonames ID: 2638867)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1478 -
Provenance nameSt Albans School, 948- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (School, Religious)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFrom a collection found by William Blades in the binding of a copy of Caxton's Boethius (ISTC ib00813000) at St Albans Grammar School, now at the Library of Congress
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1871 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1871 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Shelfmark
NoteBought from St Albans School, February 1871
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteBound in the British Museum bindery in gold-tooled red morocco.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-04-21 16:19:42

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  02137505

London, British Library (GB) : IB.55016

ISTC No.ic00435400
AuthorChaucer, Geoffrey
TitleThe Parlement of Foules [and other poems]
Imprint[Westminster : William Caxton, about 1477]
Format4°
Languageeng
full ISTC record
SubjectLiterature
Keywordspoetry
Periodmedieval

Description of Copy

Copy Id02137505
Holding InstitutionLondon, British Library (GB)
ShelfmarkIB.55016
NoteFragment of 14 leaves: ff.[a]2-7 and quire [c]. Mutilated and damaged by damp. Wormeaten.
NoteCreated by John Goldfinch
Size of leaves209 × 147 mm
Copy FeaturesIncomplete
Binding waste
Electronic ReproductionBL IB.55016
SourceBMC XI, p.110. De Ricci, A census of Caxtons 25: 2

Provenance 1478 -

PlaceSt Albans, Hertfordshire (Geonames ID: 2638867)
Areae-uk-en
Time period1478 -
Provenance nameSt Albans School, 948- [Corporate body; Former Owner] (School, Religious)
Provenance TypeBibliographic Evidence
NoteFrom a collection found by William Blades in the binding of a copy of Caxton's Boethius (ISTC ib00813000) at St Albans Grammar School, now at the Library of Congress
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Provenance 1871 -

PlaceLondon (Geonames ID: 2643743)
Areae-uk
Time period1871 -
Provenance nameLondon, British Museum Library, since 1973 The British Library, 1753- [Corporate body; Present Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
Provenance TypeStamp
Shelfmark
NoteBought from St Albans School, February 1871
Method of acquisitionPurchase
Binding noteBound in the British Museum bindery in gold-tooled red morocco.
Binding date19th cent.
Binding typeBoards
Cover materialLeather
Binding statusRebound
TitlingTooled
ToolingGold
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain
SourceLibrary catalogue

Other Information

CompletenessThe enumeration of provenance evidence is considered complete
Last Edit2021-04-21 16:19:42