Illustrated Monographs
issued by the Biblio-
graphical Society*
No, XV
JAMES K.MOFFITT
PAULINE FORE MOFFITT
LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
GENERAL LIBRARY, BERKELEY
University of California Berkeley
ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS
No. XV
Sngraving- of an tAuthor^ possibly
'Presenting a 'Book to Margaret, 'Duchess of 'Burgundy,
prefixed to the Chatsworth copy of the 'Recuyeir.
A
CENSUS OF CAXTONS
BY
SEYMOUR DE RICCI
PRINTED FOR THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1909
PREFACE
IT may be stated with confidence that, during the last twenty
years, hardly an English bibliographer has opened William Blades's
admirable ' Caxton ' without regretting that a new edition has not been
published. Blades's rehandling of his favourite theme, twice published,
in 1877 and 1882, is distinctly disappointing. Not only did the author,
in more than one instance, refuse to acknowledge the remarkable
results of Henry Bradshaw's patient and accurate investigations, but
also he was obliged, for want of space, to condense into an inadequate
compendium the priceless census of copies.
With the possible exception of some ' Shakespeariana ', no books
are more highly cherished, more ardently coveted by the English and
American bibliophile, than Caxton's. Since the eventful days of the
Roxburghe sale nearly a century has elapsed ; but whereas, in 1812,
a thousand guineas was deemed a ridiculous price for the ' Recuyell ',
we have seen since 1880 no fewer than six Caxtons, if I am right in
my reckoning, fetch over ;i,8oo in the auction-room, the highest price
yet reached being the ,2,225 paid by Mr. Pierpont Morgan for the
Bedford ' Ryall Book'.
The history of Caxton collecting is therefore one of the most
interesting branches of English bibliography, and it seems remarkable
that no attempt has been made of late years to revise and bring up to
date Blades's admirable census.
The present work was begun in the summer of 1905 at the
instigation of Lord Amherst of Hackney, whose collection of Caxtons
was one of the most remarkable existing in private hands in the United
Kingdom. He lent me for several months his annotated copy of
Blades, allowed me to make use of his important bibliographical
library, and gave me a valuable collection of English auction catalogues
collected by him from 1863 to 1905.
I then worked through ' Book Prices Current' from 1886 to 1906,
and through Livingston's ' Auction Prices of Books ', and thus obtained
references to every Caxton sold in English and American auctions
during the last twenty years. Mr. B. Quaritch's kindness in placing at
my disposal his enormous collection of bibliographical slips, incorporating,
as I believe, Lowndes's own collections, also supplied me with a number
of valuable references to various sales and catalogues.
Other sources of information I have been able to make use of are
Ames's own copy of his 'Typographical Antiquities' in the British
Museum ; Herbert's own copy of his revised edition in the same collec-
tion ; Bradshaw's copy of Blades's ' William Caxton ' at Cambridge ;
and, above all, Blades's own copy of his great book interleaved
throughout, copiously annotated, and now preserved at Saint Bride
Foundation Institute in Fleet Street.
Blades rarely mentions the bindings of the various copies and
pays little attention to the presence or absence of the original blank
leaves. I therefore felt obliged to examine as far as possible the
Caxtons existing in the various English and foreign libraries, and have
seen for myself over three hundred and fifty Caxtons at London,
Cambridge, Oxford, Manchester, Glasgow, Chatsworth, Didlington
Hall, Wilton, Paris, Chantilly, Ghent, and the Hague.
It would be no easy task for me to name here every person to
whom I am indebted for information of various kinds. A number of
owners of Caxtons have sent me descriptions of their books, among
whom I may quote Lord Herries, Lord Peckover, Lord Beauchamp,
Lord Carysfort, Mr. A. H. Huth, Mrs. Buxton, Mr. Fitzroy Fenwick,
Mr. Boyd Thacher, Mr. Church, and the late Sir Thomas Brooke.
The Earl of Pembroke has been kind enough to let me inspect the
Caxtons preserved at Wilton. The Duke of Devonshire has allowed
Mrs. Strong to show me the Chatsworth library. Lord Amherst's
Caxtons have passed several times through my hands. A number of
librarians have helped me to collate the volumes entrusted to their care :
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Mr. Pollard and Mr. Esdaile at the British Museum, Mr. Peddie at
the Blades library, Mr. Madan at Oxford, Mr. Jenkinson and Mr. Sayle
at Cambridge, Mr. Guppy and Mr. Vines at the John Rylands library,
Mr. Byvanck at the Hague, Mr. Vanderhaeghen at Ghent, Monsieur
Macon at Chantilly, Mr. Ferguson at Glasgow, and many others.
Fellow workers in the bibliographical field have supplied me with
a considerable amount of valuable information : Mr. W. Roberts has
lent me a large collection of cuttings relating to Caxton ; Mr. V. H.
Palsits at Albany has sent me lists of Caxtons in America, and has
obtained information for me from a. number of librarians ; Mr. A. G. E.
Phillips has examined for me Lord Crawford's Caxtons, and Dr. Johann
Joachim those at Gottingen ; Messrs. Quaritch, Sotheran, and Tregaskis
have made clear several obscure points in the history of various copies.
I also owe much useful information to R. Ranshaw, Dr. G. C. Williamson,
Professor A. H. Church, Mr. F. Haverfield, Mr. W. Jaggard, Mr. Strick-
land Gibson, Mr. Payne, Miss Edith Brinkmann, Dr. James H. Canfield,
&c., and I must thank the editor of the Athenaeum who was kind
enough to publish a letter announcing my census and asking for
information. I am glad to say that I received quite a number of
interesting answers to it.
Lastly, a special note of thanks is due to Mr. E. Gordon Duff, who
has supervised the writing of this census from beginning to end, has
continually supplied me with documents and references, has lent me
his notes on the Pierpont Morgan Caxtons, has read through the proof-
sheets of the census, and has practically dictated to me the portion
relating to Caxton's ' Indulgences '. The proofs have also been revised
throughout by Mr. Pollard, Mr. Jenkinson, Mr. Sayle, and Mr. Graves,
who have supplied me with many valuable corrections to my descrip-
tion of copies at the British Museum, at Cambridge, and at Britwell.
The plan adopted in the following census is exceedingly simple ;
the hundred known works from Caxton's press are classified in the same
order as in Mr. Gordon Duff's excellent book on Caxton, published by
the Caxton Club at Chicago. First the Bruges books, then those from
the Westminster press, each series being in alphabetical order.
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After the Bruges books printed by Caxton himself, I have inserted
the two or three Bruges books printed in Caxton's types, but probably
not by Caxton, and, at the end of the whole list, I have added half
a dozen early Wynkyn de Wordes, printed just after Caxton's death,
with the master's types, and which have been so often reckoned as
Caxton's that they could not be omitted from this census.
The paragraph relating to each book contains the following
entries :
A. The exact title of the book, as far as possible in Caxton's own
words and spelling.
B. The collation (number of leaves ; blanks ; signatures), chiefly
according to Mr. E. G. Duff's researches ; also the height and breadth
in millimetres of a normal page of type, exclusive of headlines, signatures
and catchwords, measured from the top of the tallest letter to the
bottom of the longest one.
C. References to Blades's great work, to the 1882 abridgement
(quoted as second edition), to Hain and Copinger, and to the three
editions of Ames's 'Typographical Antiquities' (quoted as 'Ames',
' Ames-Herbert ', and ' Ames-Dibdin ').
D. The list of copies of which the present owner is known. In
the case of private collectors a few of these copies may have changed
hands of late years. I have not written to every owner of a Caxton to
know if he still had it.
For each copy I have quoted :
1 . The ' early owners ', chiefly from the notes on the fly-leaves.
2. The subsequent owners, with a direct reference to the sales and
catalogues in which the book has been mentioned. I have endeavoured
to quote everywhere the page and number in each catalogue. If the
page is not stated, it may be taken for granted that I have not seen
the catalogue myself.
3. The present owner.
4. The imperfections of the copy, the presence or absence of the
original blanks being noted for nearly all the copies I have myself
examined. All copies styled nearly perf. are those which want one or
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more blanks, but many copies styled perf. on Blades's authority, labour
doubtless under the same slight disadvantage.
5. The binding.
6. The size of the copy in millimetres. I have measured myself
over three hundred Caxtons, but for as many more I was obliged to
convert inches into millimetres, an operation which always leaves
a doubtful margin of two or three millimetres.
E. Then comes the long list of untraced copies, many of which
are doubtless identical with copies mentioned under the heading D.
Untraced copies are placed in the chronological order of their last
appearance on the market or in private hands.
F. The paragraph closes with a list of fragments or single leaves,
no attempt being made towards a full census. There are many stray
Caxton leaves in various collections and quite a large number of
members of the Chicago Caxton Club own a single leaf of the
' Canterbury Tales ' apiece.
The index of Caxton owners (A ' public ' ; B ' private ') which
follows the census is a rehandling of Blades's list in a fuller and more
elaborate form, the object being to condense under each name the
previous (and subsequent) history of every Caxton in the collection.
It will prove not only useful as a general test of the accuracy of my
census, but also valuable as a contribution towards the history of book
collecting in England.
I expect some criticism from several quarters for having omitted
the prices paid at various dates for each copy. The inferences to be
drawn from them for the identification of copies are seldom of value
and have been carefully taken into account during the elaboration of
my census. Old prices are mere curiosities and are easy to find in
Blades, while modern auction prices are carefully tabulated in Livingston's
great work and in ' Book Prices Current '. Booksellers' prices are apt
to be somewhat fanciful, and many firms might object with some reason
to a statement that a Caxton, for which they paid three hundred guineas,
was offered without success in several catalogues for six hundred and
then for five hundred pounds, and finally sold at a very slight premium
ix b
over cost price. All that is trade gossip and has little to do with
scientific bibliography.
I am fully aware of the numerous imperfections of my census.
It labours under the primary disadvantage of having been written, in
three years only, by a foreign member of the ' Bibliographical Society ',
residing in Paris, and hardly familiar with the intricate history of the
London book trade. If, notwithstanding this disadvantage, it still
proves of use, I shall owe it entirely to the unceasing assistance of the
numerous English and American book lovers whose names I have
quoted above.
I shall endeavour to keep my own copy of this census up to date
and shall feel grateful for any additions or corrections any reader may
kindly suggest.
SEYMOUR DE RICCI.
7 RUE DOUARD DETAILLE, PARIS,
15 August 1908.
CONTENTS
PACK
PREFACE v
A CENSUS OF CAXTONS i
BOOKS PRINTED AT BRUGES
Cessolis, J. de. The game and play of the chess. Ed. i ..... i
Cordiale. Les quatre dernieres choses 3
Le Fevre, R. The recuyell of the histories of Troy 3
*Le Fevre, R. Le recueil des histoires de Troie 6
*Le Fevre, R. Les fails de Jason 8
*Pierre d'Ailly. Meditations sur les sept psaumes penitenciaux .... 8
BOOKS PRINTED AT WESTMINSTER
Aesop. Fables 9
Ars moriendi . 9
Art and craft to know well to die 10
Blanchardin and Eglantine . .10
Boethius. De consolatione philosophiae 1 1
Bonaventura. Speculum vitae Christi. Ed. i. ., 14
Bonaventura. Speculum vitae Christi. Ed. 2 14
Book of courtesy. Ed. i 16
Book of divers ghostly matters . . . 1 6
Cato, parvus et magnus. Ed. i . . . . .. . . . 17
Cato, parvus et magnus. Ed. 2. . v .18
Cato, parvus et magnus. Ed. 3. . . . . .'. . . .18
Cato. The book called Caton . .18
Caxton, W. Advertisement of Sarum Pica 21
Cessolis, J. de. The game and play of the chess. Ed. 2 21
Charles the Great. Life 23
Chartier, A. The Curial 23
Chaucer, G. The Book of Fame . . . 24
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PAGE
Chaucer, G. The Canterbury Tales. Ed. i .25
Chaucer, G. The Canterbury Tales. Ed. 2 27
Chaucer, G. Queen Anelida and false Arcyte 29
Chaucer, G. The Temple of Brass [= Parliament of Fowls] . . . .29
Chaucer, G. Troilus and Creseide 30
Christine of Pisan. Moral Proverbs ..31
Christine of Pisan. Feats of arms and chivalry 31
Chronicles of England Ed. i -35
Chronicles of England. Ed. 2. . . . . . . . . -37
Cicero, M. T. Of old age and friendship 39
Commemoratio lamentationis B. V. Mariae . .42
Cordiale 43
Deathbed Prayers ' 44
Description of Britain .44
Dictes or sayings of the philosophers. Ed. i 46
Dictes or sayings. Ed. i. Variant copy, with colophon 48
Dictes or sayings. Ed. 2 . 49
Dictes or sayings. Ed. 3 49
Doctrinal of Sapience 50
Donatus, Ael. Donatus melior 52
Feslum transfigurationis Jesu Christi 52
Festum visitationis B. V. Mariae . 53
Fifteen Oes 53
Four sons of Aymon 53
Godfrey of Bouillon 54
Governal of Health 56
Gower, J. Confessio amantis . . .56
Higden, R. Polychronicon . . .60
Horae ad usum Sarum. Ed. i . . 66
Horae ad usum Sarum. Ed. 2 . . . . . . . . -67
Horae ad usum Sarum. Ed. 3 . . . 67
Horae ad usum Sarum. Ed. 4 . . . .67
Image of Pity. Folio edition . . . . . . . . . .68
Image of Pity. Quarto edition 68
Indulgence of John Kendale. Singular issue. (1480) . . . . .68
Indulgence of John Kendale. Plural issue. (1480) 69
Indulgence of Jo. de Gigliis. Singular issue. (1481) 69
Indulgence of Jo. de Gigliis. Plural issue. (1481) 70
Indulgence license of Jo. de Gigliis. (1489) 70
Indulgence license of Jo. de Gigliis. (1489) 70
Infancia Salvatoris . . -i ' . . ." 71
La Tour Landry, G. de. The Knight of the Tower 71
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PAGE
Le Fevre, R. The history of Jason 72
Le Grand, J. The book of good manners 73
Lydgate, J. The churl and the bird. Ed. i 74
Lydgate, J. The churl and the bird. Ed. 2 75
Lydgate, J. Curia sapientiae 75
Lydgate, J. The horse, the goose, and the sheep. Ed. i 76
Lydgate, J. The horse, the sheep, and the goose. Ed. 2 . . . . -76
Lydgate, J. The life of our lady. Ed. i . 76
Lydgate, J. The life of our lady. Ed. 2 78
Lydgate, J. The pilgrimage of the soul . . . . . . . .78
Lydgate, J. Stans puer ad mensam 80
Lydgate, J. The temple of glass 80
Malory, Sir T. Morte d'Arthur 81
Maydeston, C. Directorium sacerdotum. Ed. i 81
Maydeston, C. Directorium sacerdotum. Ed. 2 82
Mirk, J. Liber festivalis. Ed. i 82
Mirk, J. Liber festivalis. Ed. 2 83
Order of Chivalry . . . . 84
Ordinale secundum usum Sarum 85
Paris and Vienne 85
Psalterium 86
Quattuor sermones. Ed. i 86
Quattuor sermones. Ed. 2 ....87
Reynard the Fox. Ed. i .88
Reynard the Fox. Ed. 2 89
Royal book 89
Russell, J. Propositio 91
Saona, L. G. de. Nova rhetorica . . .91
Sixtus IV. Sex epistolae 92
Statutes of Henry VII. An. i. 3. 4 . . . . . . . . .92
Vincentius. The mirror of the world. Ed. i 93
Vincentius. The mirror of the world. Ed. 2 . . . . . .96
Virgilius. Eneydos . 98
Vocabulary in French and English . . 100
Voragine, J. de. The golden legend. Ed. i 101
Voragine, J. de. The golden legend. Ed. 2 .106
Winifred. Life 107
BOOKS PRINTED FOR CAXTON
Legenda secundum usum Sarum . . .108
Missale secundum usum Sarum .109
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PAGE
BOOKS PRINTED BY W. DE WORDE WITH CAXTON'S TYPES
Book of courtesy. Ed. 2 . no
Chastising of God's children . no
Treatise of Love . . . .112
Vineis, R. de. Life of S. Katherine of Sienna 113
Voragine, J. de. The golden legend. Ed. 3 115
UNKNOWN PRINTER
Kay, J. The Siege of Rhodes 117
APPENDIX 118
SUMMARY SHOWING THE NUMBER OF COPIES EXISTING,
UNTRACED OR FRAGMENTARY 119
A LIST OF CAXTON'S BOOKS CLASSIFIED BY TYPES AND
IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER FOR EACH TYPE . . 133
A LIST OF CAXTON'S BOOKS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
SHOWING THE TYPES USED IN EACH YEAR . . .127
INDEX TO LIBRARIES WHICH CONTAIN OR HAVE CON-
TAINED CAXTONS 131
A. PUBLIC OR CORPORATE LIBRARIES 133
B. PRIVATE LIBRARIES, BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES AND
LIBRARIES DISPERSED BY AUCTION . . . . . 144
C. ANONYMOUS SALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER . . .195
XIV
LIST OF FACSIMILES
Engraving of an author, possibly Caxton, presenting a book to Margaret,
Duchess of Burgundy, prefixed to the Chatsworth copy of the ' Recuyell '.
Frontispiece.
Type i. From the Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye.
Type 2. From the Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres.
Type a*. From the Game and Playe of the Chesse, second edition.
Type 3. From the Ordinale seu Pica Sarum.
Type 4. From Godfrey of Boloyne.
Type 4*. From the Life of Charles the Great.
Type 5. From the Ryall Book.
Type 6. From the Boke of Eneydos.
Type 7. Johannes de Gigliis, License to grant Indulgences.
Types 6 and 8. From the Festial.
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FROM THE GAME AND PLAYE OF THE CHESSE,
SECOND EDITION.
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FROM THE FESTIAL.
A CENSUS OF CAXTONS
BOOKS PRINTED AT BRUGES
I. CESSOLIS, JACOBUS DE. The game and playe of the chesse,
translated by Caxton from Jehan de Vignay's French version.
First edition. Folio. (74 ff., the first and last blank: a-h 8 i 10 .
31 lines. i87x 130 mm.)
Type i only. Printed about 1475. Translation finished 31 March
1474 (1475 ?)-
Blades, pp. 8-1 2, n. 2 (cf. p. 255) and second edition, pp. 1 73-1 78, n. 3 ;
Hain, II, p. 95, n. 4902 ; Copinger, I, p. 153 ; Campbell, 'Annales/
first suppl., p. 13, n. 418 A; Ames, pp. 5-6; Ames-Herbert, I,
pp. 9-11 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 28-36, n. 4.
Copies known.
1. Early owners : John Wilson, Th. Wryothsley, Robart Boys. Then J. West's
sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 131, n. 4090) to Nicol for King George III, then
(1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 49432 = C. 10. b. 23 (Proctor, p. 682,
n - 93*3)- Perf- ^h both blanks, a i being at end of book, but every leaf
mounted and some scribbled over. Red mor. with Royal arms (250 x
178 mm.).
2. Given to an unstated recipient in 1682 by Thomas Delves ; then Sir Henry
Mainwaring's sale (1837, Cat. n. 494) to J. Holford ; now MAJOR HOLFORD'S
coll. Per/., original binding (273 x 197 mm.). Possibly the copy in R. Smith's
sale (infra, n. 12).
3. Bequeathed in 1681 by Dean Honeywood to the chapter of Lincoln cathedral
who sold it in 1 81 1 to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 189-193, n. 838).
Now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15387. Nearly perf. (wanting
both blanks) and in very fine condition. Russia, by C. Hering (276 x 196 mm.).
I B
4. Sold by Granger to Thomas, Earl of Pembroke ; now the EARL OF PEMBROKE'S
coll. Nearly perf. (wanting both blanks) but on weak and stained paper.
Margin of title-page mended. Old red English mor. (259 x 188 mm.).
5. Early owner : H. Trougton. Lord Petre's sale (16 December 1886, Cat, p. 8,
n. 66) to Quaritch for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 37,
n. 113; sale cat. pp. 38-39, n. 181). Bought in December 1908 by
J. PlERPONT MORGAN. Nearly perf. (wanting blanks). Stain erasing four
words on f. 51. On thick paper. Old brown calf (257 x 185 mm.).
6. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 42,
n. 974) to Payne for Thomas Grenville ; bequeathed by him (1846) to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 49433 = 6. 10543. Imp. 4ff. (3, 73, and both
blanks) completed in facs., but fine and clean. Brown mor., lined blue
mor. (282 x 208 mm.).
7. Offered by Quaritch, Cat. 1874, pp. 510-511, n. 5246, and Cat., September
1875, n. 163. Sold through Allen to the LENOX LIBRARY, New York.
Imp. 7 ff. Old russia. Very tall (283 x 203 mm.).
8. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. i.o. 30. Imp. 5 ff. Old English
stamped calf (269 x 197 mm.). (Sayle, p. 26, n. 118.)
9. Bequeathed in 1750 by James Bowen of Shropshire to the BODLEIAN
LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. i. 2 B . Imp.$tt. (73 and both blanks). Formerly
bound with ' Recuyell ', but now separately in half red mor. (255 x 188 mm.).
10. Roger Wilbraham, then the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Imp. 4ff. (a 1,3,
and 8, i 10) in facs. Slightly stained ; a 2 inlaid. Red mor. by C. Lewis
(255 xi 84 mm.).
u. Belonged about 1730 to Lord Chancellor Hardwicke ; Lord Hardwicke's
sale (29 June 1888, Cat. p. 14, n. 115) to Quaritch ; his Cat. (1898) ; then
Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 12, n. 161), now J. PlERPONT MORGAN'S coll.
(Cat III. pp. iio-ui,n. 635). Imp. 6 ff. (1-2, 7, 8, 65, 74). Old calf
(254 x 182 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
12. R. Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 275, n. 92) to Ravenshaw. Probably the
same copy as n. 2.
13. Belonged about 1730 to Thomas Hearne (his MS. Cat. n. 1271). Imp.
Edition uncertain.
14. The Earl of Oxford's coll. ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 267, n. 4048 and V,
p. 85, n. 1762) then (1743) Osborne. The two numbers probably refer to
the same copy. ' Well preserved, and finely bound and gilt.'
15. Owned about 1749 by Joseph Ames.
16. John Murray's sale (May 1749, Cat. p. 22, n. 689). Edition uncertain.
17. Bishop Wynne's coll., then Rev. Edward Bankes, who owned it in 1863.
Imp. i f. (2 [and probably also first blank?]). Slightly wormed.
18. Stanesby Alchorne's sale [not a Spencer duplicate] (May 1813, Cat p. 18,
n. 166) to Longman ; J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. pp. 40-41, n. 597)
to Lord Audley ; his sale (1855, Cat. n. 610) to Bumstead for H. Cunliffe
who owned it in 1863. Imp. 6 ff. (2 first [in MS.], 2 last [in MS.], 2 near
the end, in the fourth tractate of the King). Washed (273x197 mm.).
Doubtless the copy offered by Longman, Cat. 1817, n. 155.
19. Belonged and perhaps still belongs to F. Mercier, Lordship Lodge,
Tottenham.
2. CORD I ALE. Les quatre derrenieres choses aduenir. Folio.
(74 ff., the first and last blank: a-d 8 e 10 f-i 8 . 31 lines. 189 x
126 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed at Bruges, towards 1476, perhaps not by
Caxton himself.
Blades, pp. 25-28, n. 6 and second edition, pp. 185-187, n. 6;
Copinger, II, pp. 193-194, n. 1797; Campbell, 'Annales,' first
suppl., p. 13, n. 423 A.
Copies known.
1. Early owner: Dr. Shorten. Now BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 49407, formerly
C. 21. d. (2) (Proctor, p. 682, n. 9318), from the Old Royal Library. Imp.
i f. (2, in facs.). Bound in dark blue mor. after the ' Meditacions ' (273 x
197 mm.).
2. Early owners : the Celestines of Rouen. Belonged in August 1884 to
B. Quaritch (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2113, n. 21839 ; ' O. V. Miscell.' 10, p. 20,
n. 16 ; General Cat. VI, 1887, pp. 3907-3909, n. 37900) ; then Richard
Bennett (Cat. p. 15, n. 196), now J. PlERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill,
p. 112, n. 636). Imp. 4 ff. (68 and 73 in facs., and both blanks) nearly
uncut. Leaves much scribbled over, margins cut in places. Original MS.
signatures and brown leather binding (295 X2I7 mm.).
3. LE FEVRE, RAOUL. The Recuyell of the hystoryes of Troye
(translated by Caxton from the French). Folio. (352 ff., the
first a blank : a-o 10 p 8 ; aa-ii 10 kk 8 11 ; aaa-kkk T0 . 3 1 lines.
1 86 x 130 mm.)
Type i only. Printed at Bruges about 1475.
Caxton's translation was finished 19 September 1471.
Blades, pp. 3-7, n. i (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 169-171,
n. i ; Hain, II, p. 379, n. 7048; Copinger, I, p. 214; Campbell,
3 B 2
'Annales,' first suppl., p. 21, n. 1093 A; Ames, pp. 2-5; Ames-
Herbert, I, pp. 5-9 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 16-28, n. 3.
Copies known.
1. Early owner : Thomas Fairfax, then Bryan Fairfax (Cat. 1756, p. 59> n - 2026),
then Francis Child, then the Earl of Jersey ; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 64,
n. 967) to Quaritch for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 37,
n. 112, ; sale cat. pp. 105-106, n. 542). Bought in December 1908 by
J. PlERPONT MORGAN. Perf. with blank and in fine condition. Margin
of two first leaves mended ; last leaf but one mended ; lower half of last leaf
mended. Green mor. by C. Lewis (270 x 200 mm.).
2. The MARQUESS OF BATH'S coll. Said to b&perf. but wormed and mended.
3. The Earl of Oxford's coll. (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 193-194. n. 2783) ; then
(1743) Osborne ; then J. West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 209, n. 4090) to
Payne for King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB.
49431 = C. u. c. i. Made nearly perf. but wanting first blank. Brown
mor. (276x199 mm.). This is doubtless the very fine copy in Thomas
Rawlinson's sale (1726, Cat. VIII, p. 50).
4. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 31. Imp. 16 ff. (1-13 and
nineteenth of Bk. I, last of Bk. II, last of Bk. III). Old calf (274 x 202
mm.). (Sayle, p. 26, n. 117.)
5. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 14. Imp. loff. (I, 1-4, 32-
33 ; II, last ; III, 46 and last 2). Some ff. torn or scribbled. Stains. Old
calf (275 x 200 mm.).
6. TRINITY COLLEGE, Cambridge. Imp. u ff. (7 ff. in I; III, 94-95 and last
2) (273 x 184 mm.).
7. Bequeathed in 1750 by James Bowen of Shropshire to the BODLEIAN
LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 2 A. Imp. 4% ff. (1, 1-3 and part of 4 ; II, 104).
F. 31 verso not printed. Some margins mended. A few MS. notes.
Was bound before ' Game of chess I '. Old calf, rebacked (255 x 188 mm.).
8. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. i. Imp. 10 ff.
(1, 1-4, 89-90 ; II, 17 ; III, 92, 99-100) ; wants outer margin of II, 89, lower
margins of III, 89-90 ; also II, 104 is torn, but the text is complete. Old
calf (252 x 184 mm.).
9. Early owner : Thomas Pike; then George Steevens's sale (May 1800, Cat.
p. 70, n. 1150) to Payne ; then (1812 ?) Earl Spencer ; then J. Edwards's sale
(April 1815, Cat. pp. 7-8, n. 164) to Longman ; J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826,
Cat. p. 77, n. 1220) to Payne for the Paris BiBLiOTHEQUE NATIONALS R6s.
Y 2 399 (formerly Y 2 + 246A=now Exp. 211). Imp. 52 ff. (Bk. I, 1-19 ;
Bk. II, 35 and 51 and another f. ; Bk. Ill, 30 last). Some ff. scribbled.
Blind tooled russia (253 X 179 mm.).
10. Bequeathed in 1646 by Matthew Forster to SlON COLLEGE, London. Imp.
16 ff. (first 15 ff. and last f.). Stained (263 x 197 mm.).
11. Belonged to Elizabeth Grey, wife of King Edward IV; later to Major
Swinton ; then, by exchange, to Laing, who sold it to the Duke of
4
Roxburghe ; his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 175, n. 6350) to Ridgway for the
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Imp. 2 ff. (first blank ; last f. in facs.), two last
ff. mended, first printed f. inlaid. To this copy has been added, when the
book was bound, an early Flemish frontispiece, engraved on copper, and
perhaps from the workshop of Colard Mansion. This engraving, although
seen by Dibdin ('Bibl. Decam.' Ill, p. 67), was only noticed about 1895 by
Wauters, and has been published by S. Montagu Peartree, ' Burlington
Magazine,' August 1905, pp. 383-387, and by A. W. Pollard, ' The Library,'
October 1905, pp. 337-345. Purple mor., with Roxburghe arms (278 x
198 mm.).
12. The EARL OF PEMBROKE'S coll. Imp. 71 ff. (19 in Bk. I, 2 in Bk. II, 50 in
Bk. III). Old red English mor. (273 x 197 mm.).
1 3. John Lloyd's sale (January 1816, Cat., n. 1469) to Foss for G. Hibbert ; his sale
(March 1829, Cat. p. 381, n. 6925) to J. Wilkes ; his sale (12 March 1847,
Cat p. 128, n. 2101) to Payne for E. V. Utterson ; his sale (April 1852,
Cat. p. 35, n. 482) to the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (December 1897,
Cat. II, p. 67, n. 2305) to Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 25,
n - 345), now J- PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 109-110, n. 634).
Imp. 49 ff. (Bk. I, 1-19, 79-87 ; Bk. II, 104; Bk. Ill, 25-26, 80-82, 85-86,
89-100). Slightly stained, few MS. notes. Oak boards and modern red
mor. (275 x 197 mm.).
14. M. C. Tutet's sale (February 1786, Cat. p. 30, n. 487) to Henry Edmund
Austen ; then Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 181-189, n - ^37) 5 now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 10863. Im P- 2 # ( I [ a Wank] and
2 [in facs. by Whitaker]), f. 3 inlaid, as also margins of ff. 4 and 5, other-
wise fine. Russia, by Roger Payne (262 x 191 mm.).
15. Early owner: Elizabeth Carew; now COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS, London.
Imp. 2| ff. (first blank, first printed f., nearly all f. 8). Original binding
(286 x 203 mm.).
1 6. Sir Thomas Phillipps ; now FlTZROY FEN WICK coll. at Cheltenham. Imp.
Olive mor. Entered in the fifth suppl. (1848) to the ' Catalogue of printed
books at Middlehill ', p. 89, n. 6012.
Present owner untraced.
17. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 37, n. 119).
1 8. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1667) to Dr. Hunter. (Not
at Glasgow.)
19. Belonged in 1518 to Agnes Cole. Sold by Payne and Foss in 1833 to
Beriah Botfield. Imp. 7 ff. (Bk. I, 12 and 21 ; Bk. II, 5 ff.), all in facs.
(267 xi97 mm.).
20. According to Herbert Powell, ' A Catalogue of the Old Library of the
Guildford Grammar School' (Guildford, 1900, in -4), p. 7, 'there is a very
well-founded belief that the school originally possessed a Caxton, probably
the History of Troy, but that it disappeared before the middle of this
century.' Dr. G. C. Williamson (of Hampstead), who has kindly called my
attention to the above mention of a Caxton, adds the following important
remark : ' The statement is not quite correct, as the History of Troy was
at the school when I was there as a very small boy and I saw it ; but it
was in very bad condition and kept in a cache under the boards of the study
where rats had got at it. Have you ever heard of a copy with the fine
Grammar School bookplate in it ? '
Fragments.
21. John Bagford's coll., now BRITISH MUSEUM Harleian MS, 5919, n. 199.
One leaf only, beginning ' that achilles slewe to fore troye ' (272 x 194 mm.).
22. Two leaves only (Bk. Ill, 94 and 97), given by John Bagford to Hearne ; now
BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 2*. Plain purple cloth (273 x
191 mm.).
23. One leaf only (274 x 150 mm.), belonged to William Blades ; now SAINT
BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE, London. Framed.
24. WINDSOR CASTLE. One leaf only, inserted by J. Ames between ff. 9 and 10
of his copy of the French ' Recueil', bought at his sale (May 1760, Cat.
p. 57, n. 820) by Jacob Bryant, who presented it to King George III.
25. The London bookseller H. Stevens obtained a fragment of 8 ff. ; he divided
it into four sets of 2 ff., which he bound up in thick volumes of blank paper,
for library show-cases. One is untraced ; the other three are at Phila-
delphia, LOGANIAN LIBRARY, and at NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (two
sets, one from the Lenox Library in red mor., the other from the Astor
Library).
3b. LE FEVRE, RAOUL. Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes.
Folio. (286 ff., ff. i and no [m 10] blank: a-m 10 , A-H 10 , P,
aa-hh 10 . 31 lines. i86x 132 mm.)
Type i only. Printed at Bruges about 1476, perhaps not by
Caxton himself.
Blades, pp. 12-16, n. 3, and second edition, pp. 171-173, n, 2;
Hain, II, p. 378, n. 7042; Copinger, I, p. 214; Campbell,
'Annales,' first suppl., pp. 21-22, n. 1093 b; Ames, pp. 2-5;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 5-9; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 2-11, n. i.
Copies known.
i. Stolen in 1841 from the library at Troyes by Guglielmo Libri and sold by
him in 1844 to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 49410 (formerly C. 21. d. 27).
(Proctor, p. 682, n. 9319.) Nearly perf. (wanting first blank, but having
blank at f. 120) and clean. Painted initials. Old brown French calf
(273x205 mm.). Cf. 'Acte d'accusation centre Libri -Carrucci' (Paris,
6
1 850, in -8), p. 22 ; ' Reponse de M. Libri au rapport de M. Boucly '
(Paris, 1848, in -8), pp. 97-98.
2. G. Watson-Taylor's sale (April 1823, Cat II, p. 52, n. 998) to Payne for
Earl Spencer; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15678.
Nearly perf. (wanting blanks) but clean and uncut. Was in the original
binding, now in brown mor., double brown mor. (293 x 216 mm.). Cf. n. 8.
3. Belonged in 1749 to Joseph Ames; his sale (May 1760, Cat. p. 57, n. 820)
to Jacob Bryant who presented it to King George III. Still at WINDSOR.
Made perf., by the Duke of Roxburghe with u ff. from n. 4. Clean
(267x197 mm.). A leaf of the 'Recuyell' has been inserted by Ames
after f. 8.
4. Bought from Payne (Cat. 1794, p. 31, n. 799) by the Duke of Roxburghe,
who gave n ff. from it to King George III. The Duke of Roxburghe's
sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 170, n. 6201) to Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV,
pp. 173-180, n. 836) ; his duplicate sale (5 June 1823, Cat. p. 6, n. 120) to
Knell for John Dent; his sale (April 1827, Cat. II, p. 74, n. 1242) to
Thorpe for P. A. Hanrott; his sale (February 1834, Cat. Ill, p. 113,
n. 2063) to Payne for the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (December 1897,
Cat. II, pp. 66-67, n - 23 4) to Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 25,
n. 346) ; now J. PiERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 112-113, n. 637).
Imp. 34 ff. (i, 31-60, 120, 141, 150). Olive-brown mor. by C. Lewis
(267 x 195 mm.).
5. Bought at Brussels in the first years of the nineteenth century by La Serna-
Santander and sold by him to the BlBLlOTHEQUE NATIONALE Res.
Y 2 + 246. Imp. \\ f. (152 and part of 257) but very fine. Has blank at
120. Ff. 191 and 192 are bound after f. 198. Red mor., gilt, with joints,
by Bozeiian jeune (272 x 195 mm.).
6. BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 49411 (formerly C. 22. c. 15). A large fragment:
84 ff. from book II, of which only 2 ff. near the end are wanting. The last
ff. are mended, and there is a curious set off on the verso of the last f. but
one. Old russia (292 x 208 mm.).
7. Belonged in the seventeenth century to Jean-Gilles Le Fort, King of Arms, at
Liege. Bought from an old woman at Tournai by the abbe Puissant at
Mons, who sold it to Camille Vyt, a bookseller at Ghent. Placed by him
in Count George de Nedonchel's sale (Ghent, March 1903, Cat. pp. 36-37,
n - 255, with an autotype of the first page) to Quaritch for J. PiERPONT
MORGAN (Cat. Ill, p. 113, n. 638). Imp. 7 ff. (i, 10, 141, 150, 181, 190,
286), slightly stained. Old vellum binding (237 x 191 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
8. A copy was sold for .92 Ss. od. in December 1817. Perhaps n. 2.
3 c. LE FEVRE, RAOUL. Les fais et proesses du noble et vaillant
cheualier Jason. Folio, (i 34 ff., the first and last two, blanks : a-q 8
r 6 . 31 lines. 186x130 mm.)
Type i only. Printed at Bruges towards 1476-1478 (?), probably
not by Caxton himself.
Blades, pp. 16-19, n - 4 an d second edition, pp. 178-179, n. 4;
Hain, II, p. 379, n. 7050; Copinger, I, p. 215; Campbell,
* Annales,' first suppl., pp. 20-21, n. 1090 A.
Copies known.
1. ETON COLLEGE, bequeathed in 1799 by Anthony M. Storer of Purley Park,
near Reading. Nearly perf., wanting two blanks (ai and r6), uncut
(296 x 209 mm.).
2. Early owner : Lisken van Banselen. Bound formerly with Colard Mansion's
'Quadrilogue d'Alain Chartier', bought by a Belgian who sold it in 1808
to La Serna-Santander, for Van Praet. Now PARIS, BlBLlOTHEQUE
NATIONALE Re's. Y 2 398 = Exp. 210 (formerly Y 2 + 2i2). Nearly perf.
(wanting the blanks). Blue mor., gilt, with joints, by Boze'rian jeune
(286 x 207 mm.).
3. Due de La Valliere, then Marquis de Paulmy, then Comte d'Artois, now
PARIS, ARSENAL 13199 B. Imp. i f. (f. 8 in MS.) but having first blank.
Some ff. torn and ragged. (286 x 209 mm.)
3d. A ILLY, PIERRE D'. Meditacions sur les sept pseatilmes
penitenciaulx. Folio. (34 ff., the last blank : a-c 8 d 10 . 31 lines.
1 86 x 128 mm.)
Type i only. Printed at Bruges about 1476-1478 (?), probably
not by Caxton himself.
Blades, pp. 19-22, n. 5 and second edition, pp. 179-182, n. 5;
Copinger, II, p. 44, n. 385 ; Campbell, ' Annales,' p. 37, n. 147;
Winter-Jones, ' Archaeologia/ vol. XXXI, p. 412.
Copy known.
i. Early owner: Dr. Shorten. Now BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 49408, formerly
C. 31. d. (i). (Proctor, p. 904, n. 9318 A), from the Old Royal Library.
Perf., with blank. Bound in dark blue mor. before ' Les quatre derrenieres
choses' (273 x 197 mm.).
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BOOKS PRINTED AT
WESTMINSTER
4. AESOP. The book of the subtyl hystoryes and fables of Esope
(translated from the French by Caxton). Folio. (i44ff., the
two last being blanks : a-s 8 . 37 or 38 lines. 184 x 1 18 mm.)
Types 3 and 4*. Printed 26 March 1484.
Blades, pp. 157-160, n. 55 and second edition, pp. 287-289, n. 58 ;
Hain, I, p. 41, n. 360; Copinger, I, p. 8 ; Ames, p. 40; Ames-
Herbert, I, pp. 53-54; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 208-220, n. 28.
Copies known.
i. Bequeathed to King George III by Hewett of Ipswich, now at WINDSOR.
Perf., nearly uncut, very fine (296 x 209 mm.).
3. Bought in 1844 by the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55088, formerly C. n. c. 17
(Proctor, p. 716, n. 9658). Imp. i f. (the first) in facs. but with both blanks.
Old leather-covered wooden binding by John Reynes (279 x 200 mm.).
3. Given in 1680 by Moses Pitt (bought in at his sale, 25 November 1678) to
the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 21 (4). Imp. 8 ff. (a i, o i, all s,
portions of d i and o 2), clean. Bound in modern yellow calf after ' Caton ',
'Boecius', and 'Knyght of the Toure' (276 x 203 mm.).
Fragment.
4. Part of a leaf of printer's waste, printed on one side only, was bequeathed in
1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce frag. e. 2.
Modern half-purple mor.
5. ARS MORIENDI. Ars moriendi. Quarto. (8ff. : A 8 . 24 lines.
144 x 90 mm.)
Types 6 and 8. Printed about 1491.
Blades, second edition, pp. 358-359, n. 97; Copinger, II, p. 76, n. 671.
Copy known.
i. BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Arch. F. f. 6, formerly Tanner 178. 3. Was in a volume
of black-letter tracts, given in 1736 by Bishop Tanner. Perf. Now
bound separately in green mor. by Hall (i6ox 122 mm.).
9 c
6. ART. The Arte and crafte to know well to dye. Folio. (14 ff.,
the last probably a blank : A 8 B* B3 2 3 1 lines. 184 x 1 1 7 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1490.
Blades, pp. 234-235, n. 86 and second edition, pp. 354~355 n - 93 5
Hain, II, p. 29, n. 4404; Copinger, I, p. 137; Ames, p. 51 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, p. 67; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 279-283, n. 37.
Copies known.
1. Owned in 1749 by James West; his sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1876)
*to John Ratcliffe; his sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1666) to Nicol for
King George III ; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55134=
C. n. c. 8 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9678). Nearly perf. (wanting blank) and fine.
Formerly half-mor. Now old red mor. with Royal arms (282 X 193 mm.).
2. Mark Cephas Jutet's sale (February 1786, Cat. p. 19, n. 329) to Payne;
resold by him to the Paris Library. BiBLiOTHEQUE NATIONALE Res.
D. 338 = Exp. 213 (former D + 376i). Nearly per f. (wanting blank)
but every leaf cropped and mounted. Old russia (203 x 140 mm.).
3. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1874) to John Ratcliffe; his
sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1220) to Brander; the Marquess of Bland-
ford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 177, n. 3787) to Dibdin for
Earl Spencer. Now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 18931.
Nearly perf. and fine (without blank). Formerly bound in russia after the
' Pylgremage of the sowle ', now separately in purple double" mor.
(282 x 203 mm.).
4. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. n (i). Imp. aff.
(b 5 and blank). Bound in old vellum before the ' Directorium ' (255 x
193 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
5. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. IX, p. 109). Either n. i or n. 2.
6. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 128-129, n. 1576), then
(1743) Osborne. Cf. n. 5.
Spurious copy.
7*. A fragment of 106 ff., not of Caxton's edition, was sold at Puttick's (November
1861, Cat. p. 68, n. 1593).
7. BLANCHARDIN AND EGLANTINE. The history of Blan-
chardin and Eglantine. Folio. (. . . ff. (?) : 6 ff. no sig. [the sixth
a blank] A-M 8 ... 31 lines, 181 x 120 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489.
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Blades, pp. 216-217, n. 78 and second edition, pp. 342-343, n. 85 ;
Hain, I, p. 442, n. 3226 ; Copinger, I, pp. 105-106 ; Ames, p. 71 ;
Ames- Herbert, I, pp. 98-99 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 346-349, n. 57.
Copy known.
j. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (November 1732, Cat. XV, p. 135, n. 3133) ; John
Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 38, n. 783) to Bernard or Bernell, then
George Mason's sale (April 1799, Cat. IV, p. 19, n. 261) to Payne,
who resold it to the Duke of Roxburghe ; his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 176,
n. 6360) to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 270-280, n. 864), now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15027. Imp. (wanting ff. 5-6,
A 5, B 2, and all after M 4). Old red mor. (222 x 170 mm.).
Fragments.
2. Leaf L3 only is in the Bagford scrap books at the BRITISH MUSEUM
IB. 55139 = Harleian MS. 5919, n. 6 (Proctor, p. 717, n, 9681) (262 x
167 mm.).
3. An unsigned leaf beginning ' teerys dropped fast out of his eye ' is in
Sir John Fenn's album, formerly belonging to B. Quaritch (Cat. 237, 1905,
p. 97, n. 1056); then W. C. Van Antwerp's sale (March 1907, Cat. p. 24,
n. 102), then Tregaskis.
8. BOETHIUS. Boecius, De consolacione philosophic. Folio.
(94 ff., the first a blank : a-1 8 m 6 . 29 lines. 196 x 124 mm.)
Types 2 and 3. Printed about 1478.
Translated by Chaucer.
Blades, pp. 66-71, n. 25 (cf. p. 256) and second edition, pp. 213-216,
n. 25 ; Hain, I, pp. 465-466, n. 3399 ; Copinger, I, p. 11 1 ; Ames,
pp. 57-58; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 75-76; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP- 303-306, n. 42.
Copies known.
1. MAGDALEN COLLEGE, Oxford. Perf. with blank, uncut. Original brown
sheepskin binding (286 x 206 mm.).
2. Staunton's sale (25 April 1785, Cat. p. 73, n. 2652) to Stanesby Alchorne,
then Payne, then Johnes of Hafod, then Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV,
pp. 310-312, n. 870), now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15388.
Perf. with blank. MS. notes. Brown russia (279 X 205 mm.).
3. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Nearly perf. (wanting blank). MS. notes.
Purple mor. by Hering with Devonshire arms (258 x 187 mm.).
4. The Earl of Westmoreland's sale (13 July 1887, Cat. p. 17, n. 310) to
Quaritch (Cat. 1886, n. 21840) ; then Lord Amherst of Hackney's coll.
(de Ricci, Cat. p. 37, n. 116 ; sale cat. p. 26, n. 124). Bought in December
II C 2
1908 by J. PiERPONT MORGAN. Nearly perf. (wanting blank). A few ff.
transposed (42-47 are after 80 ; 41 and 48 are at end ; 4 8 ~49 are soiled
and torn). Old calf (a/6 x 195 mm.).
5. Bought in 1781 by Rev. C. M. Cracherode and bequeathed by him (1799) to
the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55018 (formerly C. ai. d. ao). Nearly perf.
(wanting blank). Fine. Old russia (263 x 186 mm.).
6. Bought for 52 los. by Thomas Grenville, bequeathed (1846) to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55020 = G. 10544. Nearly perf. (wanting blank)
and clean, but some ff. washed and 3 margins mended. Red mor. by Hering
(385 x ao6 mm.).
7. EXETER COLLEGE, Oxford. Perf. t slightly stained, MS. notes. Bound
with ' Caton ' (254 x 191 mm.).
8. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, sold in 1874 to the British
Museum. Was then/^r/". with blank and uncut, but stained and decayed.
Original binding (286 x 203 mm.). Leaf 80 was taken out, the binding
taken to pieces, and the book was sold to the late SIR THOMAS BROOKE
(Cat. 1891, I, p. 62). Modern brown mor.
9. The MARQUESS OF BATH'S coll.
10. Early owner: John Fals. Then J. Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86,
n. 1668) to Nicol for King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM
(King's) IB. 55019 = C. n. c. 9. Made perf., having blank, but washed.
Leaf 80 has been supplied from the St. Albans copy. Old red mor.
(284 x 202 mm.).
11. Early owner: Nicolas Trotter. Now BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup.
I. 20. Imp. a ff. (i and 57). Old blind-tooled calf (273 x 185 mm.).
12. Given in 1680 by the London bookseller Moses Pitt (bought in at his
sale, 25 November 1678) to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I.
a i (2). Imp. 2 ff. (8 and 40) but with blank. Bound in modern yellow
calf with ' Caton ', ' Knight of the Tower ', and ' Esope ' (276 x 203 mm.).
13. Early owners : Francis Howard, Ambrose Niclas, Nicholas Morgan ; now
RiPON, Cathedral Library. Imp. 2 ff. in middle. This cannot be the
Spencer-Alchorne-Blandford-W. Taylor copy as believed by Blades;
for the Ripon copy was seen at Ripon in 1815 by Dibdin. Formerly
bound before ' Vocabulary '. Now separate in mor. by C. Lewis (280 x
203 mm.).
14. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 9 (Sayle, I, p. 3, n. 2). Imp.
3 ff. (i, 3, 4). Stained. Old calf (280 x 206 mm.).
15. Given in 1644 by the London bookseller Henry Holland to SlON COLLEGE,
London. Imp. i^ ff. (?). Wanting half the first printed f. and doubtless the
initial blank (273 x 197 mm.).
16. Early owners: Tho. Martin, Francis Blomefield 1736, John Sepper, then
R. Warner (1770) of Woodford, Essex, who bequeathed it to WADHAM
COLLEGE, Oxford. Imp. 24 ff. Bound with an early ' Speculum vitae
Christi ' (318 ? x 191 mm.).
la
1 7. J. Dunn Gardner's sale (July 1854, Cat. p. 56, n. 650) to Upham; the Earl
of Ashburnham's sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 81, n. 734) to Tregaskis, then
Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 8, n. 112), now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat.
Ill, pp. 166-167, n. 676). Imp. 3 ff. (i, 4, 94), perfected in facs. by Harris.
On yellowish paper. Formerly in purple mor., now in blue mor. by
Hayday (265 x 190 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
18. John Godolphin and Owen Phillips's sale (u November 1678, 'English
books,' p. 25, n. 101).
19. Thomas Sclater Bacon's sale (March 1737, Cat. p. 350, n. 1614).
20. Owned about 1749 by Joseph Ames.
21. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' I II, p. 245, n. 3602* and V, p. 83, n. 1738) ;
then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1750, p. 24, n. 886 and 1751, I, p. 52, n. 1758).
22. Bought by G. Mason at James West's sale (March 1773).
23. According to Dibdin an imperfect copy belonged about 1 810 to Francis Douce.
24. Offered by Harding and Lepard, Cat. 1829, an d by Pickering, Cat. 1834,
p. 49, n. 477. Imp. 5 iff. (4, 5, 6, 93, 94). Russia, g.e. Was this the
imperfect copy in russia placed by Earl Spencer in Stanesby Alchorne's
sale (May 1813, Cat, p. 19, n. 173) to Singer for the Marquess of Blandford ;
his (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 34, n. 774) to Triphook for
G. Watson-Taylor ; his sale (March 1823, Cat. I, p. 16, n. 306) to Thorpe?
25. Offered by Thorpe (Cat, December 1849, n. 3450). Probably perf. (?).
26. The Duke of Hamilton's sale (May 1884, Cat. p. 23, n. 303) to Quaritch.
(Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2114, n. 21840). Perf. with blank, but stained and
mended. Panelled calf ; then in red mor. by Bedford.
27. An imperfect copy was returned to Quaritch as a duplicate about 1898 by
Lord Amherst of Hackney.
28. Maurice Johnson's sale (21 March 1898, Cat. p. 95, n. ion) to Tregaskis.
Imp. 38 ff. (56 ff. only remain) ; first 3ff. and some inner margins wormed.
Original binding, but damaged (289 x 213 mm.).
Fragments.
29. Bought before 1879 by William Blades ; now ST. BRIDE FOUNDATION
INSTITUTE. Contains 38 ff. only (a 2, a 8, b 1-8, ci-8, d 1-2, d4~5, d7,
e 1-3, e 6-7, 1 1-8. It was formerly in the original stamped leather
binding, lined with printer's waste. The binding is now in a glass frame,
and what remains of the book has been rebound in brown mor. by Douglas
Cockerell (283 x 206 mm.). Cf. n. 30.
30. Two ff. (64-5) from the preceding copy were presented in June 1879 by
Blades to W. H. Dutton ; his sale (December 1903, Cat. p. 18, n. 177) to
Quaritch (Cat. 243, 1905, p. 24, n. 159) ; W. C. Van Antwerp's sale (March
1907, Cat. p. 8, n. 26) to TREGASKIS, who still owns them (Cat. 652, July
1908, p. 13, n. 98). Bound with 2 ff. of the so-called second edition of the
' Lyf of our lady ', in half mor. (283 x 206 mm.).
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31. Ff. 85-88 of another copy, cleaned by Pickering, belonged to Blades ; now
ST. BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE (363 x 188 mm.).
9. BONAVENTURA. Speculum vite Cristi. Folio. (148 ff., the
first and last blanks: a-s 8 t 4 33 lines. 187x119 mm.) First
edition with ' Ca ' in the heads towards the end.
Type 5 only. Printed about 1486.
Blades, pp. 194-198, n. 70 and second edition, pp. 316-319, n. 71 ;
Copinger, 1 1, pp. 129-130,^ 1178; Ames, p. 64; Ames-Herbert,
I, pp. 86-87; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 320-322, n. 48 (cf. p. 373).
Copies known.
1. Bishop Moore ; then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 44 (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 28).
Imp. 12 ff. (a 1-8, b i, t 2-4). Slight stains. Old calf (376 x 193 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
2. Watkyn Williams, then W. E. Watkyn Wynne's coll. at Towin, Merioneth-
shire. Imp. 10 ff. (a 1-3, 6-8 ; t 1-4). Slightly wormed and stained, with
curious typographical peculiarities (265 x 195 mm.).
Fragment.
3. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. A few ff. of this edition are bound in the
imperfect copy of the second edition (cf. infra).
10. BONAVENTURA. Speculum vite Cristi. Folio. (Same collation.)
Second edition with ' Capitulum ' in heads. The last leaf is not
blank, but bears Caxton's device. (187 x 1 19 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1490.
Blades, pp. 194-198, n. 70 and second edition, pp. 328-329, n. 77;
Hain, I, pp. 488-489, n. 3564; Copinger, I, p. 116.
Copies known.
1 . Early owner : Susan Pureseye. Was before the Reformation in Sion Nunnery.
Found by Maskell in a Catholic Seminary of the West of England. Sold
through him in 1864 to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55119, formerly C. 41 f.
(Proctor, p. 716, n. 9672). Nearly perf. (wanting first blank), on vellum.
Red velvet (249 x 177 mm.).
2. Early owner: Henry Dana; Bishop Moore; then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB.
10. 42 (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 29). Nearly perf. (wanting first blank). Old
calf (273 x 196 mm.).
3. Bishop Moore ; then (1715) Cambridge AB. 10. 43. Sold as a duplicate to
Ellis in 1870, then H. Huth (Cat. I, pp. 180-181), now A. H. HUTH'S coll.
Wanted i blank f. (a i), almost all c 2, and parts of t 2, 3, 4. Made nearly
14
perf. by H. Huth with 3 ff. from copy n. 5. The last leaf with device
is added from another copy or another book (?). Had formerly many ff.
transposed (272 x 187 mm.).
4. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 122, n. 1546); then (1743)
Osborne ; then James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1870) to
John Ratcliffe ; his sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1019) to Nicol for
King George III ; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55120 =
C. 10. b. 15. Imp. 2 ff. (first blank and last f.). Made up from several
copies, c 2 being added from a 254 mm. copy, m 3-5 from a 257 mm.
copy, &c. Patched, mended, and washed. Old red mor. with Royal
arms (266 x 192 mm.).
5. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 1424 bis) to Thane ; T. Allen's
sale (June 1795, Cat. p. 75, n. 1407) to Elmsley, then Earl Spencer, who
took 2 ff. (p 6 and 57) from it, to add to the Roxburghe copy ; then
Sir Francis Freeling's sale (November 1836, Cat. p. 24, n. 420) to Rodd
for Rev. Thomas Corser ; his sale (July 1868, Cat. I, p. 44, n. 470) to
Lilly for H. Huth, who took 3 other ft. from it to add to n. 3 ; then (before
1877) EARL BEAUCHAMP'S coll. at Madresfield Court (Cat. p. 8). Imp. 5 ff.,
and having the last leaf, but cropped. Old blue mor., dentelle.
6. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Imp. 4 ff. (e 3-6 from W. de Worde's
1494 edition), and having some ff. from first edition, but with first blank
(280 x 203 mm.).
7. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 61, n. 3454) to
Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 36, n. 497) ; now J. PlERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 180-181, n. 701). Imp. 2 ff. (b5 in facs.,
and first blank), but clean. Three words in MS. in a 8 ; lower margins of
b 2-4 mended. Modern red mor. (260 x 188 mm.).
8. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1664) to Dr. Hunter; then
(1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 24. Imp. 19 ff. (a 1-3 ;
b 2, 6-8 ; c 1-2 ; d a, 7 ; m 3-5 ; r5, 7-8 ; s 5-6 ; 1 4). Stained and much
dilapidated. Old brown English calf, with red mor. back (254 x 190 mm.).
9. Bought from Payne (Cat. 1794, p. 48, n. 1193) by the Duke of Roxburghe ;
his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 7, n. 212) to Triphook for Earl Spencer
(' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 326-327, n. 875) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY n. 8679. Made perf. (except initial blank) by Earl Spencer,
with p 6 and s 7 from the Allen copy. Has the last f. Brown russia (by
R. Payne ?) with the Roxburghe arms (243 x 187 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
(These may be first or second edition),
lo. William Stukeley's sale (April 1766, Cat. p. 13, n. 254).
Ji. Offered by Edwards (Cat. 1787, n. 680).
12. Sale at Evans (18 May 1835, Cat p. 12, n. 227) to Thorpe, then wanting
2 ff. (65 and T 3). Perhaps the copy offered by Thorpe n. 107 and n. 226
in two of his catalogues, having i f. in facs. by Harris. And is it not the
Ashburnham copy (n. 7) ?
Fragment.
13. Bodleian Library, Ashm. 1144*. Quire i only, 8 ff. (277 x 202 mm.).
Spurious copy.
14. George Offer's sale, burnt at Sotheby's 28 June 1864 (Cat. p. 140, n. 1384).
Imp. 47 ff. (all before c 2 and after p 6). Some ff. mended. Calf by Riviere.
This was not a Caxton, but a Pynson, and is now, with margins much burnt,
in the British Museum. Offor had added a leaf with Caxton's device.
II. BOOK OF COURTESY. Book of curtesye. First edition. Quarto.
(14 ff., the first blank : a 8 b 6 . 22 lines and a blank. 156 x 95 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 63-64, n. 23 and second edition, pp. 211-212, n. 23 ;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4927, 12 ; Copinger, II, pp. 172-173, n. 1581 ;
Ames, pp. 60-6 1 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 306-3 1 1, n. 43.
Copy known.
i. Early owners: J. F. and Arundell. Then Bishop Moore, then (1715)
CAMBRIDGE AB. 8. 48. 7 (Sayle, I, p. 3, n. 3). Perf. with blank. Was
bound with seven other Caxtons. Now separately in green mor. by Stoakley.
(205 x 143 mm.)
12. BOOK OF DIVERS GHOSTLY MATTERS: Orologium
sapiencie ; The XII proffites of tribulacyon ; The rule of saynte
Benet. Quarto. (96 + 32 + 20 ff. ; A-M 8 ; A-D 8 ; a-b 8 c 4 . 24 lines.
143 x 90 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1 49 1 .
Blades, pp. 231-234, n. 85 and second edition, pp. 350-351, n. 91 ;
Hain, II, p. 482, n. 7771; Copinger, I, pp. 232-233; Ames,
pp. 67-68; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 90-91; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP- 330-332, n. 51.
Copies known.
1. Belonged in 1650 to the English Benedictines of St. Gregory of Douai ; then
Bishop Moore; then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 64 (Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 37).
Perf. and fine (i9ox 133 mm.).
2. Belonged to the English Benedictines of Our Lady of Good Hope, in Paris.
Now the EARL OF D YSART'S coll. Was perf., but the ' Proffites ' were stolen
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before 1858, offered for sale at that date, and bought by the Earl of
Ashburnham ; his sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 93, n. 3760) to Quaritch for
the BRITISH MUSEUM IA. 55141 (Proctor, p. 905, n. 9683 A). This
portion is bound in russia and, having been cut, measures only 183 x 128 mm.
The whole is clean and with many MS. notes (187 x 130 mm.). Probably
the Harleian copy.
3. Ralph Willett's sale (December 1813, Cat. p. 68, n. 1777) to Earl Spencer
('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 329-331, n. 877) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY n. 15678, (then 18938). Nearly perf., wanting only a portion of
f. i. Cleaned. Olive mor. by C. Lewis (179 x 128 mm.).
4. Given about 1720 by T. Rudd to the Cathedral library, DURHAM. Imp. 73 ff.
(all before I 3 ; M 4 and 5 of ' Orol.' ; D 3 and 6 of ' Proffites ' ; a i, 2 and 8
of ' Rule '). Stained and torn. Formerly bound with some Wynkyn de
Worde's, now separately in mor. (178 x 127 mm.).
5. Tempsford Hall library; William Stuart's sale (March 1895, Cat. p. n,
n. 80) to Nicholls ; Harold Baillie Weaver's sale at Christie's (29 March
1898, Cat. p. 16, n. 114) to Pickering, for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. n,
n. 151) ; now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 182, n. 704). Imp.
42 ff. (A ; B ; C i ; D i, 7 ; E 4, 5 ; H 7 of ' Orologium ' ; A ; D i, 8 of
' Proffites ' ; a 8 ; b 1-2, 6-8 ; c of ' Rule '). Half-bound brown calf
( 1 86 x 125 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
6. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana ' III, p. 391, ^6928); then (1743)
Osborne. ' Gilt and marbled on the leaves.' Doubtless n. 2.
7. Belonged in 1826 to Francis Wrangham, Archdeacon of Cleveland (Cat.
1826, p. 49). Imperfect.
Fragment.
8. CAMBRIDGE AB. 5. 24 2 . One leaf.
13. CATO, DIONYSIUS. Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho. First edition.
Quarto. (34 ff., the first blank : a-c 8 d 10 . 22 lines and a blank.
153 x 102 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 52-54, n. 15 and second edition, pp. 202-205, n. 14;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4927, 3-4; Copinger, II, p. 167, n. 1535;
Ames, pp. 60-61 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81 ; Ames-Dibdin,
I, pp. 306-311, n. 43.
Copy known.
i. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 8. 48. 2 (Sayle, I, p. 3, n. 4).
Nearly perf. (wanting initial blank). Was bound with seven other Caxtons ;
now separately in green mor. by Stoakley (205 x 143 mm.).
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14, CATO, DIONYSIUS. Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho. Second
edition. Quarto. (34 ff., the first blank: a-c 8 d 10 . 22 lines and
a blank.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, p. 55, n. 16 and second edition, p. 205, n. 15 ; Copinger, II,
pp. 167-168, n. 1536; Ames- Herbert, I, pp. 50-51.
Copy known.
i. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 363-363, n. 6202), then (1743)
Osborne, then the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. (Hardwicke Hall, now
Chatsworth). Wanting first blank. Was in an old vellum wrapper with
Stanspuer ; now rebound in orange mor. by C. Lewis (183 x 130 mm.). Per-
haps the copy (edition doubtful) ascribed to J. West by Ames in 1749 ; [also
the copy in Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727 Cat. IX, p. 26). ' Very fair.']
15. CATO, DIONYSIUS. Paruus Chato. Magnus Chato. Third edition.
Folio. (28 ff., the first a blank : a-c 8 d 4 . 29 lines. 194 x 122 mm.)
Types 2* and 3. Printed about 1481.
Blades, pp. 80-82, n. 30 (cf. p. 256) and second edition, pp. 224-225,
n. 30; Hain, II, p. 75, n. 4755; Copinger, I, p. 147; Ames,
p. 38; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 50-51; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 200-
202, n. 26.
Copies known.
1. Belonged as early as 1749 to the Maurice Johnson coll. at Spalding, then
(1898) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55034, formerly C. 57. f. 4 (Proctor, p. 715,
n. 9635 A). Per/., with blank, and beautifully clean. Formerly bound
with 'Caton', 'Curial', 'Game of chess II', 'Curia sapiencie' and
'Reynart I'. Brown mor. (272 x 192 mm.).
2. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford, bequeathed in 1745 by Nath. Crynes. Perf.,
bound with e Curia sapiencie ', * Pylgremage ', and ' Eneydos ' (254 x
178 mm.).
3. Bought ii September 1813 fr m Cochrane by Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.'
IV, pp. 264 a -266 a , n. 861) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
n. 15838. Nearly per/., without blank, but cropped. Formerly bound
with 'Curial' and 'Vocabulary', now separately in dark olive mor. by
C. Lewis (212 x 172 mm.).
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16. CATO, DIONYSIUS. The book callid Caton, translated by Benet
Burgh. Folio. (80 ff., four being blank [i , 6, 7, 80] : 6 ff. a-h 8 i
38 lines. 190 x 1 18 mm.)
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Types 2 and 4*. Printed after 23 December 1483.
Blades, pp. 148-150, n. 52 (cf. p. 258) and second edition,
pp. 277-279, n. 55 ; Hain, II, p. 75, n. 4754 ; Copinger, I, p. 147 ;
Ames, pp. 37-38; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 49-50; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 195-200, n. 25.
Copies known.
1. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 246, n. 3630 [or p. 267,
n. 4054] and V, p. 82, n. 1709 [or p. 83, n. 1718]), then (1743) Osborne
(Cat. 1750, p. 24, n. 885 and 1751, I, p. 52, n. 1755 and II, p. 24, n. 414) to
j. West; his sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 64, n. 1151) to J. Ratcliffe; his
sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1016) to Nicol for King George III,
then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55083 = C. 10. b. 8 (Proctor, p. 716,
n. 9656). Nearly perf. (wanting the four blanks) but scribbled and soiled.
Old red mor. with Royal arms (254 x 184 mm.).
2. The other Harleian copy (bought at Edinburgh from Alex. Seymmer
24 May 1725 by the Earl of Oxford, and bought from Osborne by
J. Barnard, 15 February 1745) was sold by I. and A. Arch before 1815 to
the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Nearly perf . (wanting the blanks) and fine.
Brown mor. by C. Lewis, with Devonshire cipher (275 x 194 mm.).
3. Early owners: Robert Berkeley, Richard . . ., Henry . . ., Theodosia Aubrey;
then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 36 (Sayle, I, p. 6,
n. 20). Nearly perf. , with the first only of the four blanks, but scribbled.
Old calf (268 x 200 mm.).
4. Early owner: Nicholas Clarke; given by somebody in 1722 to John Alford;
Henry Willett's sale at Christie's (5 July 1905, Cat. pp. 7-8, n. 23) to
Quaritch for J. PlERPONT MORGAN (Cat. Ill, p. 173, n. 691). Nearly perf .
(wanting the three first of the four blanks). Old stamped calf about 1540
(277x195 mm.).
5. Early owner: Fra. Laxton; J. Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73,
n. 1427) to Dr. Hunter, then (1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM
Bv. 2. 1 6. Nearly perf.> wanting blanks I, 6, and 80, but stained. Old
red Harleian mor. (263 x 191 mm.).
6. Sold in April 1789 by Payne to Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 263*-
264% n. 860); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 3142.
Nearly perf. (wanting blanks) and clean. Brown russia (256 x 172 mm.).
7. Oxford, EXETER COLLEGE. Perf. (254x191 mm.).
8. J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 28, n. 403) to Payne; J. Dunn Gardner's
sale (July 1854, Cat. p. 42, n. 463) to H. Stevens for J. Lenox; now
New York, LENOX LIBRARY. Perf. and fine, green mor. (276 x 200 mm.).
Cf. n. 19. This is probably the copy with the blank at a i (but not the
others) offered by Longman, Cat. 1817, n. 57.
9. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 6. Imp. 7 ff. (all before a 2). Has
last blank ; stains, and MS. notes. Old calf (274 x 195 mm.).
19 D 2
10. The MARQUESS OF AILESBURY'S coll.
11. William Fletewode's sale (December 1774, Cat. p. 65, n. 1174) to Stanesby
Alchorne ; then Johnes, then Spencer; Alchorne sale (May 1813, Cat.
p. 1 8, n. 169) to Singer, for the Marquess of Blandford ; White Knights sale
(June 1819, Cat. p. 42, n. 966) to Triphook ; sale at Sotheby's (17 June
1823, Cat. p. 33, n. 1032) to Triphook; J. Wilkes' sale (12 March 1847,
Cat. p. 45, n. 682) to Pickering; sale at Sotheby's (27 February 1899, Cat.
p. 144, n. 1818) to Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. n, n. 155); now
J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 172, n. 690). Now Imp. 12 ff.
(all e and the four blanks, f i partly erased, leaf of colophon mended, last
line cut into). Some ff. scribbled. Some margins mended. Old russia
(273 x 200 mm.).
12. The Maurice Johnson copy, bought in 1898 for the CHRISTIE-MILLER coll.
at Britwell. Imp. ff. 1-6 (2 of them blank). Formerly bound with ' Paruus
Catho III ', ' Curial ', ' Game of chess II ', ' Curia sapiencie ' and ' Reynart I '.
Now in modern mor. (272 x 192 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
13. P. de Cardonell'(?)s sale (6 June 1681).
14. Richard Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 275, n. 89) to Darby.
15. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 72).
16. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1726, Cat. VIII, p. 35).
17. John Murray's sale (May 1749, Cat p. 22, n. 705).
18. John Ives' sale (March 1777, Cat. p. 23, n. 620) to the bookseller Thane.
19. Edward Wynne's sale (March 1786, Cat. p. 46, n. 1365) to Ashby.
20. Offered by Edwards, Cat. 1790, n. 1118.
21. Bequeathed by Dean Honey wood to Lincoln Cathedral library, sold in
i8n(?)to Dibdin (' Lincolne nosegay' p. 6), who resold it at Evans
(February 1814 or 1815). Offered by Payne and Foss, Cat. 1840, p. 313,
n. 5746. Perf. Said to be very tall. Green mor. with joints. Cf. n. 8.
22. J. Roberts's sale (March 1815, Cat. p. 21, n. 639) to Woodburn. Mor. by
C. Lewis.
23. Barrett's sale (December 1818, Cat. p. 4, n. 79) to Triphook.
24. A. Littledale's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 46, n. 1286) to B. W. Russia.
25. Edward Knight's sale (1821, Cat. n. 1200).
2,6. The Duke of Sussex's sale (August 1845, Cat. VI, p. 15, n. 224) to Pickering.
Russia.
27. Belonged in 1863 to Beriah Botfield. Perf. and fine (270 x 181 mm.).
28. Early owners: Henry Baker, Joseph Whatley; then the Earl of Ashburnham's
sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 105, n. 976) to Pickering for Richard Bennett.
Imp. 17 ff. (4-5; d8 ; all e; F. J, 3, 5, and the three blanks at the
beginning). Slightly stained. Half bound (280 x 184 mm.).
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Fragments.
29. E. GORDON DUFF owns 8 ff., from a London sale.
30. Given in 1680 by the London bookseller Moses Pitt (bought in at his sale,
25 November 1878) to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 21 (i).
A fragment of 25 ff., beginning on g I. Bound in modern yellow calf
before ' Boecius ', ' Knyght of the Toure ', and ' Esope ' (276 x 203 mm.).
17. CAXTON, WILLIAM. Advertisement : If it plese ony man . . .,
&c. An oblong broadside (7 lines and a space. 55 x 128 mm.).
Type n. 3 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 101-102, n. 35 and second edition, pp. 239-241, n. 35 ;
Copinger, II, p. 4, n. 32 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, p. c n.
Copies known.
1. Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce
frag, e i (Proctor, p. 714, n. 9625). Stained and worm-eaten. Modern half
purple mor. (79 x 147 mm.).
2. Formerly in Dr. Farmer's copy of ' Dictes ', I (inserted after the prologue).
Then Earl Spencer's coll. (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 349-350). Now taken
out and exhibited separately at Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
(74 x 146 mm.).
Spurious copy.
3*. There does not exist a copy at Brasenose College, Oxford, as stated in
Rev. M. Walcott's ' History of Westminster '.
18. CESSOLIS, JACOBUS DE. The game and playe of the chesse.
Second edition. Folio. (84 ff., the first blank : a-i 8 k-1 6 . 29 lines.
196 x 127 mm.)
Type 2* only. Printed about 1483.
Blades, pp. 95-98, n. 34 and second edition, pp. 232-236, n. 34;
Hain, II, pp. 94-95, n. 4901 ; Copinger, I, pp. 152-153; Ames,
pp. 58-60; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 76-78; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 36-52, n. 5.
Copies known.
1. TRINITY COLLEGE, Cambridge. Perf. but a poor impression (280 x 209 mm.).
2. The Maurice Johnson copy, bought in 1898 for the CHRISTIE-MILLER coll.
at Britwell. Perf. and fine. Formerly bound with 'Paruus Catho III',
' Caton ', ' Curial ', ' Curia sapiencie ' and ' Reynart I '. Brown mor. by
W. Pratt (272 x 192 mm.).
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3. Early owner: Raphe Pollard; then (1749) Joseph Ames, then John Rat-
cliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 1429) to Ralph Willett (of Merly) ;
his sale (December 1813, Cat. p. 23, n. 604) to the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE.
Nearly perf. (wanting first blank) but slightly stained ; a poor impression.
Old red mor. (285 x 200 mm.).
4. Bought at York by Laurence Sterne ; then Earl Spencer's coll. (' Bibl.
Spenc.' IV, pp. 194-1 95, n. 839); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
15386. Nearly perf. (wanting blank), the six first ff. mended at bottom,
the signatures gone ; also the five last ff. mended. Cleaned. Brown
russia (279 x 199 mm.).
5. Bequeathed by Samuel Pepys to the PEPYSIAN LIBRARY, Cambridge.
Nearly perf. (wanting half the last f.). Woodcuts coloured (254 x 184 mm.).
6. ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford. Nearly perf. (wanting half of d 3 ; h 8 is
transposed before f i). Stained and cropped (235 x 159 mm.).
7. LORD TOLLEMACHE OF HELMINGHAM'S Coll.
8. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55053 = C. 10.
b i (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9643). Imp. 8 ff., one being a blank (a 1-3, 62-5,
h i, h 8). Mended in many places. Old purple mor. with Royal arms
(268 x 197 mm.).
9. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 6. Imp. i f. (last)
but with first blank. Slightly stained, MS. notes, old vellum wrapper,
a poor impression (270 x 202 mm.).
10. VIENNA, Imperial library. Imp. 5 ff. (a 4, b 3, e i, 1 1-2). Very poor copy,
torn and mended (267 x 194 mm.).
n. The EARL OF PEMBROKE'S coll. Imp. 34 ff. (a i to d 3, k 6 to end), much
cropped, but very cleaa Old red English mor. (222 x 163 mm.).
12. Sold by a lady to Sotheran in October 1868, then H. Huth, now A. H. HUTH'S
coll. (Cat. I, pp. 288-289). Imp. 2 ff. (a 8 in facsimile and blank).
Former bound with ' Fayttes ' ; now alone in white vellum (251 x 189 mm.).
13. LORD CLIFFORD'S coll. Imp. 7 ff. (a i and all 1) (263 x 191 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
14. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 84).
15. Thomas Sclater Bacon's sale (March 1737, Cat. p. 350, n. 1614).
16. Richard Farmer's sale (May 1798, Cat. p. 286, n. 6211).
Fragments.
17. The first f. of the second tractate is in Sir John Fenn's album, formerly
belonging to B. Quaritch (Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97, n. 1056); W. C. Van
Antwerp's sale (March 1907, Cat. p. 24, n. 102), then Tregaskis.
1 8. The first f. of the first tractate, coloured (210 x 137 mm.), was bequeathed by
Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Inc. c. E. 7. i (2).
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ig. CHARLES THE GREAT. The Life of Charles the Great.
Translated by Caxton from the French. Folio. (96 ff., the first
and last probably blanks ; a-m 8 . 39 lines. 194 x 127 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed i December 1485.
Blades, pp. 178-180, n. 64 and second edition, pp. 306-308, n. 67;
Hain, II, p. 47, n. 4521 ; Copinger, I, p. 142 ; Ames, pp. 46-48 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 61-63 5 Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 255-260, n. 32.
Copy known.
1. Sold 1 8 July 1700, by Danser to Bagford, who is said to have resold it to
Bishop Moore ; then in the Earl of Oxford's coll. (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III,
pp. 180-181, n. 2537); then (1743) Osborne; then James West's sale
(March 1773, Cat. p. 209, n. 4092) to John Ratcliffe; his sale (March 1776,
Cat. p. 61, n. 1216) to Nichol for King George III ; then (1829) BRITISH
MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55090 = C. 10. b. 9 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9659).
Imp. 2 ff. (both blanks) fine, but very slightly wormed. Was in half-mor. ;
now old red mor. with Royal arms (273 x 197 mm.).
Fragment.
2. BRITISH MUSEUM, Joseph Ames's album, I, n. 59. Leaf a 2 only (damaged)
(224 x 168 mm.).
3. A leaf is said to be at WINDSOR, in the Royal library.
2O. CHART IE R, ALAIN. The Curial. Translated from the French
by Caxton. Folio. (6 ff. : a c . 38 lines. 191 x 124 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed about 1484.
Blades, pp. 167-169, n. 59 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 296-
297, n. 62 ; Hain, II, p. 96, n. 4918 ; Copinger, I, p. 153 ; Ames,
pp. 68-69; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 91-92; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP. 333-336, n. 52.
Copies known.
1. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 122, n. 1549); then (1743)
Osborne; then (1749) Joseph Ames; James West's sale (March 1773,
Cat. p. 131, n. 2284) to John Ratcliffe ; his sale (March 1776, Cat. pp. 72-73,
n. 1422) to Nicol for King George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM
(King's) IB. 55100 = C. 10. b. 17 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9663). Perf. but
soiled. Formerly bound with ' Book of Fame ' (?), now alone in old red
mor. with Royal arms (263 x 182 mm.).
2. The Maurice Johnson copy, bought in 1898 for the CHRISTIE-MILLER coll.
at Britwell. Perf. and fine. Formerly bound with ' Paruus Catho III ',
' Caton ', ' Game of chess II ', ' Curia sapiencie ', and ' Reynart I '. Brown
mor. by W. Pratt (272 x 192 mm.).
3. Bought from Cochrane (n September 1813) by Earl Spencer (Dibdin,
'Literary Reminiscences' I, p. 498; ' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 331-333,
n. 878) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15544. Formerly
bound before 'Paruus Catho III' and 'Vocabulary'; now separately in
olive mor. by C. Lewis (207 x 149 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
4. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. x, p. 81).
5. Offered by Edwards (Cat. 1787, n. 565).
Fragment.
6. CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 7, n. 25), Leaf 3 only.
21. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The book of fame. Folio. (30 ff., the
first and last blank: a-c 8 d 6 . 38 lines. 191 x 123 mm.)
Type 4*. Printed about 1483.
Blades, pp. 165-167, n. 58 and second edition, pp. 292-295, n. 61 ;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4925; Copinger, I, p. 154; Ames, p. 61 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 81-82 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 311-313, n. 44.
Copies known,
i or 2. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 130, n. 2281) to Ratcliffe.
1. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1014) to Nicol ; then
D. Daly's sale (Dublin, May 1792, Cat. pp. 14-15, n. 208) to King George III ;
then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55097 = C. 10. b. 13 (Proctor,
p. 716, n. 9662). Nearly perf. (without the blanks) and clean. Old red
mor. with Royal arms (264 x 185 mm.). Was this ever bound with the
British Museum ' Curial ' ? Cf. n. 5.
2. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 242, n. 3542); then (1743)
Osborne [either this or n. 2 was in West's sale, cf. supra] ; then John
Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1215) to B. White ; then Earl
Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 312-319, n. 871) ; now Manchester, JOHN
RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 7913. Nearly perf.> wanting only last blank, but
having d 5 and 6 in duplicate. Old red Harleian mor. (283 x 200 mm.).
3. VIENNA, Imperial library, II. D. 27. Nearly perf ., wanting both blanks, but
slightly torn (267 x 181 mm.).
4. Bought in 1510 by R. Johnson; then Bishop Moore; then (1715) CAMBRIDGE,
AB. 10. 27. 5 (Sayle, I, p. 6,n. 21). Imp.^ ff. (d 3 and 4 and both blanks).
Was bound with ' Fayttes ', ' Godfrey ', ' Eneydos ', and * Chastysing ' ; now
separately in half purple mor. (276 x 195 mm.).
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Present owner untraced.
5. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. ix, p. 41). ' Very fair.'
6. Owned about 1749 by Joseph Ames (same as n, i) and apparently then
bound with the ' Curial '.
7. Offered in White's Cat. 1777, n. 1080.
Fragments.
8. BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55098 (formerly C. 18. e. 2). One leaf only from
Book I, 487-522. Brown linen boards (163 x 86 mm.).
9. John Bagford's coll., now BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55099 = Harl. MS. 59 19,
n. 7. One leaf only (b 3) (195 x 94 mm.).
22. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Canterbury tales, first edition.
Folio. (374 ff., the first, 266th [= k 10] and last being blanks:
a-z 8 ; A-I 8 K 10 L-Q 8 R 6 S-Z 8 ; Aa 6 . 29 lines. 197 x 128 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1478.
Blades, pp. 45-47, n. 12 and second edition, pp. 193-194, n. 9;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4921 ; Copinger, I, p. 154; Ames, pp. 54-57 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 72-75 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 291-295, n. 39.
Copies known.
1. Sale at Baker's (3 May 1771) to James West; his sale (March 1773, Cat-
p. 130, n. 2274) to Nicol for King George III, then (1829) BRITISH
MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55009 = 167. c. 26 (Proctor, p. 714, n. 9626). Nearly
perf. (wanting the 3 blanks), last printed f. inlaid, MS. notes. Old Russia
(270 x 191 mm.).
2. Oxford, MERTON COLLEGE. Made perf . with some ff. from a Spencer copy
(n. 16 ?). Illuminated (273 x 197 mm.).
3. Bequeathed (1846) by Thomas Grenville to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55010
= G. 11585. Imp. 8 ff. including the 3 blanks (a i, \ a 3, a 7-8, k 10, Aa
3-6) supplied in facs. Washed. Blue mor., lined blue mor. (283 x 204 mm.).
4. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1226) to Shropshire ; now
EARL FITZWILLIAM'S coll. Imp. 4 ff. (2 first, 3i3th, last) slightly stained
and torn. Mor. (206 ? x 197 mm.).
5. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 11567, from Earl Spencer's
coll. (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 288-292, n. 868). Imp. 10 ff. (2 first, 3rd, 7th,
and 3 ff. in the ' Clerk of Oxenforde ', all in facs. ; also the 3 blanks),
clean, some ff. inlaid. Dark purple mor. (244 x 181 mm.).
6. The EARL OF DYSART'S coll. Imp. 272 ff. (in all 102 ff. between ' Wife of
Bath ' and the ' Shipman ') (280 x 200 mm.).
25 E
7. Early owners : John Gifford, Mary Gifforde. Obtained from Ireland by
Lilly, perfected by Blades, and sold by Lilly (Cat. 1861, p. 7) to H. Huth ;
now A. H. RUTH'S coll. (Cat. i, p. 305). Imp. 16 ff. (2 at beginning, 8 at
end, 6 others, all in facs.). Brown blind-tooled mor., by Bedford (267 x
1 8 1 mm.). Cf. n. 20.
8. [Barlaston Hall] sale at Sotheby's (24 February 1896, Cat. p. 49, n. 687)
to Quaritch ; then Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 13, n. 169); now J. PlERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (?). Imp. 21 ff. (also 2, corners ; in all 353 ff.). Was in old
brown calf, now in brown mor. (270 x 191 mm.).
9. R. E. Saunders's sale at Sotheby's (18 June 1896, Cat. p. 100, n. 1182) to
Quaritch (Cat. 175, 1897, pp. 270-271, n. 556) ; now J. PlERPONT MORGAN'S
coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 166, n. 674). Wanted 7 ff., now only 5 (2 and 6, in facs. and
the 3 blanks). Some margins wormed and mended. Russia (276 x 198 mm.).
10. ROBERT HOE'S coll. (Cat. I, p. 103). Imp. 18 ff. (i a blank, 3-8, 128, 151,
298-305, last blank). Brown mor., lined with vellum, by Cuzin (1889?),
finished by Mercier, in a case.
n. Richard Heber's sale (December 1834, Cat. IV, p. 115, n. 815) to Pickering
for B. H. Bright; his sale (March 1845, Cat. p. 87, n. 1240) to Rodd for
the Earl of Ashburnham, who added leaves to it from Nos. 20, 21, and 22
and who incorporated in it part or all of 9 ff. bought by him at E. V.
Utterson's sale (April 1852, Cat. p. 36, n. 487) ; his sale (June 1897, Cat. I,
p. 112, n. 1044) to Pickering for Richard Bennett ; now J. PlERPONT MOR-
GAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 166, n. 675). Now Imp. 18 ff. (1-8, 266, 364, 365,
369-374), first f. defective, 6 following inlaid, some ff. scribbled or stained.
Modern brown mor. (288 x 210 mm.).
Present owner untraced. 1
12. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 37, n. 142). Edition doubtful.
13. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1732, Cat. xv, p. 69). Imp.
14. Given by Rev. T. Baker to J. Bagford ; then the Earl of Oxford's coll., then
(before 1749) J. Ames; his sale (May 1760, Cat. p. 57, n. 821); then
(before 1770) Sir Peter Thompson; M. C. Tutet's sale (February 1786,
Cat. p. 20, n. 362) to Herbert (I. Herbert's Cat. 1795, p. 97, n. 1531). Imp.
15. J. Robert's sale (March 1815, Cat. p. 21, n. 633) withdrawn. Imp. 147 ff.
(in all 227 ff. only).
1 6. Earl Spencer's duplicate sale (May 1815, Cat. p. n,n. 355) to Longman.
Imp. Is it from this copy that leaves were added to the Merton copy and
is this the copy described in the 'Bibl. Spenc.' as in olive mor. by C. Lewis?
17. The Marquess of Blandford's second sale (1820) to Payne. Imp.
1 8. J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 40, n. 596) to Harding. Very Imp.
19. P. A. Hanrott's sale (July 1833, Cat. I, p. 101, n. 1704 *) to Thorpe. A large
fragment. Russia, g. e.
20. Lilly had in 1861 a copy for sale with the first 16 ff. in printed facs. (cf. n. 7).
1 Some of these may be of Caxton's second edition.
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21. Sold by a Bristol bookseller to the Earl of Ashburnham; his sale (May
1898, Cat, III, p. 131, n. 4059) to Tregaskis. Imp. 79 ff. (14 first printed ff.,
37 at end and 28 others) soiled (286 x 197 mm.).
22. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 121, n. 4060) to
Tregaskis. 277 loose ff., some defective or cropped in a mor. case.
23. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 121, n. 4061) to
Quaritch. 165 ff. only, cropped, unbound.
Either n. 22 or n. 23 was divided recently, leaf by leaf, among the members
of the Caxton Club. Cf. also n. 29.
Fragments.
24. Bagford's coll. (?), now BRITISH MUSEUM C. 39. k.,vol. I, formerly 643. m. 9.
(23). The lower part of ff. P I (229) and R 5 (319) from a binding. (Cf.
Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 359-360, n. 64.) (Is there another fragment in
C. 39. i?)
25. Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce
frag. e. 3. 8 ff. only, dirty and cropped, from a binding. Modern half
purple mor. (207 x 138 mm.).
26. Sale at Bangs' (New York, 7 June 1900, Cat. n. 108). One leaf only,
mounted in a frame.
27. Sale at Sotheby's (25 February 1901, Cat. p. 50, n. 590) to Tregaskis. One
leaf only, slightly torn, from the ' Man of lawis tale '.
28. L. W. Hodson's sale (December 1906, Cat. p. 15, n. in) to Quaritch.
65 ff. only, 2 being defective. Red brown mor. by D. Cockerell.
29. L. W. Hodson's sale (December 1906, Cat. p. 15, n. 112) to Maggs ; now
TREGASKIS (Cat. 652, July 1908, p. 13, n. 99). 33 ff. only (from 'Parson's
tale' and 'Melibeus'). Red mor. by D. Cockerell (1900). Stated by
Tregaskis to be part of one of the Ashburnham copies (243 x 154 mm.).
30. R. RANSHAW (Bournemouth) owns 2 ff, one from the prologue to ' Frankeleyns
tale', the other from the tale of 'Melibeus'; they were given to him in
1904 by George Reid. They measure 235 x 184 and 242 x 165 mm.
23. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Canterbury tales, second edition.
Folio. (312 ff., the first a blank : a-t 8 v 6 ; aa-hh 8 ii 6 ; A-K 8 L 4 .
38 lines. 1 90 xi 24 mm.)
Type 4* and 2*. Printed about 1484.
Blades, pp. 161-164, n. 57, cf. p. 260 and second edition, pp. 290-
292, n. 60; Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4922; Copinger, I, p. 154; Ames-
Herbert, I, p. 75 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 295-301, n. 40.
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Copies known.
1. Given by Sir William Knight Paddy to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford.
Perf. with blank and 2 other blanks at the end. Bound with ' Troylus '
and ' Four sermons I '. Coloured cuts (242 x 197 mm.).
2. BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55095, formerly C. 21. d (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9661).
Imp. 105 \ ff. (all before m 2 ; m 4-5 ; n 4, 5, 8 ; half aa i ; all I and L).
Patched and soiled ; m 8 and G 8 transposed before m 6 and K i. Old
brown calf (272 x 188 mm.).
3. Bequeathed (1846) by Thomas Grenville to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55094 =
G. 11586. Imp. 21 ff. (a i a blank ; i 7 ; p i ; all ii; A i; B 2-3; all K;
L3, all in facs. by Harris). Cropped at top. Blue mor. double* (259 x 192 mm.).
4. Cambridge, MAGDALENE COLLEGE L. 5. 34. Imp. 47 ff. (all before d 3
and after H 7 ; 65) (248 x 165 mm.).
5. Cambridge, PEPYSIAN LIBRARY. Imp. i f. (a 2). Clean, a few MS. notes
(280x197 mm.).
6. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1021) to Herbert (I. Herbert's
Cat. 1795, p. 98, n. 1532 and Cat. 1796, n. 709) ; then Earl Spencer (' Bibl.
Spenc.' IV, pp. 292-309, n. 869) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY n. 8694. Imp. 29 ff. (a i, 2, 3, 6 ; b i ; c 4, 5, 8 ; d 1-6 ; ii 6 ;
G 3-4 ; all K and L). Old English red mor. (239 X 177 mm.).
7. John Brand's sale (May 1807, Cat. I, p. Ji2, n. 3058) to Richard Heber; his
sale (December 1834, Cat. IV, pp. Ii5-n6,n. 816) to Payne for the Earl of
Ashburnham; his sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 112, n. 1045) to Pickering for
Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 13, n. 170); now J. PlERPONT MORGAN'S coll.
(Cat. Ill, pp. 174-176, n. 693). Imp. 26 ff. (a i, 2, 4-7; b 2-3, 6-8 ; c 2-3;
D 8 ; I 6, 8 ; K 1-3, 5-7 ; all L) ; this according to Blades (but 28 ff. ' Cat.
Ashb.' because a 3 and 8 had been taken out) ; now 23 ff. (a i, 2, 4, 5> 7> 8 ;
b 4-5 ; c 2-3 ; I J, 6, 8 ; K 1-3, 6-8 ; all L). Original leather covered oak
boards (270 x 198 mm.).
8. Sir Robert Jacob Buxton, Shadwell Court, Norfolk ; now MRS. MAUD BUXTON'S
coll. Imp. (all before b2;c3;e6;f2;ki; 18;m2;v. 4;ee 2-3 ;
ii 2, 6 ; A 8 ; B i ; and others ; and all after I 7).
9. The ROYAL SOCIETY, London. Imp. 28 ff. (all a ; b 1-2, 7-8 ; aa 8 ; cc i, 8 ;
I 1,8; all K and L). Very poor copy, modern binding (273 x 197 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
10. Wyndham King's sale (May 1890, Cat. n. 877) to Tregaskis. 20 ff. only;
mor.
11. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 122, n. 4062) to
Leighton. Imp. 18 ff. (a 1-2 ; b i ; d i ; I i and 8 ; all K and L) with at
least i f. from a shorter copy [but probably 10 ff. (a 3-8, b 2, aa 8, cc i, 8)
added]. Old calf, broken.
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13. Early owners : Richard Rawlinson (1717) and ' Bateman bibliopola'. Was in
1863 in the French Protestant Church at St. Martin's-le-Grand, London ;
then disappeared, probably stolen. Imp. 113 ff. (all before h 5 ; p 7 ; t 8 ;
v a ; bb a ; dd 8 ; Ai;B 3-4 ; all after E 8), torn and dirty ; original binding
(270x197 mm.). This may well be the third copy owned by Lord Ash-
burnham ; his sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 122,, n. 4063) to Tregaskis.
Stated to contain 242 ff. from d i to E 8 with several ff. uncut, therefore
probably added to by the Earl of Ashburnham. (It seems now to want
only 70 ff. ?)
13. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 132, n. 4064) to
Tregaskis. 120 ff. only between i 2 and C 5.
It is probable that many ff. were interchanged between Nos. 7, u, 12, 13.
Spurious copy.
14*. The copy ascribed by Blades (p. 260) to the Marquess of Bath's coll. is,
according to H. Bradshaw's notes, of Pynson's first edition.
24. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Anelida and Arcite. Quarto (loff. : a 10 .
23 lines. 156 x 95 mm.).
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 64-66, n. 24 and second edition, p. 212, n. 24; Hain,
II, p. 97, n. 4927, 13; Copinger, II, p. 173, n. 1582; Ames,
pp. 60-6 1 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 306-3 1 1, n. 43.
Copy known.
i. Early owners : Paul Haynes, Henry Birkenhead, Thomas Bristow, Waterhous
and Thomas Halm. Then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 8.
48. 8 (Sayle, I, p. 3, n. 5). Perf. Was bound with seven other Caxtons,
now separately in green mor. by Stoakley (205 X 143 mm.).
25. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. The Temple of bras (i. e. the Parlement
ofFoules). Quarto, (a-c 8 , . . . 23 lines. 156x95 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 61-63, n. 22 and second edition, p. 211, n. 22. ; Hain,
II, p. 97, n. 4927, 10 ; Copinger, III, p. 113, n. 57 2 55 Ames,
pp. 60-6 1 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 306-311, n. 43.
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Copies known.
1. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 8. 48. 6 (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. 6).
Imp. (ff. 1-24 only). Was bound with seven other Caxtons, now separately
in green mor. by Stoakley (205 x 143 mm.).
2. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, then (1874) BRITISH MUSEUM
IB. 55016, formerly C. 40. 1. i (i) Proctor, p. 714, n. 9629. 14 fT. only
(ff. 2-7 and 17-24) injured and wormed, from the binding of a ' Boecius '.
Red mor. (209 x 147 mm.).
26. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. Troylus and Cresede. Folio (120 ff.,
the first and two last being blanks : a-g 8 h 10 i-o 8 p 6 . 35 lines and
four blanks. 194 x 1 18 mm.).
Type 4* only. Printed about 1483.
Blades, pp. 169-170, n. 60 and second edition, pp. 297-298, n. 63;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4926; Copinger, I, p. 154; Ames, p. 62;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 82-83 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 313-315, n. 45.
Copies known.
1. Given by Sir William Knight Paddy to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford. Perf.
with both final blanks. Cropped. Bound with 'Canterbury Tales II'
and ' Four Sermons I ' (242 x 197 mm.).
2. Early owner : Jane Dudley ; then the Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III,
p. 242, n. 3543) ; then (1743) Osborne ; then James West's sale (March
1773, Cat. p. 130, n. 2280) to Nicol for King George III; then (1829)
BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55103 = C. u. c. 10 (Proctor, p. 716,
n. 9664). Nearly perf. (wanting the 3 blanks). Slightly stained. Old
red mor. with Royal arms (279 x 187 mm.).
3. [Said to have belonged in 1774 to William Herbert; doubtless an error.]
John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 1424) to W. Herbert
(I. Herbert's Cat. 1795, p. 31, n. 413) ; then John Towneley's sale (June
1814, Cat. p. 20, n. 436) to Triphook, for the Marquess of Blandford ; his
(White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 42, n. 972) to Triphook for
G. Watson Taylor ; his sale (March 1823, Cat. I, p. 25, n. 480) to Payne for
Thomas Grenville; then (1846) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55104 = G. 11589.
Imp. 4 ff. (p i in facs., and the 3 blanks) but fine. Was in mor. (?) or old
russia but bound for Grenville in blue mor., lined blue mor. (281 x 200 mm.).
4. W. Herbert's coll. (I. Herbert's Cat. 1796, p. 3, n. 15); then Earl Spencer
(' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, 319, n. 872); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
n. 12005. Imp. 10 ff., three being blanks (a i ; hi; m 4, 5 : all p), also
part of a 2. Old red English mor. with the same tooling as the Spencer
copy of ' Canterbury Tales II ' (251 x 180 mm.). Wrongly stated by Dibdin
to be West's copy. (But was perhaps n. 4 the Ratcliffe copy ?)
3
Fragments.
5. BRITISH MUSEUM. 8 ff. only.
27. CHRISTINE OF PISAN. The Morale prouerbes, translated
from the French by Earl Rivers. Folio. (4ff. : a 4 . 28 lines.
IQOX 127 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed 1478.
Blades, pp. 47-49, n. 13 and second edition, pp. 194-196, n. n ;
Hain, II, p. 104, n. 4987 ; Copinger, I, p. 156 ; Ames, pp. 12-13 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 17-18; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 72-77, n. 8.
Copies known.
1. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 124-125, n. 1558); then
(1743) Osborne, then Bryan Fairfax (Cat. p. 59, n. 2025), then (1756)
Francis Child, then the Earl of Jersey; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 41,
n. 591) to Quaritch for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 37,
n. 115 ; sale Cat. p. 38, n. 179). Bought in December 1908 by J. PiERPONT
MORGAN. Per/, and clean. Small stain on f. i, small tear in lower margin
of ff. i and 4. Bound in old calf after ' Dictes I ' (276 x 200 mm.).
2. MANCHESTER, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 12025, from Earl Spencer's
coll. ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 218-224, n. 843). Perf. and clean, but much
cropped. Blue mor. by C. Hering (264 x 1 75 mm.).
3. Thomas Grenville, then (by exchange) Sir Francis Freeling; his sale
(November 1836, Cat. p. 49, n. 885) to Thorpe for W. H. Miller ; now at
Britwell, CHRISTIE-MILLER coll. Perf. but slightly stained and every
leaf mounted on a guard. Blue mor., with the Grenville arms on the sides
(296 x 206 mm.).
Untraced copy.
4. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (i 727, ix, p. 34) ; then the Earl of Oxford (' Bibl.
Harleiana' III, p. 238, n. 3507) ; then (1743) Osborne, then (1749) J. Ames,
then James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 131, n. 2283) to George Mason.
(Is this n. 2 or n. 3 ?)
Spurious copies.
5*. Dibdin ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, p. 224) wrongly ascribes copies to the British
Museum, King George III, and the Marquess of Blandford.
28. CHRISTINE OF PISAN. The Fayttes of Armes and of
Chyualrye. Folio. (i44ff., the last blank: 2 ff. table, no sig.,
A-R 8 S 6 . 31 lines. i86x 118 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed 14 July 1489.
Blades, pp. 205-210, n. 74 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 335-
338, n. 8 1 ; Hain, II, p. 104, n. 4988 and IV, p. 471, n. 15918 ;
Copinger, I, p. 156, cf. p. 480; Ames, pp. 49-51 ; Ames-Herbert,
I, pp. 65-67 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 274-279, n. 36.
Copies known.
1. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Oxford. Perf. with blank and very fine. Sixteenth-
century stamped leather binding (373 x 192 mm.).
2. Sold by the singer Mario to Libri ; his sale (July 1862, Cat. p. 34, n. 137)
to Lilly for H. Huth (Cat. I, pp. 310-311) ; now A. H. RUTH'S coll. Perf.
with blank, but mended and washed. Brown mor. by Bedford (273 x
184 mm.).
3 MAJOR HOLFORD'S coll. Perf. and fine (267 x 191 mm.).
4. Earl Ferrers' coll. at Chartley, then Thomas Grenville; bequeathed in 1846
to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55133 = G. 10546 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9677).
Nearly perf. (wanting blank) and very fine. Red mor., double (260 x
182 mm.).
5. Earl Spencer's coll. (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 284-285, n. 866), now Manchester,
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 10810. Nearly perf. (wanting blank) and
very fine. Brown russia (268 x 186 mm.).
6. Bought in 1510 by R. Johnson. Then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 10. 27. 3 (Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 34). Perf. and very fine. Formerly
bound with four other Caxtons, now separately in modern half maroon mor.
(276 x 195 mm.).
7. Early owners : Thomas Lovelace, John Warren. Then Selden, then (1659)
BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 13. Nearly perf. (wanting blank) and
clean. Old limp vellum stamped ' John Warren ' (265 x 186 mm.).
8. Given by Anthony Browne to Thomaso Vatis and Gulielmo Duchetti.
Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce
1 80. Nearly perf. (wanting blank) and fine, though stained. Scored russia
(263 x 190 mm.).
9. Stated to be 'the Duke of Marlborough's copy' in Charles Meigh's sale
(30 March 1831, Cat. p. 17, n. 446) to J. Wilkes; his sale (12 March 1847,
Cat. p. 46, n. 694) to Boone for Rev. C. H. Crauford ; his sale (February
1854, Cat. p. 17, n. 190) to Sir William Tite ; his sale (May 1874, Cat.
p. 40, n. 577) to Quaritch. It wanted then the 2 first ff. (in facs. by
Harris) ; these were supplied by Quaritch from a shorter copy (probably
n. 36), measuring 243 mm. and which had belonged to Samuell Rowley.
Then sold by Quaritch in 1886 (his 'Rough List 21 ', August 1874, p. 7,
n. 77; his Gen. Cat. 1875-1877, p. 24, n. 165; 1880, p. 1275, n - 12652 ;
355, 1884, pp. 2116-2117, n. 21847; 1887, I, p. 643, n. 7358) to Lord
Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 41, n. 123; sale cat. pp. 42-43,
32
n. 205). Bought in December 1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Madeperf.
Purple brown mor. by Clarke (267 x 1 84 mm.). On the blank verso of f. 3
is a curious set-off, not yet identified.
10. British Museum IB. 55131 formerly C. 21. d. (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9677). Made
perf. and clean with final blank (set-off on verso). Red mor. (233 x 168 mm.).
The 2 first ff. are taken from another copy which was possibly presented
by Caxton to the Earl of Arundel and at any rate belonged at the end of
the sixteenth century to Sir John Lumley.
n. The Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 175, n. 6348) to the
DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Nearly perf . (wanting final blank) but having
last printed f. mounted with parts in facs. Blue mor., dentelle, with
Roxburghe arms (265 x 184 mm.).
12. Early owners : Sir William Drury and Alexander Gyll. The Earl of
Oxford's coll. ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 265-266, n. 4010 and V, p. 84,
n. 175); then (1743) Osborne, who sold it about 1750 to the University
library at GOETTINGEN. Imp. 2 ff. (S I and 6). Modern binding (267 x
184 mm.).
13. Bought from Payne (Cat. 1773, n - a 9) by King George III; then (1829)
BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55132 = C. 10. b. 1 1. Imp. 2 ff. (final blank ;
first f. facs.). Clean. Old red mor. with Royal arms (254 x 183 mm.).
14. PEPYSIAN LIBRARY, Cambridge. Imp. i f. (second). Bound with a fifteenth-
century MS. of the same work (254 X 153 mm.).
15. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 25. Very Imp. Modern yellow
calf (271 x 194 mm.).
1 6. Presented by George Lord Berkeley to SlON COLLEGE, London. Imp. 5 ff.
(A 1-2 ; K 8 ; S 5-6). Quire I is damaged by fire. Stained and
scribbled over (280 x 191 mm.).
17. YORK CATHEDRAL. Imp. 5 ff. (S 2-6). Stained (260 x 178 mm.).
18. WINDSOR, Royal library. Imp. 6ff. (S 1-6). Clean (267 x 178 mm.).
19. Sale at Sotheby's (8 March 1821, Cat. p. 24, n. 546) to Richard Heber; his
sale (December 1834, Cat. IV, p. 161, n. 1230) to Smith for J. H. S. Pigott;
his sale (May 1847, Cat. p. 7, n. 67) to Rodd ; his sale (November 1849,
Cat. I, p. 30, n. 475) to Lilly ; then W. Pickering's sale (March 1854, Cat. I,
p. 32, n. 472) again to Lilly; then John Harward of Stourbridge's sale
(December 1858, Cat p. 34, n. 498) again to Lilly ; Felix Solar's sale (Paris,
November 1860, Cat. p. 487, n. 2948) to Porquet for an English book-
seller ; returned and resold to Techener ; then Baron Ach(ille) S(eilliere's)
sale (Paris, May 1890, Cat. p. 65, n. 227) to the Paris BlBLlOTHEQUE
NATIONALE, Res. m. R. 39. Imp. 5 ff. (A 1-2 ; K 4-5 ; L i), 25 other ff.
being mounted. Brown stamped calf by Hayday (256 x 178 mm.).
20. Given by Stephen Whitney Phoenix to the library of COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
New York. Imp. 2 ff. (E 3 and 6 in facs.), A i inlaid, margins of A 2 and
3 slightly mended. Russia by C. Lewis (262 x 186 mm.). Cf. n. 34.
33 F
Present owner untraced.
21. Lord Burleigh's sale (November 1687, Cat. p. 71, n. 108).
22. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. X, p. 15).
23. Thomas Jett's sale (1731, Cat. n. 552).
24. Owned about 1 749 by Joseph Ames.
25. R. Rawlinson's sale (March 1756, Cat. p. u, n. 395).
26. Sale at Baker's (3 May 1771) to Jos. Gunston ; cf. n. 27.
27. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 140, n. 2481) to Gulston (alii to the
bookseller Payne). Mor.
28. E. Jacob's sale (February 1789, Cat. p. 30, n. 905) to Chapman. Mor.
29. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1221) to T. Allen ; his sale
(June 1795, Cat. p. 32, n. 600) to Egerton. Imperf.^ made up in MS. Blue
mor., dentelle, in a case.
30. According to a MS. note by Francis Douce, a copy wanting 2 ff. at the end,
and in an old binding stamped with St. Barbara and St. Gregory belonged
to Ticke (?) at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
31. Sale at Sotheby's (15 April 1814, Cat. p. 43, n. 1537) to W. This copy
having fetched the large sum of ^"189 was probably perfect. Blue mor.
by Walter (i. e. Walther ?).
32. Saunders's sale (1818).
33. John Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 51, n. 791) to Thorpe; then Richard
Heber's sale (April 1836, Cat. IX, p. 37, n. 684) to Payne and Foss (Cat.
1837, n. 372). Red mor. Fine copy. This is probably the copy offered
in Longman's Cat. 1817, n. 138.
34. Th. Staunton's sale (25 April 1785, Cat p. 54, n. 2140) to Stanesby Alchorne;
his sale (May 1813, Cat pp. 18-19, n - I 7 I ) to Longman ; offered in Lilly's
Cat. for 1860. Russia by G Lewis. Said to be imp. 2 ff. (table). Cf. n. 20.
35. George Hibbert's sale (May 1829, Cat. p. 176, n. 3113) to Pickering for
P. A. Hanrott ; his sale (July 1833, Cat I, p. 152, n. 2497) to J. Bohn;
belonged in 1862 to Beriah Botfield. Perf. but washed. Venetian mor.
by C. Lewis (257 x 194 mm.).
36. Bequeathed by Sir R. Williams Vaughan to the Misses Lloyd, who owned it
in 1863. Imp. 5 or 6 ff.
37. Sold by a lady to Sotheran in October 1868. Formerly bound with ' Game
of chess' II, then taken out (251 x 189 mm.).
38. Offered by B. Quaritch, Gen. Cat. 1880, p. 1275, n. 12651. Imp., having
several ff. in facs. Mor. by Bedford.
39. Bryan Fairfax (Cat. 1756, p. 59, n. 2017), then Francis Child, then the
Earl of Jersey ; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 29, n. 427) to Ellis. Imp. 5 ff.
(S 2-6). Clean. Table mended (260 x 191 mm.).
40. John Towneley's sale (June 1814, Cat. p. 30, n. 650) to Longman for the
Marquess of Blandford ; White Knights' sale (June 1819, Cat p. 70,
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n. 1569) to Longman (wanting then the 2 ff. of table) ; G. Watson-Taylor's
sale (April 1823, Cat. II, p. 28, n. 602) to T. Jolley ; his sale (June 1844,
Cat. Ill, p. 124, n. 1633) to Langley (Olive mor.) ; same copy (?)
Rev. Thomas Corser's sale (July 1868, Cat. I, p. 44, n 471) to Quaritch
(Per/., P 7 after P 2, table inlaid, 254 x 172 mm.) ; same copy (?) exhibited
in June 1885 by Quaritch (' Odd vol. misc.' 10, p. 21, n. 21) ; same copy (?)
the Earl of Crawford's sale (June 1889, Cat II, p. 23, n. 259) to Ellis and
Elvey (Per/., table inlaid. Olive mor.).
29. CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND. The Cronicles of Englond.
First edition. Folio. (182 ff., the first and ninth blank: 8ff. no
sig., a-x 8 y 6 . 40 lines. IQOX 121 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed 10 June 1480.
Blades, pp. 109-111, n. 39 (cf. p. 257) and second edition, pp. 247-
248, n. 39; Hain, II, pp. 106-107, n. 5000 (i) ; Copinger, I,
p. 156; Ames, pp. 20-21 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 26-27; Ames-
Dibdin, I, pp. 85-100, n. n.
Copies known.
1. William Hunter, then (1783) Glasgow, HuNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 31.
Perf. with both blanks, but wanting a small portion of d 8. Stained, half
bound after ' Discripcion ' in old boards (242 X 178 mm.).
2. J. Roberts's sale (March 1815, Cat. p. 21, n. 636) to John Milner ; his sale
(May 1829, Cat. p. 38, n. 801) to W. Simonds Higgs; his sale (April 1830,
Cat. p. n, n. 204) to Payne ; the Duke of Buccleuch's sale (March 1889,
Cat. p. 13, n. 285) to Quaritch for the EARL OF CARYSFORT. Perf. but
with the initial blank transposed after the prologue (slight fault in leaf A 2 ;
very slightly wormed at end). Was in olive mor. by Hering, rebound in
1894 by Leighton (242 x 178 mm.).
3. Early owner : N. Johnson ; now CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 32. (2) (Sayle, I, p. 5,
n. 13). Nearly perf. (wanting leaf 9, a blank). Bound after ' Discripcion '.
Old calf (270 x 195 mm.).
4. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Made perf. with s 4 and s 5 from
a shorter copy (y i is after y 5). Bound after ' Discripcion ' (273 x
191 mm.).
5. Rev. . Wilkinson's sale (3 April 1797, Cat. p. 13, n. 352) to M. Bingham,
for (?) Stanesby Alchorne (though perhaps he bought his copy about
1780?) ; his sale (May 1813, Cat. p. 18, n. 168) [having then in MS. first f.
of table and i f. of text] to the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE, who made it
nearly perf. (wanting both blanks), with 2 ff. from another copy ; x 8 is
bound between y 5 and y 6; leaves 2, 3, a 2, y 5, y 6 are inlaid. Was
bound in 1797 before ' Discripcion ', in russia ; now alone in red mor. lined
with olive mor., by C. Hering, with Devonshire arms (260 x 171 mm.).
6. Offered in Baynes's Cat. for 1826. Now (same copy?) BODLEIAN LIBRARY
35 F*
S. Seld. d. 4. (i) [not from Selden's coll.]. Imp. i\ ff. (p i and part of.O 4)
but having both blanks. Original binding. Bound before ' Discripcion '
(287 x 208 mm.).
7. Bought in 1853 by the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 23 (i). Imp.
2 ff. (initial blank and last f.), 4ff. mounted, slightly stained. Bound in
blue mor. before ' Discripcion ' (359 x 190 mm.).
8. Belonged to Margaret Dakin ; given by Rev. . Crane to Dr. Ford of
Chester; Rainy's sale at Bath; then (November 1883) sold by a book-
seller at Bath to the BRITISH MUSEUM IA. 55026, formerly C. 20. d. 20
(Proctor, p. 715, n. 9633). Imp. I2| ff. (i, 2, 8 ; a i, half a 2, a 8, x 8, y 1-6) ;
quires r and s transposed. White vellum (223 x 161 mm.).
9. Bequeathed in 1745 by Nath. Crynes to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford.
Imp. i f. (q 2). Bound after ' Discripcion ' (251 x 191 mm.).
10. The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S coll. Imp. 6|ff. (i, 2; b 7, C3, part of g3,
y i, y 6) (242 X 191 mm.).
11. J.PlERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (not in Cat). Imp.gtt. Bound before' Discripcion '.
12. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Oxford A. XVIII. i. Imp.
13. The MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN'S coll Bound before ' Discripcion '. Said to be
wanting only blanks.
Present owners untraced. 1
14. Richard Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 274, n. 83) to G. Walker.
15. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 79).
1 6. Belonged about 1730 to Hearne (Cat. MS.). Imperf.
17. John Murray's sale (May 1749, Cat. p. 22, n. 696). ' Finely bound.'
18. Belonged in 1749 to E. Mussell.
19. Joseph Ames's sale (May 1760, Cat. p. 56, n. 797). Very imp.
20. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 71, n. 1393) to Payne. Mor.
21. John Ives's sale (March 1777, Cat. p. 23, n. 622) to Thane.
22. Th. Staunton's sale (April 1785, Cat. p. 73, n. 2646) to Robson. "Made up
with MS.'
23. Mark Cephas Tutet's sale (February 1786, Cat. p. 29, n. 485) to Wilbraham.
24. Samuel Tyssen's sale (December 1801, Cat. p. 19, n. 626) to Baines. Imp.
25. John Brand's sale (May 1807, Cat. I, p. 95, n. 2629) to Dardis. Imp. at
beginning and end.
26. Earl Spencer's duplicate sale (May 1811, Cat. p. 9, n. 165) to Wilbraham.
Imp. i f. (in MS.). Russia.
27. Bequeathed by Dean Honeywood to the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral ;
sold in 1811 (?) to Dibdin (' Lincolne nosegay', p. 5). Bound with
1 Discripcion '. (Was it first or second edition ?)
1 Some of these may be of the second edition.
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28. The Duke of Devonshire's duplicate sale (May 1815, Cat. p. 10, n. 263) to
Hutton. Imp. 6 ff. (5 being supplied in MS.).
39. Sir W. Dolben's sale (December 1815, Cat. p. 6, n. 127) to Triphook. Imp.
30. Samuel Lysons's sale (June 1820, Cat. p. 14, n. 449) to Triphook. Imp.
31. J. Cholmondeley's sale (June 1827, Cat. p. 20, n. 562). Imp. Bound with
' Discripcion '.
32. Belonged in 1863 to C. H. H. Sotheby. Perf. Slightly stained. Bound
after ' Discripcion ' (267 x 194 mm.).
33. Sale at Sotheby's (29 April 1880, Cat p. 16", n. 273) to Quaritch. Imp.
126 ff. (?), wanting ' all before C 2, C 3, C 7, part of Z 7, C i and 8, I 8, K i
and 2, part of K 6, all after K 8 '.
34. Belonged in 1880 to C. L. Prince at Tunbridge Wells. Imp.
35. Sale at Puttick and Simpson's (i July 1856, Cat. p. 22, n. 3i9)toSheffington.
Imp. 72ff. (noff. only, between C and S). The same copy, described as
the Gardner copy, containing no ff. only, was resold at Sewall's sale (New
York, November 1896, Cat. n. 667).
Fragments.
36. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, then (1874) BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55027, formerly C. 40. 1. i. 6 ff. only (h 2-7), all damaged,
from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (286 x 203 mm.).
37. Sale at Puttick and Simpson's (12 October 1887, Cat. n. 646) to Jarvis.
Portions of 3 ff.
38. Early owner: Peter Leigh. Then William Blades ; now ST. BRIDE FOUNDA-
TION INSTITUTE. F. Ixxxxiii only (252 X 172 mm.). Framed.
39. Belonged to William Blades ; now ST. BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE. 4 ff.
only (43-46) (265 x 190 mm.).
Several copies described as of Caxton's first edition have been wrongly
ascribed to his press. For instance, the copy in Sir John St. Aubyn's sale
(The Limes, Putney, 28 July 1856, n. 77), bought by Lilly (wanting
first blank and last 4 ff.), was apparently a Wynkyn de Worde.
30. CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND. The Cronicles of Englond.
Second edition. Folio. (182 ff., the first and ninth being blank :
8ff., a-x 8 y 6 . 40 lines, igox 121 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed 8 October 1482.
Blades, pp. 120-122, n. 43 (cf. p. 257) and second edition, pp. 255-
256, n. 45 ; Hain, II, p. 107, n. 5002 ; Copinger, I, pp. 156-157 ;
Ames, p. 34 ; Ames-Herbert, I, p. 42 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, p. 152 note.
Copies known (all imperfect).
i. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1022) to Nicol for King
George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55o63 = C. 10.
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b. 4 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9646). Wanted formerly 37 ff. (first 8 ff., a, b, c 4-5,
g 8, m 7, r 8, x 7-8, y 1-6). In November 1846, 13 ff. were added to it (all
b, 04-5, g 8, m 7, r 8), and 5 others (a 2-6) in October 1857. It now wants
19 ff., 2 being blanks (first 8 ff., a i, 7, 8, x 7-8, y 1-6). A poor copy,
several ff. inlaid. Old red mor. with Royal arms (242 x 182 mm.).
2. Owned as early as 1831 by Earl Cawdor, who gave it in 1860 to the BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55062, formerly C. 21. d. 30. Imp. u ff., 2 being blanks
(9 first, y 2, y5); n6 was supplied in 1862 from another copy. Brown
mor. with arms (255x188 mm.). This is the only copy having the last
leaf perfect.
3. Early owner : Edward Lhwyd ; now BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup.
I. 12. Imp. 17 ff. (1-2, 7-8 J a 1-3, 8 ; b I ; g i ; k I ; o i ; q 1-3 ; y 5-6).
Stained and torn (260 x 172 mm.).
4. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 17316, from Earl Spencer's coll.
('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 227-229, n. 845). Nearly perf., without first blank,
having ninth blank, wanting only the 5 last lines of y6 (colophon) ; in facs.
by Harris. Bound in brown russia before ' Discripcion' (268 x 189 mm.).
The missing colophon is probably pasted in at the end of the Machlinia
' Chronicles ' in the Marquess of Lothian's collection (Bradshaw's notes).
5. Added to E. A. Crowninshield's sale (July 1860, Cat. pp. 36-37, n. 478) to
Minton, then the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 106,
n. 988) to Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 1 1, n. 153) ; now J. PIERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (Cat III, p. 172, n. 687). Imp. 6ff. (i, 9 and the 4 last),
partly supplied in facsimile reprint. Bound in brown mor. by Bedford
before ' Discripcion' (255 x 187 mm.).
6. Sandars coll., bequeathed (1894) to CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 6, n. 18). Imp.
22 ff. (first 1 6 ff. and all y). Bound in cloth (October 1882) (245 x 164 mm.).
7. Sale at Sotheby's (15 June 1880, Cat. p. 18, n. 247) to John Hirst; his sale
(December 1887, Cat. p. 71, n. 1097) to Barber; then in a sale at Leeds ;
then (April 1891) given by Sandars to CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 6, n. 18).
Imp. 13 ff, 2 being blanks (1-2, 4; a 1-2, 7-8; r 8; s i; y 2-4, 6).
Bound in half red mor. (262 x 178 mm.).
8. Belonged in 1863 to H. Stevens ; then Theodore Irwin ; now J. PlERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 172, n. 688). Imp. 25 ff. (1-8, a 1-7, x 3-6,
y 1-6). Brown mor. by Bedford (255 x 188 mm.).
9. Given in 1816 by Earl Spencer to John Jamieson of Edinburgh; Robert
Nasmyth's sale (February 1874, Cat. p. 20, n. 351) to Quaritch. Presented
in 1891 by President Andrew D. White to CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY,
Ithaca, U.S.A. Imp. 52 ff. (all before c5 ; f 4-5 ; all after t 8). Two ff.
mended. Red mor. (273 x 191 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
10. Offered in Egerton's Cat. 1787, n. 1384.
11. The Duke of Buccleuch's sale (March 1889, Cat. p. 14, n. 286) to Quaritch.
Imp. 14 ff. (first 8 and last 6), 2 being blanks. Calf (257 x 187 mm.).
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12. Biyan Fairfax (Cat. 1756, p. 59, n. 2020); then (1756) Francis Child; then
the Earl of Jersey ; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 28, n. 402) to Ellis; John
Scott's sale (March 1905, Cat. p. 43, n. 409) to Quaritch (Cat. 246, 1906,
pp. 16-17, n. 129) ; W. C. Van Antwerp's sale (March 1907, Cat. pp. 7-8,
n. 24) to Leighton. Imp. 16 ff., two being blanks (i, 8 ; a i, 4-5, 7 ; i i ;
q 4 5 u 3 7 5 y I ~ 6 )- Old calf (256 x 191 mm.).
Fragments.
13. James Bibby's sale (1864) to the Paris bookseller Tross : 36 loose leaves only.
14. CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 6, n. 18). Leaf 13 only.
15. Cambridge, PEPYSIAN LIBRARY. 5 ff. only of second (not of first) edition.
Bound at the beginning of an imperfect Machlinia ' Chronicles '.
31. CICERO, MARCUS TULLIUS. Tulle of olde age. Tullius de
Amicicia. Declamacyon de noblesse, translated by the Earl of
Worcester. Folio. (i2off., the first, twelfth, and seventy-second
being blanks : 6 ff., a 6 b-h 8 i 4 ; a-f 8 . 29 lines. 195 x 122 mm.)
Type 2* (and 3). Printed 12 August 1481.
Blades, pp. 89-95, n. 33 (cf. p. 257) and second edition, pp. 230-
232, n. 33; Hain, II, pp. 147-148, n. 5310; Copinger, I,
pp. 166-167; Ames, pp. 23-27; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 30-35;
Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 119-130, n. 15.
Copies known.
1. R. Rawlinson's sale (March 1756, Cat. p. 81, n. 3131) to Askew; his sale
(February 1775, Cat. p. 6, n. 172) to Ralph Willett (of Merly) ; his sale
(December 1813, Cat. p. 24, n. 612) to Singer for the Marquess of Blandford ;
his (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 52, n. 1162) to Triphook for
T. Brockett ; his sale (December 1823, Cat. p. 30, n. 782) to Jones ;
. G. Watson Taylor's sale (March 1823, Cat. I, p. 32, n. 624) to Thorpe
(Catal. 1824, n. 6075); [J. O. Halliwell's] sale at Sotheby's (15 December
1857, Cat. p. 9, n. 116) to Lilly for H. Huth, now A. H. RUTH'S coll. (Cat. I,
pp. 321-322). Perf. with the three blanks. Old Russia leather (273 x 197 mm.).
2. Bryan Fairfax (Cat. 1756, p. 59, n. 2023), then Francis Child, then the Earl of
Jersey; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 30, n. 440) to Quaritch, for the Earl
of Crawford ; his sale (June 1889, Cat. II, p. 22, n. 257) to Barford for the
CHRISTIE-MILLER coll. at Britwell. Perf. with all the blanks, and clean,
slightly wormed. Old red English mor. (289 x 209 mm.).
3. Early owners: Ollit of Downeham (1619?) and Nathanaell Wells; then
King George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55046
C. 10. b. 6 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9640). Nearly perf., wanting only first
blank and having d 8 in duplicate, d i being transposed. Old red mor.
with Royal arms (242 x 187 mm.).
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4. Belonged to Sears, whose library was bought by the New York bookseller
W. E. Benjamin ; obtained about 1896 from another New York bookseller,
George Richmond, by E. DwiGHT CHURCH. Nearly perf. (wanting
only blanks) and fine, though slightly wormed. Mor. by Bedford (286 x
203 mm.).
5. Probably from Sir Hans Sloane's coll., BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55045, formerly
C. 21. d. 29. Nearly perf . (wanting first and last of the 3 blanks). Bound
in red mor. with ' Tullius de amicicia in Englysh ' ; printed by Rastell
(253 xi 79 mm.).
6. Early owners: William Parker, Baker; now ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge.
Perf. (228 x 172 mm.).
7. Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron (died 1671), then J. Newcome, who
gave it in 1749 to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge. Perf. (257 x 187 mm.).
8. Bequeathed in 1799 by Anthony M. Storer to ETON COLLEGE. Perf. with
2 of the 3 blanks (wanting first blank) ; uncut (293 x 209 mm.).
9. Early owners: Billingworth Archer, Nicholas Leigh; now QUEEN'S COLLEGE,
Oxford (from the Tabarders library of the college). Nearly perf. , wanting
blanks, but scribbled over; old vellum wrapper (269 x 196 mm.).
10. Presented by George Lord Berkeley to SlON COLLEGE, London. Perf.
but much stained. MS. notes (280 x 178 mm.).
1 1 . Early owners : Thomas and John Culpeper, now the EARL OF PEMBROKE'S
coll. Perf. and fine, with first and last of the 3 blanks. Old red English
mor. (270 x 197 mm.).
12. The EARL OF MACCLESFIELD'S coll. Perf. (280 x 197 mm.).
13. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 8656, from Earl Spencer's coll.
(* Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 255-256, n. 850 ; bought before 1815). Nearly perf .,
without blanks, some ff. inlaid. Old russia (276 x 203 mm.).
14. Belonged to Quaritch (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2114, n. 21841), then Locker-
Lampson coll. ('Rowfant Cat.,' p. 18); then in America, sold by Dodd,
Mead & Co. to William C. Van Antwerp ; his sale (March 1907, Cat.
p. 8, n. 25) to Quaritch ; now the EARL OF CARYSFORT'S coll. Imp. 4 ff.
(first f. in facs. ; and the 3 blanks). Brown stamped mor. by Bedford, in a
case (263 x 191 mm.).
This is doubtless the copy which belonged about 1870 to Ernest Beck and
was in a seventeenth-century binding.
15. Early owner: Edward Benese. Given in 1606 to William Burton by John
Price. Earl Spencer's duplicate sale (May 1800, Cat. p. 6, n. 163) to
Payne. Bought at Thomas Jolley's sale (June 1851, Cat. V, p. 54, n. 694)
by Pickering for the Paris BlBLlOTHEQUE NATIONALS Res. R. 79. Imp.
60 ff. (containing ' Old age ' only, and wanting in that all before b i and last
blank). Soiled. Blue mor. by Kalthoeber (266 x 200 mm.).
16. Early owner: Robert Mygchette 'bought in St. Paul's Churchyard, 12 Jan.
1564' ; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 2. 41 (Sayle, I, p. 5,
n. 16). Imp. 2 f. (a i and 6 of ' Old age '). Old calf (279 x 203 mm.).
17. Early owners: Thomas Snell, Thomas Tanner; then Bishop Moore, then
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(1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 42. Imp. 12 ff. (leaves i, 12, 71 and 72 of ' Old
age ' and all a of ' Amicicia '). Old calf (286 x 211 mm.).
18. Early owner : Thomas Enybon ; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 2. 43. Imp. 10 ff. (leaves i and 12 and all d in ' Old age'). Old calf
(272 x 1 88 mm.).
19. YORK CATHEDRAL, Chapter library. Imp. 15 ff. (12 first and 3 others
(276 x 197 mm.).
20. The Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 38, n. 1276) to the DUKE
OF DEVONSHIRE. Imp. u ff. (i, 2, a 2-6 in ' Old age ' ; e 5, e 6, f i, f 8
in ' Amicicia '). Stained. Few MS. notes. Blue mor., dentelle, with
Roxburghe arms (272 x 188 mm.). [Cf. n. 33-34.]
21. Amos Strettell's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 29, n. 826) to Thomas Jolley ;
his sale (June 1844, Cat. Ill, p. 124, n. 1632) to Thorpe ; then Rev. Thomas
Corser's sale (July 1868, Cat. I, p. 44, n. 467) to Quaritch; then Lord
Amherst of Hackney's coll. (de Ricci, Cat. p. 39, n. 118 ; sale cat. pp. 47-
48, n. 229). Bought in December 1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN. 'Old
age' only. Nearly perf. (wanting the first and seventy-second blanks, but
with the blank at a 6). Very fine. Olive mor., lined with olive mor. (277
x 180 mm.).
22. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 246, n. 3626 and V, p. 80,
n. 1668), then (1743) Osborne ; now the EARL OF DYSART'S coll. 25 ff.
only (of 'Amicicia': a 1-6, b 1-8, c 1-7 and d 1-8). Stained. Old red
mor. (286 x 203 mm.).
23. Early owner : Fra. Laxton. Now EARL FITZWILLIAM'S coll. Imp. 6 ff.
(the six first). Original binding of pasteboard and brown stamped leather
(270 x 203 mm.).
24. The EARL OF KIMBERLEY'S coll. Imp. '
25. Richard Bennett's coll. (Cat. p. 14, n. 183) ; now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll.
(Cat. Ill, pp. 169-170, n. 682). Imp., containing apparently ' Amicicia '
(except d 1-4 ; c 2-8 being defective) and ' Declamacyon ' perfect.
[Probably made up from n. 39 and 40.]
26. J. R. Reeve's sale (i August 1884, Cat. p. 17, n. 204) to Emerson (bought
in); resold at Sotheby's (26 May 1904, Cat. p. 63, n. 806) to Quaritch;
now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 170, n. 683). 'Amicicia'
only (28 ff.) some margins scribbled, four words erased. Old half red mor.
(270 x 197 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
27. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 105).
38. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. IX, p. 55). Doubtless fine.
29. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. X, p. 25). Probably Imp.
30. Belonged in 1749 to Sir Peter Thompson.
31. Belonged in 1749 to William Jones.
32. William Fletewode's sale (December 1774, Cat. p. 65, n. 1173) to Payne.
41 G
33- John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1018) to Thane for
Thomas Allen ; his sale (June 1795, Cat. p. 16, n. 302) to Nicol. Imp. 7 ff.
Blue mor., gilt dentelle, in a case. [Same as n. 20 ?]
34. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 1428) to Willett; this is
doubtless the copy in blue mor., dentelle, in a case, sold at T. Allen's sale
(June 1795, Cat. p. 85, n. 1566) to Elmsley. Cf. n. 36.
35. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 64, n. 1150) to G. Mason; his sale
(April 1799, Cat. IV, p. 25, n. 330) to Payne. Mor., g. e.
36. Spencer duplicate sale (May 1800, Cat. p. 5, n. 162) to Ewen.
37. British Museum duplicate sale (May 1818, Cat. p. 27, n. 577) to Lepard.
38. Michael Wodhull's sale (January 1886, Cat. p. 58, n. 730). Perf. but
slightly wormed. Old russia by Mrs. Weir.
39. Belonged about 1730 to Lord Chancellor Hardwicke ; then Lord Hardwicke's
sale (29 June 1888, Cat. p. 15, n. 1 16) to Quaritch. 16 ff. only, of ' Amicicia '
(2 being damaged) and a fragment of ' Old age '. Bound in old calf with
8 1 ff. of Myrrour I. (280 x 191 mm.) [Cf. n. 25.]
40. Added to the Crowninshield sale at Puttick's (12 July 1860, Cat. p. 152,
n. 1867) to Minton ; then the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (June 1897,
Cat. I, p. 106, n. 989) to Pickering (for R. Bennett?). ' Declamacyon '
only, perf. (20 ff. : d 5~f 8). Unbound. [Doubtless part of n. 25.]
Fragments.
41. YORK CATHEDRAL, Chapter library. 7ff. of 'Declamacyon', on poor
paper (267 x 172 mm.).
42. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, then (1874) BRITISH
MUSEUM, C. 40. 1. i, 8 ff. ('Old age/ i. 3-4; 'Amicicia,' c. 1-2, 7-8;
d i and 8) all damaged from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (286 x
202 mm.).
43. A single f. of ' Amicicia ' in Sir John Fenn's album, formerly belonging to
B. Quaritch (Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97, n. 1056) ; then in W. C. Van Antwerp's
sale (March 1907, Cat. p. 24, n. 102), then Tregaskis.
32. COMMEMORATIO. Commemoracio lamentacionis sine com-
passionis beate Marie. Quarto. (34 ff. : a-c 8 d 10 . 24 lines.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1487.
Blades, second edition, pp. 329-330, n. 78; Copinger, II, p. 186,
n. 1712.
Copy known.
i. Bought in a small sale at Ghent, in 1854 or 1855 and presented by
F. Vanderhaeghen to the University library at GHENT (Re's. 223 3 ).
Identified by Campbell. Perf. Stamped and blind-tooled pigskin by
Duquesne (i8ox 126 mm.).
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33 CORD I ALE. Cordyale, or Four last thinges, translated from the
French by Earl Rivers. Folio. (78 ff., the first and last f. blank :
a-i 8 k 6 . 28 or 29 lines. 194 x 127 mm.)
Type 2* and 3. Printed 24 March 1479.
Blades, pp. 71-74, n. 26 (cf. p. 256) and second edition, pp. 216-218,
n. 26; Hain, II, p. 199, n. 5714; Copinger, I, p. 178; Ames,
pp. 13-15; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 18-21; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP- 77-83, " 9-
Copies known.
1. W. FJetewode's sale (December 1774, Cat p. 70, n. 1257) to Stanesby
Alchorne, then Payne, then Johnes of Hafod, then Earl Spencer, then
Alchorne sale (May 1813, Cat p. 18, n. 167) to Nicol for King George III,
then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55022 = C. n. c. 2 (Proctor,
p. 715, n. 9631). Nearly perf., with last blank but without the first ; the
first 8 ff. mended, with small portions in facsimile by Whittaker. Russia,
with Royal arms (284 x 200 mm.).
2. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 54. 3 (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. 12).
Perf. with blanks. Bound after 'Mirrour of the World' (L. Andrewes) and
' Jason ' (G. Leeu 1492). Half calf (252 x 176 mm.).
3. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' V, p. 85, n. 1767), then (1743)
Osborne, then James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. P- II 4, n - l8 73) to
Dr. Hunter, then (1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 21.
Nearly perf. wanting both blanks, but stained and scribbled over. Two
corners mended. Old red Harleian mor. (260 x 187 mm.).
4. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY (n. 15384) ; from Earl Spencer's coll.
who had it before 1815 ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 225-227, n. 844). Nearly
perf. (without blanks). Brown russia, by C. Hering (289 x 209 mm.).
5. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' HI, p. 121, n. 1544), then (1743)
Osborne (Cat. 1748, n. 950), then Joseph Brereton (?) ; now the EARL OF
DYS ART'S coll. Perf. but stained and decayed at end. Old red mor.,
gilt (254 x 187 mm.).
I suspect that either 3 or 5 is not the Harleian copy.
6. J.-B. Inglis's first sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 41, n. 601) to Thorpe (Cat. 1826,
n. 109 and 1827, II, p. 48, n. 3858) ; then Bohn's Cat. 1834, then W. Knight's
sale (August 1847, Cat. p. 79, n. 888) to Thorpe for W. H. Miller, now
CHRISTIE-MILLER coll. at Britwell. Perf. but last 5 ff. mounted. Brown
mor. by C. Lewis (293 x 203 mm.). This is probably the copy bought by
Bohn in 1832 at Dr. Valpy's sale.
7. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 127, n. 1187) to
Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat p. 15, n. 198) ; now J. PlERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 167, n. 677). Was imp. 8 ff. (all c) but these
43 G a
were added by Bennett from the M. Johnson copy. Uncut, last f. wormed.
Original binding, oak boards and stamped leather (293 x 215 mm.).
On the two fly-leaves at the end is an old English ballad by D unbar.
8. Belonged in August 1626 to Tho. Le. . . . , then to M. William Rowe ;
bequeathed about 1846 by baron Westreenen de Tiellandt to the MUSEUM
MEERMANNO-WESTREENIANUM at the Hague. Imp. 3 ff. (2-3 in facs.,
and final blank), ff. 4-8 mounted. Washed. English binding, russia
about 1810 (268 x 195 mm.).
9. JOHN E. T. LOVEDAY'S coll. (Caxton exhibition 44). Condition unknown.
10. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 15. Imp. 3 ff. (73 and both blanks)
decayed, stained and wormed. Old calf (276 x 193 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
11. John Towneley's sale (June 1814, Cat. p. 20, n. 433) to Longman. Mor.
12. Offered by Payne and Foss, Cat. 194 (1819) n. 5763.
13. Early owners : Bridgett Edwardes and Richard Harrys. Maurice Johnson's
sale (21 March 1898, Cat. p. 95, n. 1010) to Pickering for R. Bennett.
Perf. but first 7 ff. discoloured and wormed. Was almost ruined in the
fire at Riviere's workshop. Wants now quire c added to n. 7. Orig.
binding (293 X 213 mm.).
14. Bought in 1851, at Macclesfield, by Thomas Bateman. His sale (May 1893,
Cat. p. 40, n. 580) to Tregaskis. Imp. 44 ff. (in all 34 ff.) and cropped
(219 x 149 mm.).
34. DEATHBED PRAYERS. A folio broadside. (41 lines. 209 x
127 mm.)
Type 3 and 4*. Printed about 1483.
Blades, pp. 156-157, n. 54 and second edition, pp. 285-286, n. 57;
Copinger, III, p. 27, n. 4838.
Copy known.
i. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, from Earl Spencer's coll. Discovered
by Blades bound after the table of the ' Pylgremage of the Sowle ' instead
of leaf 5 (the West-Ratcliffe and White-Knights copy, vide infra) (286 x
203 mm.).
35. DESCRIPTION OF BRITAIN. Discripcion of Britayne.
Folio. (30 ff., the last blank : a-c 8 d 6 . 40 lines. 192x1 22 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed 18 August 1480.
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Blades, pp. 112-113, n. 40 (cf. p. 257) and second edition, p. 249,
n. 40; Hain, II, pp. 106-107, n. 5000 (2); Copinger, I, p. 156;
Ames, pp. 20-21; Ames-Herbert, I, p. 27; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 85-100, n. 12.
Copies known.
j. Offered in Baynes's Cat. 1826. Now (same copy?) BODLEIAN LIBRARY
S. Seld. d. 4. (2) (not from Selden's coll.). Perf. with blank. Bound
after ' Cronicles I '. Orig. binding (287 x 208 mm.).
2. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Perf. with blank. Bound before
' Cronicles I ' (273 x 191 mm.).
3. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 17316, from Earl Spencer's coll.
who bought it before 1815 (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 228-229, n. 845).
Nearly perf. without blank ; bound in russia leather after ' Cronicles II '
(268 x 189 mm.).
4. J. Roberta's sale (March 1815, Cat. p. 21, n. 637) to John Milner; his sale
(May 1829, Cat. p. 38, n. 802) to Evans; then (same copy?) W. Simonds
Higgs's sale (April 1830, Cat. p. n, n. 205) to Payne; the Duke of Buccleuch's
sale (March 1889, Cat. p. 29, n. 603) to Quaritch; then Richard Bennett
(Cat. p. 12, n. 159); now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 167,
n. 678). Made perf., with several inlaid leaves from a shorter copy, other
ff. mended ; purple mor., with Buccleuch arms (292 x 207 mm.).
5. Added to E. A. Crowninshield's sale at Puttick and Simpson (14 July 1860,
Cat. pp. 36-37, n. 478) to Minton ; then the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale
(June 1897, Cat. I, p. 106, n. 988) to Pickering; then Richard Bennett
(Cat p. u, n. 153); now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 167,
n. 679). Imp. 7 ff. (1-3 and 6-8 in facsimile reprint ; wanting also blank).
Bound after * Cronicles II ', in modern brown mor. (255 x 192 mm.).
6. The MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN'S coll. Nearly perf. wanting the blank. Bound
after ' Cronicles I ' (241 X 143 mm.).
7. John Towneley's sale (June 1814, Cat p. 25, n. 539) to Nicol for King
George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55028 = C. 10.
b. 24 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9634). Imp. i f. (8), other ff. damaged, f. i
mounted and inserted backwards. Old russia, with Royal arms (242 x
179 mm.).
8. Early owner : N. Johnson ; now CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 32. i (Sayle, I, p. 5,
n. 14). Imp. 2 ff. (i and 30). Bound before ' Cronicles I '. Old calf (270 x
195 mm.).
9. Bought in 1853 by the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct QQ. sup. I. 23. (2).
Imp. 3 ff. (first a and final blank), 4 other ff. mounted. Bound in blue
mor. after ' Cronicles I ' (259 X 190 mm.).
10. Bequeathed (1834) by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce
145. Imp. 10 ff. (1-7, u, 17, 30 a blank), but n was bound by error in
45
a Bodleian copy of the ' Polycronicon ' (taken out in 1884 and restored in
its right place) (342 x 188 mm.).
11. Bequeathed in 1745 by Nathaniel Crynes to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford.
Imp. i f. (24). Bound before ' Cronicles I ' (251 x 191 mm.).
12. W. Hunter, then (1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 31. Imp.
3 ff. (first 2 and last blank) and portions of others. Half bound before
' Cronicles I ' in old boards (242 x 178 mm.).
13. J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (not in Cat). Imp. 3 ff. (D i, 5, 6). Misbound
with ' Cronicles I '.
Present owner untraced.
14. Rev. . Wilkinson's sale (3 April 1797, Cat. p. 13, n. 352) to Bingham (then
Alchorne ?). Was bound in russia after ' Cronicles I ', and wanted last f.
15. Bequeathed by Dean Honeywood to the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral ;
sold in i8n(?) to Dibdin (' Lincolne nosegay', p. 5). Bound with
' Cronicles ' I or II.
16. J. Cholmondeley's sale (June 1827, Cat. p. 20, n. 562). Imp., bound with
' Cronicles '.
17. Belonged in 1863 to C. H. H. Sotheby. Perf. with blank, slightly stained.
Bound before ' Cronicles' I or II (267 x 194 mm.).
Fragments.
1 8. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School; then (1874) BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55029, formerly C. 40. 1. i. 8 ff. only (ff. 9-16) all damaged,
from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (283 x 205 mm.).
36. DICTES. The Dictesor Sayengis of the philosophres, translated
from the French of Guillaume de Tignonville by Earl Rivers.
First edition. Folio. 78 ff. (i, 77, 78 blanks : a-i 8 k 6 . 29 lines.
195x125 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed 1477.
Blades, pp. 36-41, n. 10 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 188-191,
n. 8; Hain, II, pp. 269-270, n. 6284; Copinger, I, p. 195;
Ames, pp. 8-12; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 13-17; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP- 59-72, n. 7.
Copies known.
i. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III, p. 267, n. 4047 and V, p. 81,
n. 1697); then (1743) Osborne ; then John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776,
Cat. p. 61, n. 1217) to Ralph Willett; his sale (December 1813, Cat. p. 29,
46
n. 754) to Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 210-317, n. 841); now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 3478. Nearly perf. (without
the blanks). Formerly in red mor., now in green mor. by Roger Payne
(253x184 mm.).
2. The Duke of Buccleuch's sale (March 1889, Cat. p. 27, n. 563) to Quaritch
for the EARL OF CARYSFORT. Nearly perf., wanting the three blanks.
A few ff. mended. Was in olive mor. by C. Lewis; rebound in 1894 by
Leighton (293 x 203 mm.). Cf. n. zo.
3. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 145, n. 1384) to
Quaritch (Cat. 175, 1897, pp. 269-270, n. 555); then Richard Bennett's
coll. (not in Cat.) ; now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 165-166,
n. 673). Nearly perf. (wanting the 3 blanks), 3 ff. defective in the
centre, 8 last ff. wormed. A few MS. notes. Russia by Hering (281 x
195 mm.).
4. Sir John Sebright's sale (April 1807, Cat. p. 32, n. 792) ; then John
Dent's sale (March 1827, Cat. I, p. 49, n. 838) to Arch for W. H. Miller,
now CHRISTIE-MILLER coll. at Britwell. Nearly perf., with first blank
(wanting the 2 last blanks). Brown mor. by C. Lewis (293 x 213 mm.).
5. TRINITY COLLEGE, Cambridge. Nearly perf. (wanting blanks?) (280 x
209 mm.).
6. Early owner: Thomas Cardyffe. Sold before 1859 by Maskell to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55005, formerly C. 21. d. 13 (Proctor, p. 714,
n. 9622). Wanted 6 ff., 3 being blanks ; completed with 3 ff. from n. 7,
but still wants the blanks. Stained, mended and scribbled over. Red
mor. (234 x 163 mm.).
7. Early owners: Reginald Hughes and Edward Leight. Then C. W. Los-
combe's sale (June 1854, Cat. p. 74, n. 1130, then in olive mor., g. e.) to
Stevens, who sold it in 1856 to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55004, formerly
C. 21. d. 14. Since then 3 ff. from it were added to n. 6. Now imp. 8 ff.
(1-2, 24, 31, 75-78). Stained, mounted. Russia (222 x 157 mm.).
8. Early owner: Thomas Bowyer; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 9. 41 (Sayle, I, p. 3, n. i). Imp. 3 ff., 2 being blanks (2, 77~7 8 )-
Soiled and scribbled over. Old calf (273 x 191 mm.).
9. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 134-125, n. 1558); then (1743)
Osborne ; then Bryan Fairfax (Cat. p. 59, n. 2025) ; sold in 1756 to Francis
Child ; then the Earl of Jersey; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 41, n. 591) to
Quaritch, for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 37, n. 114; sale
cat. p. 38, n. 179). Bought in December 1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN.
Imp. 5 ff. (i, 75-78) but fine (i f. mended, 2 margins torn). Bound in old
brown calf before ' Morale prouerbes ' (276 x 200 mm.).
10. David Laing's sale (June 1856, Cat. p. 19, n. 279) to Lilly for H. Huth
(Cat. V, p. 1664) ; now A. H. HUTH'S coll. Ff. 8 and 65 having been added
from n. 13, it now wants 4 ff. (74 and the 3 blanks: i, 77, 78). Fine.
Russia by C. Lewis (283 x 206 mm.).
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Present owner untraced.
11. Bequeathed by Dean Honeywood to the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral ; sold
in 1811 (?) to Dibdin ('Lincolne nosegay', p. 5).
12. C. S. Portal's sale (April 1816, Cat. p. 49, n. 1267) to W .... Russia.
13. Comte de MacCarthy's sale (Paris, January 1817, Cat. I, p. 553, n. 3652);
John Broadley's sale (July 1832, Cat. p. 18, n. 324) to Thorpe for Richard
Heber; his sale (April 1834, Cat. I, p. 120, n. 2328) to J. Bohn (?),
James Bohn's Cat. 1840, n. 6613 (this copy?) ; Rev. Ph. Bliss's sale (June
1858, Cat. I, p. 105, n. 1496) to Boone, for Rev. T. Corser ; his sale (July
1868, Cat. I, p. 43, n. 466) to Ellis (Cat. n. 216); then Rev. C. H. Crauford ;
sold by Quaritch (Cat. 1876, n. 50) to W. A. T. Amherst, who returned it
to Quaritch about 1898. Ff. 7 and 64 were taken from it about the year
1870. Now imp. 8 ff. including the blanks (i, 8, 65, 74-78). Green mor.
(by Derome?) (254 x 178 mm.).
The following copies may be first, second, or third edition.
14. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 87).
15. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1726, Cat. VIII, p. 107). ' Very fair '.
1 6. Thomas Hearne's sale (February 1736, Cat. p. 33, n. 1001).
17. Belonged in 1749 to Sir Peter Thompson.
18. Dr. Charles Chauncy's sale (April 1790, Cat. p. 61, n. 1675).
19. Sir William Betham's sale (1854) to Bumstead. Imp. 3 ff. (i. e. 6 ff. including
the blanks), the first and two last ff. in MS. (wanting 1-2, 75-78). Cf. n. 6.
The following copy may be either first or second edition.
20. George Hibbert's sale (May 1829, Cat. p. 143, n. 2510) to Pickering, for
P. A. Hanrott; his sale (July 1833, Cat. I, p. 137, n. 2322) to H. Bohn.
Olive mor. by C. Lewis. Cf. n. 2.
37. DICTES. The Dictes or Sayengis of the philosophres. First
edition, second issue, with a colophon added. Folio. Same
collation.
Type 2 only. Printed 1477.
Copy known.
i. Dr. Farmer, then Earl Spencer's coll. (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, p. 218, n. 842) ; now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, n. 15542. Nearly perf. (without
initial blank, but with one final blank) ; half of f. 2 torn away. Russia
leather (290 x 205 mm.). In this copy was inserted after the ' Prologue '
Caxton's handbill (now taken out).
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38. DICTES. The Dictes or sayengis of the philosophres. Second
edition. Folio. (78 ff., the first and 2 last blank : a-i 8 k 6 . 29 lines.
195 x 125 mm.)
Type 2* only. Printed about 1479.
Blades, pp. 77-78, n. 28 and second edition, pp. 221-222, n. 28;
Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 71-72.
Copies known.
1. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 131, n. 2288) to Nicol for King
George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55031 = C. 10. b. 2
(Proctor, p. 715, n. 9635). Nearly perf., wanting blank, but scribbled over.
Old red mor. with Royal arms (363 x 178 mm.).
2. TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin A. 4. 2 (Abbott, Cat. p. 65, n. 195). Perf.
(276 x 197 mm.).
3. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 267, n. 4046); then (1743)
Osborne ; then F. W. von Duve, who bequeathed it in 1782 to the University
Library, GoETTINGEN. Modern binding (260 x 197 mm.).
4. Early owner: Thomas Burns. Now the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll.
Imp. 2 ff. (i and 8) ; uncut, but soiled and scribbled over. Purple mor.
(294 x 209 mm.). This is doubtless the copy bought by Ridgway (one of
the Duke of Devonshire's booksellers) at John Towneley's sale (June 1814,
Cat. p. 25, n. 541) ; then in mor.
Present owner untraced.
5. John Lloyd's sale (January 1816, Cat. n. 1513) to Triphook. Imp.
Fragments.
6. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, sold in 1874 to the BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55032, formerly C. 40. 1. i. 4ff. only (a 2, 6; d i, 8), all
damaged ; from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (284 x 193 mm.).
39. DICTES. The Dictes or sayengis of the philosophres. Third
edition. Folio. (70 ff., the last blank : 2 ff. no sig., A-G 8 H-I 6 .
31 lines, occasionally 30 and 32. 186x119 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489 (with the date 1477).
Blades, pp. 226-228, n. 83 and second edition, pp. 348-349, n. 89 ;
Hain, II, p. 270, n. 6285 ; Copinger, I, p. 195; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 71-72.
Copies known.
i. Given by Thomas Baker, socius ejectus> to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge.
Perf. but soiled and scribbled (263 x 166 mm.).
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2. Dr. Vincent's sale (March 1816, Cat. p. 35, n. 1176) to Singer; now
BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 17 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9683).
Nearly perf. y wanting last blank, but much wormed (380 x 193 mm.). Olive
mor. (by C. Lewis ?).
3. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Perf. and fine. Bound with * Book of
good manners' (267 x 178 mm.).
4. The EARL OF PEMBROKE'S coll. Perf. (except for last blank) and clean.
Old red English mor. (237 x 169 mm.).
5. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 29 (3) (Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 36).
Imp. 2ff. (2 prel. ff.) but having blank at end. Soiled and scribbled.
Formerly bound with ' Ryall book ' and ' Book of good manners '. Now
separately in modern half red mor, (272 x 193 mm.).
6. Bought from Triphook after 1815 by Earl Spencer (Dibdin, ' Aedes Althorp.'
II, p. 121, n. 1106); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS" LIBRARY n. 17319.
Imp. 2 ff. (I i and 6), last printed f. inlaid. A few stains (cropped). Olive
mor. by C. Lewis (230 x 167 mm.).
7. Rev. J. Fuller-Russell's sale (June 1885, Cat I, p. 32, n. 360) to Quaritch
(Gen. Cat. VI, 1887, p. 3910, n. 37905); then Richard Bennett's coll. (Cat.
p. 16, n. 223); now J/PiERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 178-179,
n. 700). Imp. 4 ff. (1 3-6, in facs.). Washed ; a few ff. mended. Brown mor.
by Clarke and Bedford (262 x 194 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
8. John Munro's sale (1792, Cat. n. 1675) to Short.
9. J. H. S. Pigott's sale (May 1847, Cat. p. 9, n. 103) to Thorpe. Russia.
Evidently the third edition, as it is said to bq ' printed on 72 leaves '.
40. DOCTRINAL. The Doctrinal of Sapyence, translated from the
French by Caxton. Folio. (92 ff. : A-I 8 K-L 10 . 33 lines.
1 88 x 1 20 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed after 7 May 1489.
Blades, pp. 198-202, n. 71 and second edition, pp. 324-328, n. 76;
Hain, IV, p. 234, n. 14017; Copinger, I, p. 415; Ames, p. 49;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 64-65 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 266-274, n. 35.
Copies known.
I. Presented by Jacob Bryant to King George III; .now Windsor, ROYAL
LIBRARY. Perf. on coarse VELLUM and having an extra chapter on
Negligences in the Mass (3 add. ff. and i blank).
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a. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 52 (3) (Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 35).
Perf., slightly wormed. Formerly bound after ' Ryall Book ' and ' Scala
perfectionis ' ; now separately, in black mor. by Stoakley (257 x 1 86 mm.).
3. Stanesby Alchorne, then Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 280-284,
n. 865) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 11520. Perf. and
fine with duplicates of L 3 and 6. Brown russia (262 x 193 mm.).
This is probably the copy bought by Alchorne at W. Fletewode's sale
(December 1774, Cat. p. 70, n. 1256).
4. Spencer duplicate (n. 11520) placed in Stanesby Alchorne's sale (May 1813,
Cat. p. 1 8, n. 170) to the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Made perf. with
2 shorter ff. (K 3 and 8) from the Towneley copy. Slight stains. Russia,
with Devonshire arms (255 x 185 mm.).
5. William Herbert's coll. (J. Herbert's Cat. I, 1796, p. 4, n. 28 ; also Cat. 1796,
n. 745) ; his sale (November 1796, Cat. p. 14, n. 414) to R. Farmer ; John
Towneley's sale (June 1814, Cat. p. 25, n. 542) to the Duke of Devonshire,
who took 2 ff. (K 3 and 8) from it to complete n. 4 ; Devonshire duplicate
sale (May 1815, Cat. p. 10, n. 264) to C. Hutton ; then Dawson Turner's
sale (March 1853, Cat. p. 52, n. 777) (to Pasmore, i. e. bought in), and resold
in his second sale (May 1859, Cat. p. 39, n. 529) to Thomas Bateman ; his sale
(May 1893, Cat. p. 38, n. 559) to Sotheran, then Richard Bennett's coll.
(Cat. p. 12, n. 160); now J. PlERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 178,
n. 699). Imp. 6 ff. (A i and 3, F 4, K 3 and 8, L 3). Dirty and stained.
Old russia (231 x 168 mm.). [Cf. n. 18.]
6. Obtained from a library at Colchester by Ellis (Cat, December 1869, n. 225)
and sold to the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (June 1897, Cat. I, p. 147,
n. 1402) to Quaritch for the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55129 (Proctor, p. 717,
n. 9676). Imp. 2 ff. (first and last, in facs. by Harris). Violet mor. (266 x
184 mm.).
7. Bishop Moore, then (1715) Cambridge AB. 10. 29 (4); then exchanged
in 1870, through Ellis, with H. Huth (Cat. II, p. 437), now A. H. HUTH'S
coll. Imp. 2 ff. (L i and 10). Slight stains. Formerly bound after ' Ryall
Book ', ' Book of good manners ', and ' Dictes III ' (272 x 193 mm.).
8. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 5. Imp. 3 ff. (A 3, B i and 2), but
fine and uncut. Old cardboard boards (278 x 198 mm.).
9. Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce
148. Imp. 20 ff. (all K and L). Stained and mended. Scored russia
(243 xi 75 mm.).
This is perhaps the ' Politic Admonition and Observations fit for great Men
to peruse, imperfect. Caxton' bought by Douce at G. Brander's sale
(February 1790, Cat. p. 32, n. 1012) and which in the Ratcliffe sale
(March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1661) was sold to Brander with a ' Ryall Book '
now at Providence.
10. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 3426) to Shropshire; now
EARL FITZWILLIAM'S coll. Imp. i f. (L 10). Slightly stained and torn.
Mor. (251 x 178 mm.).
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11. Early owner: Philippe Heyward ; then T. Beale's coll., now belonging to
B. QUARITCH. Imp. 9ff. (A 2, A 8, 3, C 6, K i, L i, L 8-10). A i
inlaid, 3 other ff. slightly damaged. Otherwise very clean. Plain pink
linen boards (237 x 175 mm.).
12. Whitley Beaumont's sale at Hodgson's (23 November 1906, Cat. n. 188)
to QUARITCH, who still owns it. Imp. 39 ff. (53 leaves only, many being
damaged). Formerly bound after ' Ryall Book ' and ' Book of good
manners ' (original binding), but now taken out.
13. CHRISTIE-MILLER coll. at Britwell. Imp. 2 ff. (G 3 and last in collotype
facs.). Original oak boards, covered with stamped leather.
Present owner untraced.
14. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 82). Bound with
' Chastising '. [This may be 15 or 16.]
15. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1732, Cat. XV, p. 58). [This may be 14 or 16.]
1 6. Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 123, n. 1552) ; then (1743) Osborne
(his Cat. 1748, n. 946). [This may be 3, 5, or 10.]
17. William Stukeley's sale (April 1766, Cat. p. 12, n. 236). Described as
of 1476.
18. George Allan's sale (March 1822, Cat. p. 20, n. 662) to Triphook. [This
may well be n. 5.]
41. DON AT US. Donatus melior [by Antonius Mancinellus]. Folio.
Type 5 (?). Printed about 1487.
Copinger, II, p. 384, n. 3801.
Fragment known.
i. Four vellum strips (about 50 x 180 mm.) discovered by Proctor in a binding
at NEW COLLEGE, Oxford (not at Christ Church, as stated by Copinger).
42. FESTUM. Festum Transfigurationis Ihesu Christi. Quarto.
(lofF. : a 6 b 4 . 24 lines. 134 x 90 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1491.
Blades, pp. 203-204, n. 73 and second edition, pp. 330-332, n. 79;
Copinger, III, p. 85, n. 5444.
Copy known.
i. Given in 1721 by Samuel Grice to George Oldham. Given in 1831 by
Joshua Wilson, of Tunbridge Wells, to the Congregational Library, Blomfield
Street, London, who placed it in a sale at Puttick's (14 July 1862, Cat.
5*
p. 162, n. 2005), where it was obtained by Boone for the BRITISH MUSEUM
IA. 55122, formerly C. 35. f. 19 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9673). Perf. and in
original oak boards covered with stamped leather (rebacked). Bound
before a unique Pynson and three early foreign tracts (205 x 139 mm.).
43. FESTUM. Festum Visitationis Beatae Mariae Virginis. Quarto.
(8 ff. (?), the eighth a blank. 26 lines. 123 x 81 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed about 1480.
Blades, p. 139, n. 49 and second edition, pp. 267-268, n. 51 ;
Copinger, III, p. 85, n. 5443.
Copy known.
i. Bought in April 1851 by the BRITISH MUSEUM IA. 55065, formerly C. 21.
c. i (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9648). Imp, i f. (wanting f. i) but having final
blank. In all 7 ff. only. Blue mor. (212 x 140 mm.).
E. G. Duff considers this quire of 8 ff. as being only part of the complete work.
44. FIFTEEN OES. The Fifteen Oes and other prayers. Quarto.
(22ff. : a-b 8 c 6 . 21 lines. 124x80 mm.; with borders,
151 x 107 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1491.
Blades, pp. 224-226, n. 82 and second edition, pp. 352-354, n. 92 ;
Copinger, III, p. 27, n. 4837.
Copy known.
1. Bought in 1851 by the BRITISH MUSEUM IA. 55144, formerly C. 25. k.
(Proctor, p. 717, n. 9684). Perf, and fine. Formerly bound with several
tracts printed by Wynkyn de Worde. Now alone, brown mor. (i75X
129 mm.).
Fragment.
2. 4 ff. (a 3-6) are in the binding of the BRISTOL copy of the ' Myrrour ' II,
bequeathed in 1784 by Gifford (formerly Foxe and Simco). They are
printers' waste with curious ' set-offs ' and show some differences with the
British Museum copy (cf. Bradshaw, ' Collected papers/ pp. 343-349).
45. FOUR SONS OF AYMON. The Four sones of Aymon. Folio.
(278 ff. (?), the last a blank (?) : A-Z 8 ; aa-11 8 mm 6 (?). 3 1 lines.
185 x 118 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489.
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Blades, pp. 218-219, n. 79 and second edition, pp. 343-345, n. 86 ;
Hain, I, p. 282, n. 2230; Copinger, I, p. 65.
Copy known.
1. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 141, n. 2483) to Ratcliffe ; sold
in 1822 by Triphook to Earl Spencer ('Aed. Althorp.' II, pp. 298-299,
n. 1295); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 19180. Imp.
wanting all before 83, D 8, N 8, and mm 6 (a blank?). Russia (252 x
184 mm.).
Fragment.
2. 4 ff. only (E 3-6) are at CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 32). The tallest
measures 281 x 199 mm.
46. GODFREY OF BOLOYNE. Godfrey of Boloyne, or The siege
and conqueste of Jherusalem, or Eracles, translated from the
French. Folio. (i44ff., the first and eleventh blanks: a 6 b 4 ;
i-i6 8 17. 40 lines. 192 x 121 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed 20 November 1481.
Blades, pp. 117-120, n. 42 and second edition, pp. 252-253, n. 42 ;
Hain, I, p. 507, n. 3684; Copinger, I, p. 120; Ames, pp. 28-32 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 35-39; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 130-137,^ 16.
Copies known.
1. Belonged about 1810 to Rev. H. J. Todd ; then Lord Middleton's coll.
(Wollaton House, Nottingham); then B. Quaritch (Cat. 355, 1884,
pp. 2114-2115, n. 21842), who sold it in March 1889 to Lord Amherst
of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 39, n. 119 ; sale cat p. 76, n. 395). Bought
in December 1908 by J. PlERPONT MORGAN. Perf. with both blanks ;
a very fine copy, slightly wormed in lower margins of first ff. ; original
binding, oak boards and stamped leather (284 x 204 mm.) ; rebacked with
new clasps and new fly-leaves.
2. Early owners : King Edward IV, Roger Thorney (a friend of Wynkyn de
Worde), Robert Wellborne. Then Sir John Dolben (of Finedon, North-
amptonshire) ; then Richard Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 275, n. 94)
to the Earl of Peterborough ; then Lord Vernon ; now MAJOR HOLFORD'S
coll. Perf. with blanks. Old vellum binding (280 x 197 mm.). Cf. n. 18.
3. Early owner George Lennold. Belonged in the eighteenth century to the
Jacobines of the Rue St. Honore* at Paris. Transferred during the Revo-
lution to the Sorbonne; now PARIS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Incun. 162
(Chatelain, 'Cat. des incunables,' pp. 31-32, n. 162). Nearly perf. (wanting
only second blank) and fine; upper margin of a 2 cut off, very slightly
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stained and wormed. Early English binding, oak boards and stamped
leather, by R. L. (272 x 184 mm.).
4. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 209, n. 4093) to Nicol for King
George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55049 = C. n.
c. 4 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9641). Nearly perf. (wanting both blanks).
Nearly uncut. Old red mor. with Royal arms (384 x 201 mm.).
5. Early owner (1510): R. Johnson; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAM-
BRIDGE AB. 10. 27 (i) (Sayle, I, p. 6, n. 17). Imp. 15 ff. (first 12, i 7 , 4 3 , 4 6 ).
Formerly bound with four other Caxtons; then (1895) separately in half
purple mor. (276 x 195 mm.).
6. Belonged in 1577 to Robert Hedrington ; then Bishop Moore, then (1715)
CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 33. Imp. 2 f. (i 1 and I7 1 ). Old calf (267 x 187 mm.).
7. Belonged in 1650 to Mathew Goodwin. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776,
Cat. p. 6i,n. 1224) to Nicol (?), then Hunter, then(i 783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN
MUSEUM (Bv. 2. 29). Imp. 2 ff. (first blank and n 1 ) but with second
blank. MS. notes. Stained. A few ff. mended. Old red mor. (242 x
173 mm.).
8. Belonged in 1650 to Samuel Thurner; then (1720) Thomas Hearne (Cat.
MS. n. 974); then (1779) William Herbert; then Dr. Gifford, who bequeathed
it in 1784 to Baptist College, BRISTOL. Imp. 15 ff. (a, b4, i 8 , all after i6 7 )
(270 x 184 mm.).
9. Early owner : Chief Justice Coke ; now the EARL OF PEMBROKE'S coll.
Imp. 4 ff. (8 1 , 8 2 and both blanks), 17 l and 17 2 are torn and 4 ff. of 2 trans-
posed. Old red mor. (278 x 197 mm.).
10. Belonged in 1740 to Joseph Brereton ; now the EARL OF DYS ART'S coll.
Imp. 22 ff. (a, b, i 8 , 5 7 , 5 8 , n 1 , last 8 ff.), MS. notes (254 x 191 mm.).
n. Belonged to W. Herbert; I. Herbert's Cat. 1795, n. 705 and I, 1796, p. 5,
n. 36. Bought before 1815 by Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 256-
262, n. 851); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15028. Imp.
17 ff. (all a ; i, i ; all 14 ; nearly all 17, 5 ; 17, 6). Brown russia (279 x
198 mm.).
12. Early owner: Henry Norreys ; then the Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana '
III, p. 193, n. 2781), then (1743) Osborne, then Joseph Ames ; now VIENNA,
Imperial library. Imp. 3 ff. (a i ; i, i and 8) (293 x 197 mm.).
13. Early owner : Vincent Frodscham ; then Osborne ; then (about 175) GOET-
TINGEN, University library. Nearly perf.> wanting the blanks. Modern
binding (267 x 160 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
14. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 85).
15. Offered in White's Cat. 1780, n. 1150. Perf. (Was it a 'Godfrey' or a
'Gower'?)
16. Staunton's sale (25 April 1785, Cat. p. 54, n. 2141) to J. Edwards. Perhaps
n. 12.
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17- Dr. Vincent's sale (March 1816, Cat. pp. 34-35, n. 1175) to Singer for the
Marquess of Blandford. Not in the White Knight's sale. Stated in the
Vincent catalogue to be perfect, in blue mor., ruled, and with the inscription
' This was King Edward the Fourth Booke '. Is this the Holford copy ?
Fragments.
1 8. Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce
frag. d. i. Two ff. only, one being cut close, the other measuring 273 x
189 mm. Mpdern purple, half mor.
47. GOVERNAL OF HEALTH. Gouernayle of helthe and
Medicina stomachi. Quarto. (164-2 ff. ; A-B 8 , 2 ff. no sig.
23 lines. 138 x 91 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489.
Blades, pp. 213-215, n. 76 and second edition, pp. 340-341, n. 83 ;
Copinger, II, p. 277, n. 2765.
Copies known.
1. Early owner : J. M., now the EARL OF DYSART'S coll. Perf. and clean
(203 x 140 mm.).
2. BODLEIAN LIBRARY, Arch. F. f., formerly Tanner 178** (Proctor, p. 717,
n. 9680). Found in a volume of black-letter tracts given in 1736 by Bishop
Tanner. Perf. Now bound separately in green mor. by Hall (i6ox
mm.).
48. GOWER, JOHN. Confessio amantis. Folio. (222 ff., four [1,8,
9, 22] being blank: 8 + 8 ff.; b-z 8 & 8 ; A-B 8 C fl . 44 and 46
lines. 218x15 1 mm.)
Type 4 and 4*. Printed 2 September 1493 (i. e. 1483).
Blades, pp. 139-143, n. 50 (cf. p. 258) and second edition, pp. 271-
273, n. 53; Hain, II, p. 490, n. 7835; Copinger, I, p. 234;
Ames, p. 35 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 45-46 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 177-185, n. 21.
Copies known.
i. Bought in 1784 by Rev. C. M. Cracherode, who bequeathed it in 1799 to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55077, formerly C. 21. d i (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9654).
Nearly per f. (without the blanks) and slightly wormed, leaf 2 inlaid. Old
russia (302 x 217 mm.).
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2. The Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 94, n. 3240) to Payne for
the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Nearly perf. (wanting the blanks) but
washed. Light brown mor. by Hering (294 x 208 mm.).
3. Sold by Bryan Fairfax (1756, Cat. p. 59, n. 2015) to Francis Child ; then the
Earl of Jersey's sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 50, n. 738) to Quaritch; now ROBERT
HOE'S coll. (Cat. I, p. 209). Green mor. by C. Lewis (321 x 227 mm.).
4. Early owner: Anthony Brygham ; John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat.
p. 6i,n. 1225) to Nicol ; [then D. Daly's sale (Dublin, May 1792, pp. 13-14,
n. 207)] ; then Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 266-267, n. 856) ; now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 7914. Nearly perf., wanting three
first blanks but with final blank. Clean. Old red mor. in Harleian style
(295 x 211 mm.).
5. Belonged to J. U. (1/15); given in 1721 by Dr. William Stratford to the
Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 241-242, n. 3539 ; and V, p. 66,
n. 1286); given in 1778 by Barnard to Sir John Peachey; then by
inheritance to Mrs. L. Vernon Harcourt ; then Lord Selsey's sale (20 June
1872, Cat. pp. 56-57, n. 879) to Walford, then Ellis (Cat. p. 18, n. 155),
who sold it to Baron James de Rothschild (Picot, Cat. I, pp. 666-667,
n - I0 55) ; now Paris, BARONESS JAMES DE ROTHSCHILD'S coll. Nearly
perf. with i of the 4 blanks, but a very fine copy. Small abrasion on
f. cxxxviii. Formerly in old calf, red mor. back. Now in red mor v double"
red mor., by Trautz-Bauzonnet (321 x 228 mm.).
6. Given by the bookseller Watkis to KING EDWARD VI GRAMMAR SCHOOL,
Shrewsbury. Put in a sale at Sotheby's (12 December 1907, Cat. p. 71,
n. 624) but not sold, and restored to the school by a subscription. Nearly
perf. (wanting blanks). First f. split. Old seventeenth-century calf, with
link for a chain.
7. Henry Perkins's sale (June 1873, Cat. p. 51, n. 429) to Quaritch, who offered
it (Gen. Cat. 1874, pp. [490-1491, n. 18446 and 1880, pp. 1274-1275,
n. 12560, and 355, 1884, pp. 2115-2116, n. 21844, and vi, 1887, p. 3909-3910,
n. 37902 ; cf. also 'Odd vol. misc.' 10, p. 21, n. 19). It wanted at first the
first f. of table (in facs.), but Quaritch obtained a damaged original first f.
and thus completed the copy in 1873. Then Richard Bennett (Cat. 1900,
p. 20, n. 269), now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 173, n. 689).
Nearly perf . (wanting the 4 blanks). Scored russia leather (302 x 214 mm.).
8. Owned by James West in 1749 ; his sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 131, n. 2297)
to Nicol for King George III ; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB.
55078 = C. 1 1. c. 7. Imp. 1 6 ff., four being blanks (first quire ; i, i ; I, 7 ;
last quire). Few MS. notes. Old russia with Royal arms (285 x 216 mm.).
9. British Museum duplicate sale (February 1805, Cat. p. 15, n. 429) to Wey-
mouth ; then Thomas Grenville; then (1846) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55079 =
G. 11627. I m P- I0 ff-> 4 being blanks (i, 3, 4, 8, 9 at beginning ; all after
C i) ; t i is in duplicate. Brown mor. (316 x 230 mm.).
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io. Early owners: Francis Woodhouse (about 1500) and Henry Spelman (1576) ;
then Sir Henry St. John Mildmay's sale (April 1907, Cat. p. 27, n. 225) to
Quaritch (Cat. 1907, p. in, n. 1189), who sold it in July 1908 to GENERAL
RUSH C. HAWKINS of Providence. Imp. 6% ff. (the 4 blanks, the 2 first
and half the last, these being in reprint). Old red long-grained mor.
(305 x 209 mm.).
u. [Perhaps the perfect copy offered by White, Cat. 1780, n. 1150 ; but was it
a Gower ?] Bought from the bookseller Benjamin White by Topham
Beauclerk; his sale (April 1781, Cat. I, p. 104, n. 3289) to Gregory Lewis
Way ; his sale (June 1881, Cat.n. 163) to Quaritch (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2116,
n. 21845, and Gen. Cat. VI, 1887, p. 3910, n. 37903); now JOHN BOYD
THACHER'S coll. at Albany (U. S. A.). Imp. 7 ff. (first blank ; viii, cxi,
cxii, cxxvii, cxxviii, cxlviii in MS.). Mor. (265 x 194 mm.).
12. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. io. 26 (Sayle, I, p. 7, n. 22).
Imp. 13 ff. (leaves i, 2, 4-8 ; i, I and 3-6 ; c 3 ; A 6 ; C 6 ; portions of
5 ff.). Poor and soiled. Old calf (283 x 189 mm.).
13. PEMBROKE COLLEGE, Cambridge. Imp. 2 ff. (II and C i). Stained in yellow-
green throughout (276 x 200 mm.).
14. Early owner: Thomas (?) Elyott. Presented in 1620 by John Maylard to
HEREFORD CATHEDRAL, Library of the Gustos and Vicars. Imp. 12 ff.
(i, 3-6, 8-12, 14-15) but fine (308 x 216 mm.).
15. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Imp. 6 ff. (p i and 7 and all the blanks).
Slightly stained and wormed (305 x 213 mm.).
1 6. QUEEN'S COLLEGE, Oxford. Imp. 12% ff. (all before i, 3 ; half of i 8 ; p 7 ;
q 8). Clean, few MS. notes. Old brown calf (290 x 206 mm.).
17. ALL SOULS COLLEGE, Oxford. (Early owners : Tho. Smison and Benjamin
Buckler.) Imp. and cropped (254 x 191 mm.).
1 8. Sold in 1874 by Toovey to H. Huth, now A. H. HUTH'S coll. (Cat. II, p. 614).
Imp., 15 ff. in facs., including 6 first and 2 last. Brown mor. by Bedford
(287 x 207 mm.).
19. WORCESTER, Cathedral library.
Present owner unknown.
20. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1726, Cat. VIII, p. 24). Probably fine.
21. Belonged about 1730 to Hearne (Cat. MS., n. 379).
22. Mark Cephas Tutet's sale (February 1786, Cat. n. 363) to Herbert; then
I. Herbert's Cat. 1795, p. 31, n. 402. A little imperfect.
23. G. Mason's sale (1807, Cat. n. 888).
24. R. Mead's sale (November 1754, Cat. p. 235, n. 1741) to Ralph Willett; his
sale (December 1813, Cat. p. 40, n. 1059) to Singer for the Marquess of
Blandford; his (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 88, n. 1957) to
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Triphook, returned as imp. and resold ; G. Watson-Taylor's sale (March
1823, Cat I, p. 49, n. 965) to Thorpe; Trotter Brockett's sale (December
1823, Cat. p. 48, n. 1321) to Bandinel. //#/., having 6 ff. of table and
preface in facs. by Whittaker. Russia.
25. Offered by Pickering, Cat. 1834, p. 134, n. 1426. Imp. 33 ff. (all after p. 189
and ii various ff.).
26. Belonged in 1862 to W. H. Haggard ; his sale (June 1867, Cat. p. 17, n. 225)
to Quaritch. ///., 9^ (?) ff. supplied in MS. or reprint (table, ff. viii, xlvii,
cxxxiiii, clxxxv, clxxxviii, part of clxxxxiiii, ccvii, ccx, ccxi). Russia.
27. Exhibited at the Archaeological meeting at Southampton (1872) by Henry
Bonham. Imp. 19 ff. (i-io ; c 1-3 ; f. 46, 120, 126-129) but complete at end.
28. Belonged to T. Warton. Sale at Sotheby's (18 June 1886, Cat. p. 60, n. 921)
to Jackson. Imp. 34 ff. (?). Described as : ' Commences on A III, wants
C I and VI and all after the end of F (fo. 174) ' [read : all after end of z ?].
29. J.-B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 53, n. 804) to Harding (Cat. 1829) ; then
Pickering's sale (August 1854, Cat. II, p. 1 10, n. 1650) to Toovey for the Earl
of Ashburnham ; his sale (May 1898, Cat. Ill, p. 122, n. 4065) to Quaritch.
Imp. 39 ff. (first quire ; p 7 and 8 ; q i ; r 8 ; s I and 2 ; t I ; u 8 ; all after
& 7). Cropped at the head ; some ff. stained. Unbound (286 x 203 mm.).
30. Early owner : Bernard Mawyd. Then Sir Henry and John Saville's sale
(December 1860, Cat. p. 51, n. 476) to Lilly for the Earl of Ashburnham ;
his sale (December 1897, Cat. II, p. 10, n. 1777) to Pickering. Imp. 44 ff.
(4 ff. at beginning and all after y 8), or according to others 31 ff. Some ff.
stained, mended or inlaid. MS. notes. Brown mor. (293 x 222 mm.).
Fragments.
31. Bequeathed in 1834 to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY by Francis Douce. Part of
a leaf.
32. BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Two fragments of leaves. This is probably now
joined to n. 31 to make Inc. c. E. 7. i (4), which consists of three mutilated
leaves (ff. xciv, cvii, clxxxi).
33. NEW COLLEGE, Oxford. Part of a leaf.
34. Sir Thomas Gage's sale (25 June 1867, Cat. p. 53, n. 456) to Toovey ; then
Felix Slade's sale (August 1868, Cat. pp. 94-95, n. 1135). Leaf 186 only.
35. Sir John Fenn's Album, offered by Quaritch, Cat. 237 (1905), n. 1056; then
W. C. Van Antwerp's sale (March 1907, p. 24, n. 102) ; then Tregaskis.
Leaf 1 02 only (cf. the following number).
36. Leaf 103 only, used in a 1668 binding (Sir John Denham, ' Poems '), offered
by Tregaskis, Cat. 570 (1905) and 581 (1905), pp. 19-20, n. 273.
37. Added to the Crowninshield sale (July 1860, p. 152, n. 1868) to Minton ;
2 ff. only (82-83) in a red mor. cover, by Bedford (cf. the following).
38. Robert L. Stuart's coll., then (1892) Lenox library, now NEW YORK
LIBRARY. 2 ff. only (cf. the preceding).
39. Leaf 96 only, framed (271x190 mm.); belonged to William Blades; now
SAINT BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE, London.
59 i *
49 HIGDEN, RALPH. Polycronicon, translated from the Latin by
Trevisa and continued by Caxton. Folio. (450 ff., 5 being
blank [a i ; I, i ; 1,5; 28 bis, 2 ; 55, 8] ; a-b 8 ; C 4 ; i-28 8 ; 2 ff.
no sig., 29-48" 49 4 so 8 52~55 8 . 40 lines. 191 x 121 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed after 2 July 1482.
Blades, pp. 122-128, n. 44 (cf. p. 258) and second edition, pp. 256-
259, n. 46; Main, III, pp. 62-63, n. 8659; Copinger, I, p. 259;
Ames, pp. 32-33; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 39-42; Ames-Dibdin,
. I, pp. 138-152, n. 17.
Copies known.
1. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 168,
n. 3607) to Payne for Thomas Grenville ; bequeathed in 1846 to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55060 = G. 6011-6012 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9645).
Nearly perf., wanting only the 5 blanks and in fine condition. Bound in
two vols. Green mor., double* blue mor. (271 x 197 mm.).
2. Samuel Pepys, now Cambridge, PEPYSIAN LIBRARY. Perf. (280 x 197 mm.).
3. Sold in 1893 by Dodd, Mead & Co. to the NEW YORK LIBRARY. Perf.
4. ROBERT HOE'S coll., New York (Cat. I, pp. 225-226). Nearly perf. , wanting
last blank. Brown mor. by Bedford (291 x 208 mm.).
5. Given by Sir George Grey to the library at CAPE TOWN. Perf. Brown
mor. by Bedford (248 x 156 mm.).
6. Bought about 1858-1859 by the Astor Library, New York. Now NEW
YORK LIBRARY. M tide perf. with 2ff. from a shorter copy. A few MS.
notes (257 x 194 mm.).
7. Early owner: H. Spelman ; then (before 1815) Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.'
IV, pp. 262-263, n. 852) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
n. 13768. Made perf. with ff. from 3 other copies ; wanting still the 5 blanks ;
last f. inlaid. Red mor. by C. Hering (292 x 208 mm.).
8. Sold by I. and A. Arch to Sir M. M. Sykes ; his sale (May 1824, Cat I,
p. 91, n. 1650) to Triphook for John Dent, who added from another copy
the first 3 ff., then wanting ; his sale (April 1827, Cat. II, p. 7, n. 143) to
Arch for H. Perkins; his sale (June 1873, Cat. p. 66, n. 593) to Quaritch
(Cat. 1874, pp. 1489-1490, n. 18445 an d 1880, pp. 1273-1274, n. 1264,
and 355, 1884, p. 2115, n. 21843); Brayton Ives's sale (New York, March
1891, Cat. p. 315, n. mi) to the BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. Made perf .
with 3 first ff. from another copy. Olive mor. by C. Lewis.
This copy has been identified with the copy in John Towneley's sale
(June 1814, Cat. p. 30, n. 655) to J. Arch, described as 'wanting sheet A
and B i and C i of table '. Also with the copy in James Edward's sale
(April 1815, Cat. p. 23, n. 450) to J. Arch : ' Russia '. But cf. infra, n. 70
and n. 85.
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9. Given by Thomas Baker to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge. Imp. 7^ ff.
(| a i ; 2 ff. in 17 ; 18, 8 ; 55, 3-6) (380 x 203 mm.).
TO. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55059 =C. 10.
* b. 7. Imp. 10 fif., 5 being blanks (a i, 4-6, 8 ; i, i and 5 ; 28 bis, 2 ; 55,
7-8). Clean. Old russia with Royal arms (272 x 202 mm.).
11. Lord Aylesford's sale (March 1888, Cat. n. 1026) to Quaritch for the
EARL OF CARYSFORT. Imp. 7 ff. (first, third, and five last in facs. by
Harris). Probably wants also the blanks. Then in brown mor. by
Bedford ; rebound in 1894 by Leighton.
This may be the copy in Pickering's sale (March 1854, Cat. I, p. 68, n. 969)
to Upham, said to have the first and five last ff. in facs. by Harris. Dark
mor. by Bedford.
12. Sir William Tite's sale (May 1874, Cat p. 39, n. 576) to Ellis and White
(Cat. 36, November 1875, p. 17, n. 106 and 39, June 1877, p. 24, n. 149),
who sold it to the late SIR THOMAS BROOKE (Cat. I, p. 251). Imp., 10 ff.,
in facs. (not only a 2-4 and 8, as stated in Tite Cat., but also 55, 2-7).
Wanting also blanks (?). Brown mor. by Bedford. This is doubtless the
copy in brown mor. by Bedford, having a 2-4 and 8 in facs., sold in
H. Stevens's sale at Sotheby's (20 August 1857, Cat. p. 43, n. 517) to Nixon.
13. Thomas Edwards's coll. at Landaff House; his sale (April 1871, Cat. p. 28,
n. 5[o) to Quaritch (Gen. Cat. 1874, p. 511, n. 5247). Bought by
Jonathan Peckover, who bequeathed it in 1882 to his brother LORD
PECKOVER OF WISBECH. Imp. 12 ff., 5 being blanks (a 1-3, 7-8 ; c 4 ; i,
i and 5 ; 28 bis, 2 ; leaf 421 ; 55, 7-8). Ff. 169-176 are mended, 421-426
inlaid. Many MS. notes. Red mor.
14. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1669) to Dr. Hunter, then
(1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 9. Imp. 14^ ff., but with
three blanks (a 1-8 ; b 1-2, 7-8 ; ^ 55, 6 ; 55, 7-8). The only copy seen
by Blades ' without the tables, initials and rubrics in the margins '. Old
red English mor. (276 x 183 mm.).
15. The EARL OF DYSART'S coll. Imp. 21 ff. (all before i, 2). Has the blank
at i, 5 (286 x 203 mm.).
16. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 7. Imp. 22 ff. (all
before i, 2 and a f. in 55) ; has the blank at 28 bis, 2. Old calf (278 x
199 mm.).
17. Sir Patrick Blake's sale (July 1808, Cat. p. 26, n. 808) to Leigh. Sold in
1860 by Lilly to Robert Glendining at Portsea; bought again after his
death (1864) by Lilly, who sold it to Lord Amherst of Hackney (de
Ricci, Cat. p. 39, n. 120; sale cat. p. 86, n. 447). Bought in December
1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Imp. 23 ff. (a 1-8 ; 1,1-2; 1,5; i, 8 ;
4, 8 ; 9, 8 ; 28 bis, 2 ; 54, 8 ; 55, 1-2 ; 55, 4-8). Several margins mended.
Purple mor. by Aitken (257 X 184 mm.).
1 8. LORD ALDENHAM'S coll. (H. H. Gibbs Cat., 1888, p. 29). Imp. at least
1 6 ff. Stated to have ' first and last quire ' in facs.
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19. Bishop Moore, then (1715) Cambridge AB. 9. 25 (Sayle, I, p. 6, n. 19). Imp.
33 ff. (all before i, a; 4 various ff. ; all after 54, 7). Old calf (294 x
208 mm.).
20. Bequeathed in 1745 by Nath. Crynes to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford.
Imp. 34 ff. in various parts (254 x 178 mm.).
21. Bought for 160 by Richard Bennett (Cat. p. ai, n. 289); now J. PIERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 172, n. 685). Imp. 37 ff. (a i and 8; c i ;
c 4; i, i ; leaves 246, 382, 412, 417, 419, 424-450). Green mor. by
Riviere (247 x 191 mm.).
22. Belonged in 1565 to W. Fothergill. Offered by B. Quaritch (Gen. Cat. 1880,
p. 2166, n. 21809). Then John Scott's sale (March 1905, Cat. p. 43,
n. 410) to QUARITCH, who still owns it. Imp. 40 ff., 3 being blanks (a 1-8 ;
c 1-4 ; 28 bis, 2 ; 49, 4 ; all after 52, 6). In good condition, several ff. in
quire b mended or inlaid. Old stamped calf with clasps (259 X 195 mm.).
23. Early owners: John Estcourt, Poyntz, Anthony Porbery or Porter (1655),
Richard Furney (1660) ; J. Haslam's sale (July 1816, Cat. p. 40, n. 1165) to
T. Jolley ; his sale (June 1851, Cat. V, p. 54, n. 695) to W. B. ; then the Earl
of Ashburnham's sale (December 1897, Cat. II, p. 28, n. 1954) to Pickering
for Richard Bennett (Cat p. 21, n. 290); now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S
coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 171-172, n. 684). Described by Blades in 1863 as imp.
36 ff. (all before b 6 ; 7 various ff. ; 54 and 55). Was in 1897 and is now
imp. 47 ff- (all before i, 2 ; 14, 8 ; 20, 2; 23, i; 43. J and 8; 47, i ; 54,
1-8 ; 55, 1-8). If f. 331 is not missing it has been recently supplied from
another copy. Old calf (280 x 194 mm.).
24. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 20. Imp. 58 ff. (all before
i, a; 28 various ff.; all after 54, 7). Old calf (240 x 171 mm.).
25. The EARL OF CRAWFORD'S coll. Imp. 58 ff., 3 being blanks (a i and 8 ; i,
i ; i, 4-5; all after 47, 7=f. 377). Brown mor. by Zaehnsdorf (263 x
184 mm.). Cf. the Jersey copy, infra n. 82 ; also n. 88.
26. King Henry VII, now BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55058, formerly C. 21. d. Imp.
74 ff. (all before 7, 2 ; 28 bis, 2 ; hh 3, 6, 7-8). Red mor. (267 x 188 mm.).
27. The EARL OF PEMBROKE'S coll. Imp. io8ff. (first 19; 13 various; 76
last). Has the blanks at i, 5 and 28 bis, 2. MS. notes. Old red English
mor. Wrongly (?) identified by Blades with the Ratcliffe copy.
28. Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 21, n. 288), now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat.
Ill, p. 172, n. 686). Imp. 114 ff. (all before 1,2; 1,5; a8 bis, a ; 31,2-3
and 6-7 ; all after 43, 5). Green mor. by Riviere (247 x 191 mm.). This
is certainly the copy sold in the Glasse sale (July 1892, Cat. n. 1943)
(Imp. 87 ff. : 2 ff. of table ; 5 blanks ; all after f. 343 [i. e. 43, 5 ?]) and
resold at Sotheby's (19 March 1896, Cat. p. 12, n. 171) to Pickering (for
Bennett?) (Imp. 87 ff.: all after f. 343 ; old calf; 260 x 197 mm.).
29. Joseph Ames's sale (May 1760, Cat. p. 56, n. 797) to Dr. Gifford ; bequeathed
by him in 1784 to Baptist College, BRISTOL. Imp. 171 ff. (all before 5, 3 ;
27 various ; all after 42, 6). In poor condition (267 x 197 mm.).
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30. Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce 206.
Imp. 248 fif. (all before 15, a ; 15, 8 ; 18, i ; 18, 8 ; 21, i ; 28 bis, 2 ; 29,
1-8 ; 26 ff. between 33, 6 and 37, i ; 30 ff. between 41, 8 and 45, 7 ; 47, 7 ;
all after 48, 7). Contains in all 202 ff. After f. 154 was inserted f. 11 of
' Discripcion '; it has now been taken out. Half russia (273 x 203 mm.).
31. LORD TREVOR'S coll. Imp. 6 ff. (52, i and 8, and 4 blanks).
32. The MARQUESS OF BATH'S coll.
33. The MARQUESS OF BUTE'S coll.
34. Early owner: Ralph Morice ; James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 209,
n. 4091) to Ralph Willett ; his sale (December 1813, Cat. p. 45, n. 1195)
to the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Very imp. (u ff. at beginning and 10
at end are supplied in MS.). Olive mor. with Devonshire arms (269 x
190 mm.).
35. Early owners : Edmund Kempe, Guy Woode, Launcelot Bostok ; now the
EARL OF ELLESMERE'S coll. Imp. at end (260 x 197 mm.).
36. DYSON PERRINS'S coll. at Malvern. (Obtained from Tregaskis?) Imp.
76 ff. (all before i, 2 ; I, 8 ; 28 bis, 1-2, 29, i and 8 ; 30, 4 and 5 ; 33, 8 ;
45, i ; all after 48, 6?) (265 x 188 mm.).
37. Belonged in 1870 to COLONEL MYDDELTON BIDDULPH at Chirk Castle,
Denbighshire. Imp. ' It has six leaves of the table at the beginning and
wants all after the 4th chapter of the last book.' (Horwood in ' Historical
MSS. Commission, Second report,' p. 73.) Probably sold ; perhaps n. 88.
38. NORWICH, Public library. Imp.
39. SAINT CATHERINE'S COLLEGE, Cambridge.
40. LOGANIAN LIBRARY, Philadelphia. Imp.
Present owners untraced.
41. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 93). Was it Caxton's
edition ?
42. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. X, p. 81).
43. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1732, Cat. XV, p. 58). Imp.
44. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III, p. 24, n. 369 and V, p. 79,
n. 1639), then (1743) Osborne. In 2 vols. Old red mor., gilt. Tables
rubricated.
45. John Murray's sale (May 1749, Cat. p. 22, n. 698).
46. Sold in 1753 by Joseph Ames to Dr. Richardson of Byerley.
47. Richard Mead's sale (November 1754, Cat. p. 138, n. 1312). In 2 vols.
48. Joseph Ames's sale (May 1760, Cat. p. 57, n. 818). Stated to \szperf.
49-50. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1662) to Thane. Two
imperfect copies.
51. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 51, n. 1023) to. Downs. Made
perf. in MS. Mor. (Stated by Blades to be the present Pembroke copy.)
52. William Herbert's coll. (I. Herbert's Cat. 1796, I, p. 8, n. 80). Imp.
63
53- The Duke of Queensberry's sale (November 1813).
54. The Duke of Devonshire's duplicate sale (May, 1815, Cat. p. 16, n. 425) to
Triphook. Imp. 63 ff. (?). Red mor.
55. Belonged in 1817 to the Earl of Carlisle at Naworth Castle (Dibdin, 'Bibl.
Decam.').
56. John Thane's sale (December 1818, Cat. p. 6, n. 172) to Bohn. Imp.
57. Sale at Sotheby's (17 June 1823, Cat. p. 50, n. 1467) to Triphook. Imp.
(wanting 3 ff. ?).
58. John Lane's sale (3 February 1827, Cat. p. 40, 1376). Nearly per f.
59. T. Thorpe offered in 1827 (Cat. II, p. 48, n. 3856) a copy wanting 7ff. (391,
414, *422, 423, 424, 427, 428 in MS.). Old red mor.
60. P. A. Hanrott's sale (August 1833, Cat. II, p. 79, n. 1522) to Pickering.
Stated to be wanting u ff. (i in table, 4, 372-377, 425, 426, 428 ; some in
MS.). Green mor.
61. H. G. Bohn offered in 1833 a copy wanting 18 ff. (1-7, 313, 408, last 9).
62. Samuel Tyssen's sale (December 1801, Cat. p. 31, n. 1048) to Richard
Heber; his sale (December 1834, Cat. IV, p. 186, n. 1439) to Pickering.
When bought by Heber, wanted 49 ff. (all before i, 2 ; i, 5 ; all after 52, 5
[= f. 403]). Heber added 20 ff. at end (404-423 ?).
63. Sir Francis Freeling's sale (November 1836, Cat. p. 77, n. 1335) to Andrews.
Imp.
64. Sale at Evans's (21 July 1838, Cat. p. 13, n. 255) to Pickering. Imp. but
nearly complete, some ff. at beginning supplied in MS. Old red mor.
65. Belonged about 1840 to Rev. T. Price at Llanfihangel, Cwmdu, near Crick-
howel.
66. J. S. Hawkins's sale (May 1843, p. 45, n. noi). Imp.
67. Pickering's sale (August 1854, Cat. p. 130, n. 1952) to Lilly. Imp. 23 ff. (?)
(all before b 3, 386, 407, 408, all after 420 [54, 6]). Olive mor.
68. Pickering's sale (August 1854, Cat. p. 130, n. 1953) to Lilly. Imp. 65 ff. (?)
(commences on first f. after table ; ends with seventh book). In all 385 ff.
Old russia.
69. Pickering's sale (August 1854, Cat. p. 130, n. 1955) to Lilly. Imp. 113 ff. (?)
(contained 337 ff. only).
70. W. H. Pepys's sale (December 1856, Cat. p. 52, n. 818) to Lilly; returned
and resold (February 1857, Cat. p. 47, n. 737) to Willis. Imp. 10 ff.
Stated to be the Towneley copy (cf. supra, n. 8).
71. Owned in 1861 by Beriah Botfield who had bought it from Pickering.
Made perf. from two or three copies (263 x 197 mm.).
72. Lilly owned in 1861 a very imp. copy.
73. Another copy is in Lilly's Cat. 1861, p. 7. Several ff. reprinted in Whitting-
ham's types. Mor. by Bedford.
74. Early owner : Thomas Baker, of St. John's College, Cambridge. Miss
Richardson Currer's sale (July 1862, Cat. p. 101, n. 1282) to Willis. Imp.
31 ff. (first 21 and last 10). Soiled. Dark calf (273 x 191 mm.).
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75- Belonged to the monastery of St. Werberg at Chester, then (sixteenth
century) to various members of the Smythe and Wryght families at
Chester; then (1637) in Ireland; belonged in 1863 to W. E. Watkyn
Wynne, at Towin, Merionethshire. Imp, 62 ff. (all before i, 8 ; n various
ff. ; 53, 1-8 ; 54, 1-8 ; 55, 1-8). Mutilated, scribbled, and torn, the old
vellum wrapper being preserved on one side only.
76. Lord Charlemont's sale at Sotheby's (n August 1865, Cat. p. 35, n. 209) to
Toovey (apparently not for Lord Ashburnham as believed by Blades).
Imp. 2 ff. (xxxi and Ixxi) but very fine ; in old oak boards, with leather
buckle. Doubtless made perfect since 1865.
77-78. The Marquess of Hastings's sale (1868) to Bachelin. Two copies, one imp.,
the other very imp.
79. A. A. Smets's coll. (' Catal. raisonne' ', 1860, pp. 25-27) ; his sale (New York,
May 1868, Cat n. 1812). Imp. 54 ff. (?) (table, ff. 3-4, 8, n, 12, 24
[this last in MS.] and all the eighth book [quires 50-55]). Calf. (Cf. the
following.)
80. William Menzies's sale (New York, November 1876, Cat. p. 187, n. 926).
Imp. 42 ff. (?). Having all prefatory matter except table, and wanting last
book. Blind tooled brown mor. by Bedford. Perhaps the Smets copy.
81. Sold by Caxton to William Purde; Mark Cephas Tutet's sale (February
1786, Cat. pp. 28-29, n. 479) to H. E. Austen ; belonged in 1880 to C. L.
Prince at Crowborough, Tunbridge Wells, but no longer in his possession
when he died. Contains a curious contemporary MS. note, probably
genuine, mentioning Caxton as Royal printer. (Cf. a photograph in
Blades's notes.)
82. The Earl of Jersey's sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 55, n. 812) to Quaritch. Imp.
86 ff. (all before 2, 3 ; 24, 4-5 ; all after 47, 6). A poor copy (263 x
184 mm.). Perhaps the present Crawford copy (supra n. 25) ; cf. also n. 88.
83. Belonged in 1863 to J. Simes of Brighton. N. P. Simes's sale (July 1886,
Cat. p. 67, n. 1053) to Bull. Imp. about 150 ff. (contained ff. clvii to
ccclvii) and wormed throughout.
84. Sale at Puttick's (2 March 1887, Cat. n. 276) to Westell. Imp. 245 ff.
(containing 205 ff. between 3, i and 45, 4, with 4 ff. of D in different type).
85. J. Edwards's sale (April 1815, Cat. p. 23, n. 450) to J. Arch [Blades believes
this to be n. 8] ; then sale at Evans (18 May 1835, p. 25, n. 500) to
Pickering (said to have some ff. inlaid) ; his sale (August 1854, Cat. p. 130,
n. 1954) to Lilly; then Thomas Bateman's sale (May 1893, Cat. p. 38,
n - 557) to Quaritch. Imp. 68 ff. (all before i ; 10 various ff. ; last 38).
Was in old russia (248 x 197 mm.).
86. Sale at Sotheby's (24 April 1899, Cat. p. 34, n. 443) to Tregaskis. Imp.
146 ff. and 5 blanks. Old calf (257 x 178 mm.).
87. The Earl of Crawford's sale (June 1889, Cat. II, p. 23, n. 258) to Calvert
Imp. 122 ff. (stated to contain 10-337) J resold at Sotheby's (6 May 1901,
Cat. p. 97, n. 929) to Tregaskis. Imp. 123 ff. (stated to be wanting 1-29,
28 bis, 1-2, and 92 last). Blue mor. by Zaehnsdorf, in blue mor. case.
65 K
88. Early owner R. Myddleton. Sale at Sotheby's (2 December 1901, Cat.
p. 44, n. 403) to J. Bayley. Imp. 86 ff. (all before i, a ; 3, 225, 226, 233,
234, 238, 239, 242, 261, 265, 355 ; all after 376=47. 6 ). F. a6o and 3 first ff.
are defective. Modern calf. Cf. n. 25, n. 37, and n. 82.
Fragments.
89. BRITISH MUSEUM Add. MS. 14927. Six ff. only.
90. Bagford's coll., now BRITISH MUSEUM Harleian MS. 5919, n. 149. Leaf 50,
i only (203 x 141 mm.).
91. Sir Thomas Gage's sale (25 June 1867, Cat. p. 53, n. 456) to Toovey ; then
Felix Slade's sale (August 1868, Cat. pp. 94-95, n. 1135?). Three ff. only
[stated to be H 4, H 7, H 8 !].
92. William Henry Button's coll. at Newcastle, Staffordshire ; his sale (December
1903, Cat. p. 18, n. 176) to Quaritch. Eleven wormed ff. (390-391, 393-
396, 398, 400-403). Half vellum.
93. Sale at Sotheby's (26 February 1900, Cat. p. 46, n. 468) to Sherratt. One
leaf only (f. 141).
94. Maurice Johnson's sale (21 March 1898, Cat. p. 95, n. 1012) to Pickering
(for Bennett?). One leaf only (f. 391). Doubtless added since to one of
the Bennett copies.
95. Joseph Ames's scrap books, vol. I, n. 41 ; now BRITISH MUSEUM. One leaf
only (229=29, 4) (243 x 1 66 mm.).
96. Ibid., n. 50 (leaf 397) (203 x 131 mm.).
97. Fr. Culemann's sale (7 February 1870, Cat. p. 34, n. 296) to Quaritch. 27
wormed leaves: 36, 47, 56, 155-156, 181, 208, 325-326, 361, 368-369,
98. The late James E. Scripps of Detroit (U.S.A.) owned leaves 48, 3 and 48, 4.
50. HORAE. Horae ad usum Sarum. First edition. Octavo. (72
ff. ? 12 lines. 8 1 x 56 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 42-44, n. n and second edition, pp. 191-193, n. 9;
Copinger, II, p. 306, n. 3052 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 358-359, n. 63.
Copy known.
i. An imperfect copy on VELLUM belongs to Mr. PEARSON at London. It is
fully described by E. G. Duff, ' Horae Beate Virginis Marie secundum
usum Sarum. The unique copy printed at Westminster by William Caxton
circa 1477' (s.L 1908, in-8, 48 pp.). What remains consists of 62 ff.
(8 quires of 8 ff, wanting the first 2 ff. of quire i). A final quire of 8 ff. is
missing and would have completed the book. Bound circa A.D. 1600 in
plain white vellum.
66
Fragment.
2. Belonged to Farmer ; then Francis Douce, who bequeathed it in 1834 to the
BODLEIAN LIBRARY Douce frag. g. i (Proctor, p. 714, n. 9633). Half
a sheet only (now two quarters) forming 4 ff. Modern half purple mor.
(117x86 mm.).
51. HORAE. Horae ad usum Sarum. Second edition. Quarto.
(20 lines. 132 x 85 mm.)
Type 3 only. Printed about 1480.
Blades, pp. 104-105, n. 37 and second edition, pp. 242-243, n. 37 ;
Copinger, II, p. 314, n. 3131.
Fragment known.
i. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School ; sold in 1874 to the BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55036, formerly C. 40. 1. i (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9636). Four ff.
only (2 badly damaged), from the binding of a 'Boecius'. Red mor.
(201 x 150 mm.).
52. HORAE. Horae ad usum Sarum. Third edition. Octavo. (16
lines. 89 x 59 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1490.
Blades, p. 202, n. 72 and second edition, pp. 321-322, n. 73;
Copinger, II, p. 314, n. 3128.
Fragment known.
i . 8 ff. of quire m, very damaged, found in a binding by William Maskell were
presented by him in 1858 to the BRITISH MUSEUM I A. 55125, formerly
C. 35. a. 7 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9670). Blue mor., bound after 4 ff. of
No. 53 (131 x 103 mm.).
53. HORAE. Horae ad usum Sarum. Fourth edition. Octavo.
(16 lines. 91 x 59 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1490.
Blades, pp. 202, n.'72 and second edition, p. 332, n. 80 ; Copinger,
II, p. 314, n. 3130.
Fragment known.
1. 4 ff. (d 1-4) found in a binding by William Maskell were presented by him
in 1858 to the BRITISH MUSEUM I A. 55124, formerly C. 35. a. 7 (Proctor,
p. 717, n. 9674). Blue mor., bound before 8 ff. of No. 52 (131 X 103 mm.).
2. On some printer's waste of the ' Fifteen Oes ' at Bristol, there is perhaps
a set off of four pages of this book.
67 K 2
IMAGE OF PITY. Image of Pity. Folio. (A single sheet.
2 50 x 150 mm.)
Xylographic. Printed about 1487.
Blades, p. 193 and second edition, p. 320.
Copy known.
Early owner : Rychard Arnold ; then Dr. Holdsworth, who bequeathed it in
1649 to the Cambridge University Library, from which it was stolen
between 1772 and 1778 perhaps by Dr. Charles Combe and sold to Bayntun
' by a man introduced by Dr. Nugent ' ; then William Bayntun's sale
(June 1787, Cat. n. 467); then King George III; then (1829) BRITISH
MUSEUM (King's) IB. 551 14= C. 10. b. 16*. Inserted at the beginning of
1 Directorium ' I, bound in old russia with the Royal arms.
55. IMAGE OF PITY. Image of pity. Quarto. (A single sheet.
140 x 92 mm.)
Xylographic inscription imitating exactly type 5. Printed about
1490.
Blades, second edition, p. 324, n. 75 ; Copinger, II, p. 324, n. 3216 ;
H. Bradshaw, ' Collected Papers,' pp. 84-100.
Copy known.
i. Cambridge AB. 5. 86. (3). Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 38. A trial print on the blank
end page of a copy of ' Colloquium peccatoris et Crucifix! ' (Antwerp, Van
der Goes, 1487), bequeathed to Cambridge by Dr. Holdsworth.
56. I NDULGENCE. Letters of Indulgence delivered by John Kendale
in the name of Pope Sixtus IV. (i f. vellum.)
1480. First issue. Singular. No year of pontificate.
Type 2* only. Printed in 1480.
Blades, pp. 79-80, n. 29 and second edition, pp. 222-224, n< 2 9 >
Copinger, II, p. 348, n. 3447 and III, p. 90, n. 5501.
Copy known.
j. B. H. Bright's sale (March 1845, Cat. p. 60, n. 834) [with 7 other indulgences]
to Rodd; now BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55024, formerly C. 18. e. a (5)
(Proctor, p. 715, n. 9632). Dated 31 March 1480, and filled in with the
names of 'Symoni Mountfort et Emme uxori eis'. Dark blue cloth
(255 xi 84 mm.).
68
Untraced copy.
z. Seen early in the nineteenth century by Rev. Joseph Hunter. Dated
1 6 April 1480 and filled in with the names of Richard Cattlyn and
John Cattlyn.
57. INDULGENCE. Letters of Indulgence delivered by John Kendale
in the name of Pope Sixtus IV. (if. vellum.)
1480. Second issue. Plural. With year of pontificate.
Type 4 only. Printed in 1480.
Not in Blades.
Copies known.
1-2. Two vellum strips (unused), one containing six lines complete, the other
parts of six lines, were discovered by Bradshaw in 1881 in the binding of
an account book from King's Hall ; they are now at TRINITY COLLEGE,
Cambridge.
58. INDULGENCE. Letters of Indulgence delivered by lohannes
de Gigliis in the name of Pope Sixtus IV. (i f. vellum.)
1481. First issue. Singular.
Type 4 only. Printed in 1481.
Blades, second edition, pp. 254-255, n. 44; Copinger, III, p. 91,
n. 5507.
Copies known.
i. Used to line the binding of the copy of the 'Ryall book' presented (early
seventeenth century) by Thomas Archer to St. John's Church at Bedford ;
then St. Paul's, Bedford, then (1840?) Bedfordshire General library.
Taken out of the book and sold at Sotheby's (17 March 1903, Cat, p. no,
n. 985) to Quaritch for J. PlERPONT MORGAN (Cat. Ill, p. 169, n. 681).
Nearly per/., the headline and the right hand edge being cut into (203 x
152 mm.).
a. Another copy taken from the other cover of the same binding was also sold
at Sotheby's (17 March 1902, Cat. p. in, n. 986) to Sotheran (Cat. 671,
April 1907, p. 39, n. 152 with a photograph), who resold it in 1907 to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 551 25. Wanting the three first lines (i 1 8 x 203 mm.).
3. A vellum strip with four lines only of this Indulgence was found by Bradshaw
in the binding of a MS. (or early printed book) at KING'S COLLEGE,
Cambridge (Sandars/ Books in vellum at Cambridge,' p.45,n. 101) (248 mm.).
69
5Q. INDULGENCE. Letters of Indulgence delivered by lohannes
de Gigliis in the name of Pope Sixtus IV. (i f. vellum.)
1481. Second issue. Plural.
Type 4 only. Printed 1481.
Blades, p. 184, n. 40* and second edition, p. 254, n. 43 ; Copinger,
III, p. 91, n. 5506.
Copies known.
1-2. Two copies, formerly at Durham Cathedral in the binding of a volume of
4to tracts (Press-mark : P. 4. 30), where they were seen by Henry Bradshaw.
They were subsequently obtained from a private collector by the JOHN
RYLANDS LIBRARY, Manchester (' The John Ry lands library, Manchester . . .
July 1902,' in-8, p. 39). Both copies are imperfect, but one completes
the other.
3. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School ; then (1874) British Museum
IB. 55051, formerly C. 40. 1. i (6) (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9642). Two portions
only, from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor.
60. INDULGENCE. License to grant Indulgences, delivered by
lohannes de Gigliis in the name of Pope Innocent VIII.
(i f. vellum.)
Type 7 only. Printed 1489.
Not in Blades, Copinger, II, p. 332, n. 3294.
Copies known.
i. BRITISH MUSEUM I A. 55126, formerly C. 1 8. e. i (72) (Proctor, p. 717,
n - 9 6 75) Used 24 April 1489 for Henricus Bost. Plain black linen
boards (150 x 243 mm.).
2-3. Obtained in July 1859 by the BRITISH MUSEUM IA. 55127 and 55128,
formerly C. 18. e. 2 (58 and 59). Two unused copies taken from the
binding of ' Postilla Guillermi super Epistolas et Euangelia de tempore et
de Sanctis', Daventriae, 1495, m ~4- Plain black linen boards (130x203
and 138 x 201 mm.).
4. QUEENS' COLLEGE, Cambridge.
6l. INDULGENCE. License to grant Indulgences, delivered by
lohannes de Gigliis in the name of Pope Innocent VIII. (if.
vellum.)
Type 7 only. Printed in 1489.
70
Cotton, ' Typographical Gazetteer,' second series, p. 167 ; Copinger,
III, p. 332, n. 3295.
Copy known.
i . Belonged to John Dee. Now TRINITY COLLEGE, Dublin. Found by Cotton
between the leaves of a MS. marked D. 2. u. Filled in with the name of
John Taylor.
62. INFANCIA. Infancia Saluatoris. Quarto. (18 ff. : a 8 b 10 ?.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 31-33, n. 8 and second edition, pp. 207-208, n. 18;
Hain, III, p. 130, n. 9180; Copinger, I, p. 273; Ames, p. 60;
Ames-Herbert, I, p. 78 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 301-302, n. 41.
Copy known.
i. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 377, n. 6635 and V, p. 252,
n. 7008); then (1743) Osborne (his Cat. 1748-1749, p. 121, n. 4179) who
sold it (12 May 1749) to the GOETTINGEN University library. Old red
Harleian mor. (217 x 143 mm.).
Fragment.
a. The first f. only is in Sir John Fenn's album, bought by B. Quaritch
(Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97, n. 1056) ; then in W. C. Van Antwerp's sale (March
1907, p. 24, n. 102) ; then Tregaskis.
63. LA TOUR LANDRY, GEOFFROI DE. The Knyghtof the Toure.
Folio. (io6ff., the two last being blanks: 4ff. no sig., a-m 8 n fl .
40 and 38 lines. 191 x 124 [120] mm.)
Type 4 and 4*. Printed 31 January 1484.
Blades, pp. 144-147, n. 51 and second edition, pp. 273-277, n. 54 ;
Hain, III, p. 218, n. 9784 ; Copinger, I, p. 288 ; Ames, pp. 38-40 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 51-53 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 202-208, n. 27
(cf. pp. 372-373)-
Copies known.
1. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55086= C. u, c. 6
(Proctor, p. 716, n. 9657). Nearly per/., wanting both blanks, but washed
and mended. Old red mor. with Royal arms (293 X 203 mm.).
2. Early owner: Thomas Lane; BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55085, formerly
C. 21. d. 15. Nearly perf. (without the blanks) and fine. Red mor.
(277 x 187 mm.). This is doubtless the copy which belonged in 1749 to
Sloane.
3- J. Brand's sale (May 1807, Cat. I, p. 332, n. 8296) to Payne for Earl Spencer
(' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 267-268, n. 857) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY, n. 13643. Nearly perf. (wanting blanks) a few IT. mended.
Brown russia lined with green mor. by C. Hering (299 x 191 mm.).
4. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 117,
n. 2555) to Triphook for G. Watson-Taylor ; his sale (April 1823, Cat. II,
p. 28, n. 596) to Evans for T. Jolley; his sale (June 1843, Cat. II, p. 50,
n. 634) to Rodd ; then Rev. T. Corser's sale (July 1868, Cat. I, p. 44,
n. 468) to Quaritch (Gen. Cat 1874, pp. 511-512, n. 5248); now LENOX
LIBRARY, New York. Perf. but washed, MS. notes. Green mor. by
C. Lewis (273 x 191 mm.).
5. Wrongly stated to have belonged in 1577 to Robert Hedrington ; Bishop
Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 28 (Sayle, I, p. 7, n. 24). Imp.
9 ff. (all c and leaf 106) slight stains (276 x 203 mm.).
6. Given in 1680 by the London bookseller Moses Pitt (bought in at his sale,
25 November 1678) to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 21 (3).
Imp. 8 ff. (all before A 3 and both blanks) but fine. Bound with ' Boecius ',
' Esope ' and ' Caton ' in modern yellow calf (276 x 203 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
7. R. Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 274, n. 84) to Dr. Bernard ; his sale
(October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 71).
8. Th. Staunton's sale (25 April 1785, Cat. p. 65, n. 2399) to Baynes. Imp.
64. LE FEVRE, RAOUL. The History of Jason. Folio, (isoff., the
first, a blank : a-s 8 t 8 . 29 lines. 196 x 125 mm.)
Type 2 only. Probably printed before 1477.
Blades, pp. 33-35, n. 9 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 187-188,
n. 7; Hain, II, p. 380, n. 7053; Copinger, I, p. 215.
Copies known.
i. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, 'p. 238, n. 3509 and V, p. 83,
n. 1735), then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1752, n. 2250), then James West's sale
(March 1773, Cat. p. 140, n. 2480) to John Ratcliffe; his sale (March
1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1665) to Nicol; then added (?) to John Erskine's sale
(November 1817, Cat. p. 26, n. 832) to Triphook for G. Watson-Taylor ;
his sale (April 1823, Cat. II, p. 21, n. 455) to Thorpe for Richard Heber ;
his sale (December 1834, Cat. IV, p. 235, n. 1836) to Payne who sold it
to the Earl of Ashburnham; his sale (December 1897, Cat. II, pp. 67-68,
n. 2307) to Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. n, n. 152), now
J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 163-165, n. 672). Perf. with
blank and very fine ; original binding, oak boards covered with calf (282 x
205 mm.).
7*
2. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 237-238, n. 3504), then (1743)
Osborne (Cat. 1750, p. 41, n. 445 and 1751, 1, p. 71, n. 2364). Now the EARL
OF DYSART'S coll. Perf. with blank. Soiled at beginning.
3. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55002 = 0. 10.
b. 3 (Proctor, p. 714, n. 9621). Nearly perf. (wanting blank) but some
ff. mended and part of f. 2 in facs., ff. 2-3 and 7-9 inlaid. Ruled. Red
mor. (263 x 1 86 mm.).
4. Bequeathed (1681) by Dean Honeywood to the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral,
who sold it in 1811 to Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 195-210,
n. 840); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15391. Nearly
Perf. (wanting blank) and slightly stained. Russia by C. Hering (252 x
176 mm.).
5. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 107,
n. 2368) to Triphook ; [then A. Littledale's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 40,
n. 1 1 10*) to M. . Green mor. Same copy?] ; then W. S. Higgs's sale
(April 1830, Cat. p. 21, n. 447) to J. Wilkes; his sale (12 March 1847,
Cat. p. 87, a 1409) to Rodd for J. Dunn Gardner; his sale (July 1854,
Cat. pp. 40-41, n. 460) to H. Stevens for J. Lenox; now NEW YORK,
Public library. Made perf. with I f. from another copy (oj: in facs. ?).
Formerly in russia by Hering. Then green (or brown) mor. (267 x 191 mm.).
6. Th. Staunton's sale (April 1785, Cat. p. 54, n. 2142) to J. Edwards; now
VIENNA, Imperial library. Imp. 2 ff. (part of a 2 in MS., also first blank).
Slightly stained (257 X 191 mm.).
7. Early owner : John Marsh, Bury ; given by Cryne to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY
Auct. QQ. sup. I. 22. Imp. 4 ff. (33-34 and both blanks). Stained, MS.
notes. Wooden boards covered with modern stamped calf (257 x 194 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
8. Richard Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 275, n. 86) to Dr. Bernard ; his sale
(October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 73). Surely n. i or n. 2 ?
9. Belonged in the eighteenth century to T. Martin.
Fragments.
10. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, then (1874) BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55003, formerly C. 40. 1. I. Ten ff. only (57, 64, 123, 126,
129, 136, 146, 147, 148, 149), all damaged, from the binding of a ' Boecius '.
Red mor. (283 x 204 mm.).
65. LE GRAND, JACQUES. The Book of good manners. Folio.
(66 ff. : a-g 8 h 10 . 33 lines. 191 x 115 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed n May 1487.
73 L
Blades, pp. 190-191, n. 68 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 315-
316, n. 70; Copinger, II, pp. 378-379, n. 3754; Ames, p. 49;
Ames-Herbert, I, p. 64 ; Ames-Dibdin; I, pp. 263-266, n. 34.
Copies known.
1. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 29 (2) (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 31).
Perf. Formerly bound with ' Ryall book ', ' Doctrinal ', and ' Dictes' III.
Now bound separately in modern black cloth (272 x 193 mm.).
2. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 268, n. 4060, and V, p. 78, n. 1628) ;
then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1751, II, p. 24, n. 428); bequeathed in 1795 by
Count de Thott (' Bibl. Thottiana ' VII, p. 65, n. 1317) to the Royal library,
COPENHAGEN. Perf. but slightly wormed. Cf. n. 5.
3. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Imp. n ff. (a 1-6 ; 4 ff. in f ; g5). After
a 8 is inserted a leaf of ' Caton '. Bound with 'Dictes' III (267 x
178 mm.).
4. Whitley Beaumont sale at Hodgson's (23 November 1906, Cat. n. 188)
to Quaritch for the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55125. Imp. 6 ff. (a i, C4~5,
f 5, h i and 10). Many margins cut away (and now mended). Original
leather binding. It was formerly between a ' Ryall Book ' and a ' Doctrinal ',
which have now been replaced with blank paper (285 x 197 mm.).
Present owner imtraced.
5. Richard Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 275, n. 88) to Darby. Cf. n. 2.
66. LYDGATE, JOHN. The chorle and the birde. First edition.
Quarto. (10 ff., the first blank : a 10 . 2 1 lines and two blanks. 163 x
101 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, p. 60, n. 20 and second edition, pp. 209-210, n. 20; Hain,
II, p. 97, n. 4927, 5; Copinger, II, p. 372, n. 3700; Ames,
pp. 60-6 1 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 306-
3i i, n. 43-
Copy known.
1. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 8. 48 (3) (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. 7).
Perf. Was bound with seven other Caxtons, now bound separately in green
mor. by Stoakley (205 x 143 mm.).
Fragment.
2. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, then (1874) BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55014, formerly C. 40. 1. i. Two ff. only (f. 3 and part of f. 6)
from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (207 x 147 mm.).
74
67. LYDGATE, JOHN. The chorle and the birde. Second edition.
Quarto. (Same collation.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, p. 61, n. 21 and second edition, p. 210, n. 21 ; Copinger, II,
p. 372, n. 3701.
Copy known.
T. YORK, Cathedral library. Perf. with blank. Stained. Formerly bound
with some other tracts, now separate, by C. Lewis (303 x 143 mm.).
68. LYDGATE, JOHN. Curia sapiencie. Folio. (40 ff., the first and
two last blanks : a-e 8 . 35 lines and four blanks. 187 x 1 16 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed about 1480.
Blades, pp. 114-117, n. 41 and second edition, pp. 250-251, n. 41 ;
Hain, III, p. 304, n. 10353 ; Copinger, I, p. 307, and II, p. 199,
n. 1854 ; Ames, pp. 65-67 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 88-89 ; Ames-
Dibdin, I, pp. 325-330, n. 50.
Copies known.
1. R. Rawlinson's sale (March 1756, Cat. p. 151, n. 5825) to Ralph Willett ;
then Rev. S. Pegge's sale (March 1798, Cat. p. 17, n. 544) to Stace ; then
Payne's Cat. 1799 ; then Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 327-329,
n. 876) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 9960. Nearly perf.
wanting blanks, slightly stained. Blue mor. (260 x 186 mm.).
2. Bequeathed ini745byN.Crynes to ST. JOHN'sCoLLEGE, Oxford. Perf. Bound
with ' Paruus Catho III ', ' Pylgremage ' and ' Eneydos ' (254 x 178 mm.).
3. Belonged in 1863 to Maurice Johnson. Sold in 1898 to the BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55055 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9644; '300 notable books,' 1899,
p. i). Perf. with initial blank and beautifully clean. Formerly bound
with 'Paruus Catho III ', ' Caton', ' Game of chess II', ' Curial ', and ' Rey-
nart I '. Brown mor. (272 x 192 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
4. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III, p. 229, n. 3313, and V, p. 84,
n. 1746) ; then (1743) Osborne. Possibly n. i.
Fragments.
5. Bequeathed (1834) by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY, Douce
frag, e 7. Two leaves, signed e i and e 3, from the binding of a book dated
1497. Modern half purple mor. (203 x 136 mm.).
6. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, sold in 1874 to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55056, formerly C. 40. 1. a (5). Two ff. (b 3, b 6)
from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (283 x 183 mm.).
75 L 2
69. LYDGATE, JOHN. The horse, the ghoos and the sheep. First
edition. Quarto. (18 ff., the first blank: a 8 b 10 . 21 lines and two
blanks. 154 x 101 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 56-58, n. 17 and second edition, pp. 205-206, n. 16 ;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4927, 6; Copinger, II, pp. 371-372, n. 3697 ;
Ames, pp. 60-61 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81 ; Ames-Dibdin K I,
pp. 306-311, n. 43.
Copy known.
i. Early owner : George Fferrers ; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 8. 48 (4) (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. 9). Imp. 2 ff. (initial blank and f. 6). Formerly
bound with seven other Caxtons. Now bound separately in green mor. by
Stoakley (205 x 143 mm.).
70. LYDGATE, JOHN. The hors, the shepe and the ghoos. Second
edition. Quarto. (Same collation. 161 and I54X 105 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 58-59, n. 18 and second edition, pp. 206-207, n. 17;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4927, 6; Copinger, II, p. 372, n. 3698.
Copy known.
1. YORK, Cathedral library. Perf. with blank, slightly stained. Formerly bound
with some other tracts, now separate, by C. Lewis (203 x 143 mm.).
2. CAMBRIDGE AB. 5. 37 (i) (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. 10). 6ff. only (a 2-7), formerly
in a volume of tracts. Now separate, in half brown mor. (173 x 125 mm.).
71. LYDGATE, JOHN. The lyf of our lady. Folio. (96 ff., the last
blank: 2 ff. no sig., a-1 8 m 6 . 35 lines and four blanks. I95X
125 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed about 1484.
Blades, pp. 171-174, n. 61 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 298-
301, n. 64 ; Hain, III, p. 304, n. 10352 ; Copinger, I, pp. 306-307 ;
Ames, pp. 69-70; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 92-96 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP. 336-341, n. 53.
76
Copies known.
T. Made up from the Rawlinson (Thomas Rawlinson's sale, 1726, Cat. VIII,
p. 35) and Ratcliffe copies ; then the Earl of Devon's sale (25 July 1883,
Cat. p. 79, n. 1173) to B - Quaritch (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 3116, n. 21846 and
1 0. V. Misc.' 10, p. 21, n. 20); then Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 27, n. 365) ;
now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 176, n. 694). Made perf.
with blank. Russia (250 x 185 mm.).
2. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55106 = C. 10.
b. 1 8 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9665). Nearly perf . (wanting blank). Old blue
mor. with Royal arms (276 x 198 mm.).
3. Selden, now BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 10. Perf. Slight stains. Scrib-
bled over. Old panelled calf (277 x 200 mm.).
4. EXETER COLLEGE, Oxford. Imp. half of 3 ff. (g 2, 3, 4). Bound with
' Boecius ' and ' Caton ' (254 x 191 mm.).
5. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1218) to Hunter; then (1783)
Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 2o. Imp. 3 ff. (the two first and the
final blank). Stained. Old red English mor. (263 X 199 mm.). The missing
ff. were perhaps added to n. I.
6. Sold by Octavius Gilchrist to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 334-335,
n. 879) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15834. Imp. n ff.
(2 first; g8 ; h 1-7 in facs. ; also final blank). Many ff. mounted, inlaid
and mended. Formerly in blue mor. Now olive mor. by C. Lewis (254 x
194 mm.).
7. Owned in 1749 by James West; his sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 113, n. 1862)
to William Herbert (I. Herbert, Cat. 1795, p. 31, n. 408); then Pickering,
Cat. 1834, p. 192, n. 2059; then Harding and Lepard's Cat. 1829 ; then
sale at Sotheby's (22 March 1859, Cat. p. 40, n. 575) to Sir William
Tite; his sale (May 1874, Cat. p. 40, n. 579) to Thomas Hayes (of Man-
chester: his Cat. 8 [January 1878?], p. 26, n. 455); then Sotheran (Cat.
CXCIII, 26 July 1880, p. i, and Cat., November 1881) ; then Sandars, who
presented it in 1891 to CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 26). Imp. 40^ ff.
(a 1-8, b 1-8, c 1-8, d i and 8, half g 6, g 8, h 1-7, m 1-6) all in facs.
Brown mor. by Bedford (249 x 178 mm.).
8. Early owner: Samuel John Gerson ; Richard Farmer's sale (March 1798,
Cat. p. 286, n. 6223) ; the Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 95,
n. 3257) to Triphook ; the Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale
(June 1819, Cat. p. 127, n. 2766) to Triphook; E. V. Utterson's sale
(April 1852, Cat. p. 87, n. 1200) to Pickering for Rev. Thomas Corser; his
sale (July 1868, Cat. I, p. 44, n. 469) to Pickering; then Th. Irwin coll.;
now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 176, n. 695). Imp. 10 ff., one
being blank (first 3 and last 7), 10 corners mended. Blue mor. by C. Lewis,
now brown mor. by Bedford (257 x 198 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
9. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 122, n. 1545); then (1743)
Osborne.
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io. John Lloyd's sale (January 1816, Cat. n. 309) to Triphook. Imp. several
ff. at beginning and two last chapters.
Fragments.
n. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, then (1874) BRITISH MUSEUM
IB. 55107, formerly C. 40. 1. i. A leaf and a fragment only (a 2 and 7)
from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (207 x 130 mm.).
72. LYDGATE, JOHN. The lyf of our lady. So-called second edition,
but more probably printers' waste (cancelled leaves).
Fragments known.
1. Given about 1878, by Blades to CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 27). Two ff.
only (a 3 and 6) from a binding.
2. Belonged to William Blades ; now ST. BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE.
5 wormed copies of the same 2 leaves, and 2 copies with only one of the
two leaves. All these are from the stamped leather binding of a ' Boecius ',
one of the leaves being still attached to the binding. Framed.
3. Two leaves (the same), given in June 1879 by Blades to W. H. Button of
Newcastle-under-Lyme ; his sale (December 1903, Cat. p. 18, n. 177) to
Quaritch (Cat. 243, 1905, p. 24, n. 159) ; then W. C. Van Antwerp's sale
(March 1907, Cat. p. 8, n. 26) to TREGASKIS (Cat. July 1908, p. 13, n. 98),
. . who still owns them. Wormed and inlaid. Bound in half-mor. with two
leaves of ' Boecius '.
4. The same 2 ff., wormed and mended, taken from a binding (Tully, ' De
Amicitia ' ?) and given in May 1 823 by Rudge to Francis Douce, who
bequeathed them (1834) to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY (Douce frag, d 3).
Half bound in modern purple mor. (272 x 185 mm.).
73. LYDGATE, JOHN. Translation of Jehan de Gallopes version of
Guillaume de Deguilleville, Pylgremage of the sowle. Folio.
(1146., the first, fifth, and two last being blank : 46., a-n 8 o 6 .
40 lines. 191 x 122 mm.) [The first 4ff. not foliated; then ff.
I-LXXVII, LXXVI-CX ; two blank ff.]
Type 4 only. Printed 6 June 1483.
Blades, pp. 129-132, n. 45 and second edition, pp. 259-262, n. 41 ;
Hain, II, p. 562, n. 8331; Copinger, I, p. 247; Ames, p. 34;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 42-43; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 152-161, n. 18.
78
Copies known.
1. Early owner: Elizabeth Estey; then John Tennant, then Thoresby, then
probably in the Sloane coll. Now BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55069, formerly
C. 21. d. 4 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9650). Nearly per f. with first blank, wanting
the 3 other blanks. Black mor. (283 x 198 mm.).
2. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1874) to John Ratcliffe ; his
sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1220) to G. Brander ; his sale (February
1790, Cat. p. 32, n. ion) to Leycester ; the Marquess of Blandford's (White
Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 177, n. 3787) to Dibdin for Earl Spencer ;
now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 17318. Made per f. (except
for blanks) in Ratcliffe's days with ff. lii-liii (g 4-5) from n. 3 and by
Lord Spencer in 1819 with the last f. he had put into n. 3, and which
measures 257x176 mm.; much stained and with many MS. notes.
Corner of last f. in facs. After the table is bound instead of f. 5 the
' Deathbed prayers '. Formerly half mor. Now old russia in the Harleian
style. Formerly bound before the 'Arte and Crafte' (285x208 mm.).
Cf. n. 9.
3. Ff. lii-liii were taken out of this copy to be added to n. a before this copy
was bought by W. Herbert ; then R. Heber, from whom it was obtained
by exchange by Lord Spencer about 1814 (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 263-264,
n. 853) ; Lord Spencer added a last f. obtained in 1819 from the British
Museum in exchange for some coins ; Spencer duplicate sale (March 1821,
Cat. p. 29, n. 226) to Lister for R. Heber ; his sale (December 1 834, Cat.
IV, p. 320, n. 2686) to Payne for W. H. Miller ; now CHRISTIE-MILLER
coll. at Britwell. Imp. 1 1 ff. (all before a 2 and o 4-6) ; also a f. with a
prayers ; ff. Hi and liii are in facs. by Whittaker. Slightly stained. Old
russia (280 x 184 mm.).
4. Bequeathed in 1745 by N. Crynes to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford. Imp.
1 6 ff. (all before a 2 ; h 4 ; n 5-0 6). Bound with ' Paruus Catho III V Curia
sapiencie ', and ' Eneydos ' (254 x 178 mm.).
5. Early owner : Thomas Earl of Berkeley. Presented by George Earl of
Berkeley to SiON COLLEGE, London. Imp. 4 ff. (first) with 3 additional
blanks at end and 5 others at beginning (273 x 187 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
6. Richard Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. a75, n. 90) to Ch. Hill. Bound
with ' Chastysing '.
7. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. ia6, n. 1565); then (1743)
Osborne. Possibly same as no. a ?
8. Th. Staunton's sale (April 1785, Cat. p. 65, n. 2399) to Baynes. Imp.
9. Belonged about 1790 to Francis Douce.
10. Offered by Edwards, Cat 1790, n. 1324.
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Fragments.
u. Hearne's coll., now BODLEIAN LIBRARY. 4. Rawlinson 598. (a). A strip
from a leaf (78 x 155 mm.).
12. According to Blades (II, p. 265), there is a fragment in the BRITISH
MUSEUM in one of Bagford's scrap-books (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 190).
74. LYDGATE, JOHN. Stans puer ad mensam. Quarto. (4 ff. : at
21 lines and two blanks. 153 x 102 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 49-52, n. 14 and second edition, pp. 199-202, n. 13;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4927, i ; Copinger, II, p. 373, n. 3707 ; Ames,
pp. 60-6 1 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 306-311, n. 43.
Copies known.
i. Early owner: John Fawler. Then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 8. 48 (i) (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. n). Perf. but wanting bottom of f. i ; was
bound with 7 other Caxtons ; now separately in green mor. by Stoakley
(205 x 143 mm.).
3. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III, pp. 362-363, n. 6202) ; then (1743)
Osborne; then the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll., Hardwicke Hall, now
Chatsworth. Was in original vellum wrapper after ' Paruus Catho II ', now
rebound in orange mor. by C. Lewis (i83x 130 mm.).
75. LYDGATE, JOHN. The temple of glas. Quarto. (34 ff., the first
blank: a-c 8 d 10 . 23 lines. 154 x 101 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, p. 59, n. 19 and second edition, pp. 208-209, n - T 9I Hain,
II, p. 97, n. 4927, 8; Copinger, II, p. 372, n. 3704; Ames,
pp. 60-6 1 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 79-81; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 306-311, n. 43.
Copy known.
i. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 8. 48 (5) (Sayle, I, p. 4, n. 8).
Nearly per/., wanting initial blank. Was bound with 7 other Caxtons ;
now separately in green mor. by Stoakley (205 x 143 mm.).
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76. MALORY, SIR THOMAS. Le Morte d'Arthur. Folio. (432 ff., the
first a blank : 8 4- ioff., no sig., a-z 8 & 8 ; A-Z 8 ; aa-dd 8 ee 6 . 38
lines. I90X 118 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed 31 July 1485.
Blades, pp. 176-178, n. 63 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 304-
306, n. 66; Hain, I, p. 230, n. 1864; Copinger, I, pp. 53-54;
Ames, pp. 43-46; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 57-61 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 241-255, n. 31.
Copies known.
1. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 37, n. 136) ; then Thomas
Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. IX, p. 34); then the Earl of Oxford (' Bibl.
Harleiana ' III, p. 25, n. 372); then (1743) Osborne ; his Cat. 1748
to Bryan Fairfax (his Cat. 1756, p. 59, n. 2022), who sold it to Francis
Child ; then the Earl of Jersey's coll. ; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 8, n. 97)
to Quaritch for Abby E. Pope ; sold by his widow to ROBERT HOE (Cat. II,
pp. 45-47). Perf. and fine. Old red mor. (289 x 203 mm.).
2. John Lloyd's sale (January 1816, Cat. n. 1888) to Earl Spencer (Dibdin,
'Aed. Althorp.' II, p. 213, n. 1194); now Manchester, JOHN RVLANDS
LIBRARY n. 18930. Imp. 12 ff. (1 i ; n 2 ; n 8; r 7-8 ; T 4-5 ; ee 3-6,
all in facs. by Whittaker ; also first blank). Clean. Olive mor. by C. Lewis
(281 X2O2 mm.).
Fragments.
3. BRITISH MUSEUM, Bagford coll., vol. viii, n. 58. This reference, given by
Blades in his Supplementary List of Owners, is an error, there being no
original leaf in the volume (now 469 f., Ames Collection, vol. i), while
no. 58 is a manuscript transcript. [A. W. P.]
4. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL library, probably from Dean Honeywood's coll.,
i leaf only (54) in the binding of ' Vitas patrum ' 1495.
77. MAYDESTONE, CLEMENT. Directorium sacerdotum. First
edition. Folio. (i6off., the seventh a blank: 6 ff., no sig., a-q 8
r 10 s-t 8 . 33 lines. 187 x 119 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1487.
Blades, pp. 192-194, n. 69 and second edition, pp. 319-321, n. 72 ;
Hain, II, p. 268, n. 6271 ; Copinger, I, pp. 194-195 ; Ames,
pp. 64-65 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 87-88 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP- 3 2 3-325, n - 49-
Copy known.
i. Early owner : Rychard Arnold ; then Dr. Holdsworth, who bequeathed it in
1649, to the Cambridge University library, from which it was stolen between
81 M
1772 and 1778, perhaps by Dr. Charles Combe, and sold to Bayntun 'by
a man introduced by Dr. Nugent ' ; then William Bayntun's sale (June
1787, Cat. n. 467); then King George III: then (1839) BRITISH MUSEUM
(King's) IB. 55114 = C. 10. b. 16 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9669). Nearly per f.
(wanting blank) and fine. Old russia with Royal arms (268x188 mm.).
At the beginning is inserted the xylographic broadside ' The Image of
Pity '.
Fragment.
a. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL library. 2 ff. (s i and 8) used as fly-leaves in
a copy of the 1495 ' Vitas Patrum ', probably from Dean Honey wood's coll.
(H. Bradshaw's notes).
78. MAYDESTONE, CLEMENT. Directorium sacerdotum. Second
edition. Folio. (1946. : 8 ff., no sig., a-y 8 z 10 . 31 lines. i85X
119 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489.
Blades, pp. 220-221, n. 80 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 345-
346, n. 87; Copinger, II, p. 212, n. 2007; Ames-Dibdin, I,
PP- 323-3 2 5, n. 49.
Copy known.
1. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. u (2) (Proctor,
p. 717, n. 9682). Perf. and fine. Bound after 'Arte and crafte' in old
vellum (255 x 193 mm.).
Fragments.
2. A single leaf from Bagford's collections is at the BRITISH MUSEUM IB.
55i40=Harleian MS. 5919, f. 2 (203 x 127 mm.).
3. Oxford, CHRIST CHURCH. Eight leaves only from the Oxford binding
of a Petrus Crescentiensis, ' De omnibus agriculturae partibus ' (Basileae,
1548). Much cropped. Discovered by F. Haverfield ('Athenaeum',
February 1905 ; 'Manchester Guardian ', 25 February, 1905).
79. MIRK, JOHN. Festial. First edition. Folio. (ii6ff., the first
a blank: a-n 8 o-p 6 . 38 lines. 191 x 124 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed 30 June 1483.
Blades, pp. 134-135, n. 47 and second edition, pp. 263-265, n. 49 ;
Hain, II, p. 377, n. 7029, i ; Copinger, I, p. 214; Ames, p. 34;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 43-45 et 63 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 161-176,
n. 19-20.
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Copies known.
1. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55074 = C. n.
c. 5 (i) (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9652). Nearly perf. (without blank) and clean,
but slightly torn. Followed by ' Four Sermons '. Old red mor. with
Royal arms (277 x 195 mm.).
2. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Perf. but stained. Bound after ' Four
Sermons ' (286 x 200 mm.).
3-4. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 1430) to Thane; then
sold by Edwards (Cat. 1787, n. 681) to W. Herbert ; then I. Herbert's sale
(Cat. 1796, n. 744) to R. Farmer, who had already bought another copy
from Ratcliffe's sale (Cat. p. 51, n. 1020 to Nicol) ; he combined the two
to make a perfect copy ; his sale (May 1798, Cat. p. 286, n. 6222) to
Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 264-265, n. 854) ; now Manchester,
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 9395. Made perf. except first blank. Margins
slightly stained. Bound in scored russia before 'Four Sermons' (281 x
205 mm.).
5. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 8 (i). Imp. 18 ff.
(all a, 7 ff. of f., h4-6). Stained. Followed by ' Four Sermons '. Modern
yellow calf (256 x 175 mm.).
6. The MARQUESS OF STAFFORD'S coll. (bound with ' Four Sermons ').
7. Added to Baron de Hochepied Larpent's sale (January 1895, Cat. p. 70,
n. 1005) to Pickering (for Bennett ?). Described as wanting ff. i, 6-16, 23,
34-37, 119, 157-159 ; f. 197 damaged. This is doubtless the copy now in
J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. and wants 14 ff. (a 1-2, 7-8 ; b 1-7 ; v 6-8).
Bound with ' Four Sermons '.
8. Ascribed by Ames (i 749) to INNER TEMPLE library, but seen there by nobody
since then.
9. ST. MARY OSCOTT COLLEGE. Bound before 'Four Sermons'. (Which
edition ?)
Present owner untraced.
10. An Imp. copy, edition unspecified, was in Thomas Rawlinson's sale (17 2 9,
Cat. XIV, p. 77)-
11. A copy of the ' Festial ', edition unspecified, was ascribed to West by Ames
in 1749.
80. MIRK, JOHN. Festial. Second edition. Folio, (i 36 ff., the first
a blank : a-p 8 q 2 r 8 s 6 . 33 lines. 198 x 135 mm.)
Types 6 and 8. Printed about 1491.
Blades, pp. 237-239, n. 88 and second edition, pp. 356-357, n. 95 ;
Hain, II, p. 377, n. 7028; Copinger, II, p. 247, n. 2479 ; Ames-
Dibdin, I, pp. 161-176, n. 19-20.
83 M 2
Copies known.
1. Early owner: Sexten. Then Rev. Edw. James's sale (November 1854, Cat.
p. 1 8, n. 332) to Stevens ; then (April 1855) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55146,
formerly C. 21. d. 3 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9686). Imp. 8ff. (all a) and part
of leaf f 6. Bound before ' Four Sermons ', second edition. Stained and
scribbled over. Orig. brown stamped calf and oak boards (292 x 202 mm.).
2. Early owner : Thomas Potter ; now CAMBRIDGE Inc. 3. J. i. i, formerly
F* 9- 35 (Sayle, I, p. 10, n. 41). Imp. 3 ff. (a i and p 4-5). Bound in
brown calf before ' Four Sermons ', second edition (282 x 204 mm.).
3. Belonged about 1740 to Nathaniel Crynes. Now BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct.
QQ. sup. I. 13 (i). Imp. 4 ff. (a i a blank ; e 4, 5 ; f 6). Bound in old
calf, before ' Four Sermons ', first edition (260 x 187 mm.).
4. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Imp. 2 ff. (a i and b i). Bound in blue
mor. by C. Lewis with Devonshire arms before ' Four Sermons ', second
edition. Margin of b 2 cut away (258 x 193 mm.).
5. The EARL OF PEMBROKE'S coll. Imp. 7 ff. (first blank; i 1-4 ; m 8 ; p i).
Old red English mor. (247 x 182 mm.).
6. Early owner : Thomas Potter. Bought at York by the Duke of Roxburghe ;
his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 3, n. 90) to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV,
pp. 265-266, n. 855) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15003.
Imp. 2 ff. (a i blank, and 2). Bound before 'Four Sermons', second
edition. Purple mor. (263 x 193 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
7. Thomas Allen's sale (June 1795, Cat. P- 3 a > n - 603) to Sir F. Eden. Imperf.,
made up in MS.
8l. ORDER OF CHIVALRY. The book of the ordre of chyualry.
Quarto. (52 ff., the first and last blanks : a-f 8 g 4 . 26 lines. 1 30 x
80 mm.)
Type 4* and 3. Printed between June 1483 and August 1485.
Blades, pp. 160-162, n. 56 (cf. p. 259) and second edition, pp. 289-
290, n. 59; Hain, III, p. 534, n. 12077; Copinger, I, p. 358;
Ames, p. 40 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 54-56 ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 221-239, n. 29 (cf. pp. 366-372).
Copies known.
j. BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55071, formerly C. 21. c. 2 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9651).
Nearly perf. without first and with final blank. Very clean. Formerly
bound with Machlinia's * Monk of Euesham '. Now red mor. (200 x 140 mm.).
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2. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 368,11.6370); then (1743) Osborne ;
then (before 1815) Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, a66-a68 a ,n.862); now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 12015. Made perf. without
blanks, with a number of ff. (inlaid) from a shorter copy. Formerly in
russia leather ; now olive mor. by C. Lewis (198 x 137 mm.).
3. Bought between 1815 and 1820 by Earl Spencer (' Aed. Althorp.' II, p. 299),
now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 12015. Imp. 15 ff. (all a ;
b 1-7) but with final blank. Blue mor. by Fazakerley (175 x 118 mm.).
4. Early owner : Randle Holme ; then Joseph Ames ; then John Ratcliffe's sale
(March 1776, Cat. p. 38, n. 782) to Nicol for King George III ; then (1829)
BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) I A. 55072 = C. u. a. 19. Imp. 3 ff. (including
both blanks ; a 8 in facs. by Whittaker), a 2 mounted. Old red mor. with
Royal arms (179 x 130 mm.).
5. Archibald Fraser of Lovat's sale ("February 1852, Cat. p. 18, n. 244) to
Boone for the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (June 1897, Cat. I, pp. 117-
ii 8, n. 1087) to Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat p. 13, n. 174) ; now
J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 173-174, n. 696). Imp. 3 ff.
(g 2-4) but with first blank. Slight stains. MS. notes ascribed without
reason to Roger Ascham. Old calf (198 x 135 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
6. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 103, n. 1656) to G. Mason. 'A fine
copy in russia.'
82. ORDINALE. Ordinale seu Pica Sarum. First version. Quarto.
(2 r lines. 146 x 93 mm.)
Type 3 only. Printed about 1477.
Blades, pp. 102-103, ri. 36 and second edition, pp. 241-242, n. 36 ;
Copinger, II, p. 446, n. 4496.
Fragment known.
i. St. Albans, King Edward VI Grammar School, sold in 1874 to the BRITISH
MUSEUM IB. 55007, formerly C. 40. 1 (Proctor, p. 714, n. 9624). 8 ff. only
(4 badly damaged) from the binding of a ' Boecius '. Red mor. (205 x
140 mm.).
83. PARIS AND VIENNE. Thystorye of the noble and valyaunt
knyght Paris and the fayr Vyenne, translated from the French by
Caxton. Folio. (36 ff., the last being a blank : a-c 8 d-e 6 . 39
lines. 194 xi 27 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed 19 December 1485.
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Blades, pp. 180-182, n. 65 and second edition, pp. 308-310, n. 68 ;
Copinger, III, p. 4, n. 4605; Ames, p. 48; Ames- Herbert, I,
p. 63; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 261-263, n. 33.
Copy known.
i. Sold 1 8 July 1700 by Danser to Bagford, who is said to have resold it to
Bishop Moore ; the Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana ' III, p. 238, n. 3511) ;
then (1743) Osborne; then Ames; then (1749) Sir H. Sloane ; James
West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 141, n. 3482) to Nicol for King
George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55092 = C. 10.
b. 10 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9660). Nearly perf. (wanting blank) and fine,
but slightly wormed. Old red mor. with Royal arms (273 x 195 mm.).
84. PSALTERIUM. Psalterium cum canticis. Quarto. (i77ff., the
first and last blanks : a-x 8 [ + x 7*] y 8 . 20 lines. 135 x 83 mm.)
Type 3 only (but signatures in type 2). Printed about 1480.
Blades, pp. 105-106, n. 38 and second edition, pp. 243-244, n. 38 ;
Copinger, III, p. 34, n. 4925.
Copy known.
i. Queen Mary I's copy, now BRITISH MUSEUM I A. 55038, formerly C. 35.
e. 3 (Proctor, p. 714, n. 9637). Nearly perf. wanting both blanks. Brown
mor. (203 x 137 mm.).
85. QUATTUOR SERMONES. Four sermons. First edition.
Folio. (30 ff. : a-c 8 d 6 . 38 lines. 191 x 125 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed about 1483.
Blades, pp. 137-138, n. 48 (cf. p. 258) and second edition, pp. 265-
267, n. 50; Hain, II, p. 377, n. 7029, 2; Copinger, I, p. 214;
Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 161-176, n. 19-20.
Copies known.
i'. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55075 = C. u.
c. 5 (2)_(Proctor, p. 716, n. 9653). Perf., bound after * Festial I ' in old red
mor. with Royal arms (277 x 195 mm.).
2. Belonged to Sir William Knight Paddy ; now ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford.
Perf., bound with ' Troylus ' and * Canterbury Tales II ' (242 x 197 mm.).
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3. LAMBETH, Archiepiscopal library. Perf. but stained. Bound before
'Festial' I (2 86x200 mm.).
4. VIENNA, Imperial library. Perf., but slightly torn (267 x 184 mm.).
5. Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, from Earl Spencer's coll. (' Bibl.
Spenc.' IV, pp. 264-265, n. 854). Bound after ' Festial I '. Perf., slightly
stained (283 x 203 mm.). For the history of this copy, cf. ' Festial I ',
n. 3-4. This is doubtless the copy of 'Four Sermons' owned about 1790
by Edwards.
6. The MARQUESS OF STAFFORD'S coll. Bound with ' Festial ' I.
7. ST. ANDREWS, University library. Perf. and well preserved (286 x 200 mm.).
8. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 8 (2). Imp. 2 ff.
(d 3 and 4), bound after ' Festial I '. Much stained, last 2 ff. mended ;
modern yellow calf (256 x 175 mm.).
9. Belonged about 1740 to Nathaniel Crynes. Now BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct.
QQ. sup. I. 13 (2). Imp. 2 ff. (d i and 6), slightly stained, bound after
' Festial II ' in old calf (260 x 187 mm.).
10. Added to Baron de Hochepied Larpent's sale (January 1895, Cat. p. 70,
n. 1005) to Pickering (for Bennett?). Described as wanting ff. 39 and
47-49 ; ff. 41 and 50 damaged. This is doubtless the copy now in
J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll., wanting 3 ff. (c 3-5), part of last f. with lower
portion of device damaged. Bound with ' Festial '.
n. ST. MARY OSCOTT COLLEGE. Bound after ' Festial '. (Which edition ?)
Present owner untraced.
12. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1732, Cat. XV, p. 75). Imp.
86. QUATTUOR SERMONES. Four sermons. Second edition.
Folio. (34ff. : A-C 8 D 10 . 33 lines. 197 x 135 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1491.
Blades, pp. 239-240, n. 89 and second edition, p. 358, n. 96 ; Hain,
H, p. 377. n. 7028, 2; Copinger, III, p. 79, n. 5400; Ames-
Dibdin, I, pp. 161-176, n. 19-20.
Copies known.
1. Early owner : Thomas Potter. Bought at York by the Duke of Roxburghe ;
his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 3, n. 90) to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV,
pp. 265-266, n. 855); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
n. 15003. Perf. and fine. Bound after ' Festial II ' in purple mor.
(263 x 1 93 mm.).
2. Early owner: Sexten. Then Rev. Edw. James's sale (November 1854,
Cat. p. 1 8, n. 332) to Stevens; then (April 1855) BRITISH MUSEUM
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IB. 55145. formerly C. 21. d. 3 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9685). Imp. $\ ff.
(D i, half D 6, and all after). Slight stains. Bound in the original leather-
covered boards after ' Festial II ' (292 x 202 mm.).
3. Early owner : Thomas Potter ; now CAMBRIDGE Inc. 3. J. i. i, formerly
F * 9- 35 (Sayle, I, p. 10, n. 41). Imp. i f. (last), clean. Bound in brown
calf after ' Festial II ' (282 x 204 mm.).
4. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Imp. i f. (last). Bound after ' Festial II '
in blue mor. by C. Lewis with Devonshire arms. Some margins mended
(258 xi 93 mm.).
5. Francis Hepplewhite's sale (Paris, 29 November 1861, Cat. p. 4, n. 39) ; then
(1861) Friedrich Culemann's coll. His sale at Sotheby's (7 February 1870,
Cat. p. 34, n. 297) to Samuel Addington ; his sale (May 1886, Cat. p. 8,
n. 100) to Quaritch, for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat.
p. 41, n. 125 ; sale cat. p. 67, n. 345). Bought in December 1908 by J. PIER-
PONT MORGAN. Imp. 9 ff. (all after D i). Orange mor. by Hayday (258 x
1 85 mm.). This is doubtless the copy of ' Four Sermons ' sold at Evans
(21 July 1838, Cat. p. 13, n. 267) to Pickering, described as wanting 5 ff.
87. REYNARD THE FOX. The historye of Reynart the foxe,
translated from the Dutch by Caxton. First edition. Folio.
(85 ff., the first and last being blanks : a-h 8 ( + 8*) i 8 k-1 6 . 29
lines. 195 x 120 mm.)
Type 2* only. Printed shortly after 6 June 1481.
Blades, pp. 87-88, n. 32 (cf. p. 257) and second edition, pp. 229-230,
n. 32 ; Hain, I, p. 93, n. 861 ; Copinger, I, p. 21 ; Ames, pp. 21-23 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 27-30; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 114-119 and
364-366, n. 14.
Copies known.
1. Belonged in 1749 to Joseph Ames; John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776,
Cat. p. 61, n. 1223) to Nicol for King George III ; then (1829) BRITISH
MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55043 = C. n. c. 3 (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9639).
Nearly per f. (without the blanks). Old red mor. with Royal arms (283 x
201 mm.).
2. John B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 89, n. 1424) to Rodd for Thomas
Grenville ; bequeathed (1846) to theBRlTlSH MUSEUM 16.55045 = 0. 10545.
Perf., a 4 and a 5 transposed (286 x 209 mm.).
3. Bequeathed (1681) by Dean Honeywood to the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral,
who sold it in 1811 to Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 244-255.
n. 849) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15392. Nearly
perf. (wanting blanks). Russia by C. Hering (251 x 180 mm.).
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4. J. Dunn Gardner's sale (July 1854, Cat. p. 41, n. 461) to Boone for the
DUKE OF NEWCASTLE. Perf., but washed. Dark olive mor. (276 x
aoo mm.). Stated in the Gardner Cat. to be the Inglis copy.
5. Bequeathed in 1799 by Anthony Morris Storer to ETON COLLEGE. Imp.
3 ff. (a 2, a 7, a 8) (248 x 203 mm.).
6. The Maurice Johnson copy ; bought in 1898 for the CHRISTIE-MILLER coll.
at Britwell. Formerly bound with ' Paruus Catho III', ' Caton', ' Game
of chess II ', ' Curial ' and ' Curia sapiencie '. Brown mor. by W. Pratt
(272 x 192 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
7. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 140, n. 2479) to Herbert. (Was it
Caxton's edition?)
88. REYNARD THE FOX. The historye of Reynart the foxe.
Second edition. Folio. (70 ff.: a-h 8 i 6 . 31, sometimes 32 lines,
breadth : 143 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489.
Blades, pp. 215-216, n. 77 and second edition, pp. 341-342, n. 84;
Copinger, II, p. 46, n. 398.
Copy known.
i. Early owner: John Awdley. Now PEPYSIAN LIBRARY, Cambridge. Imp.
2 ff. (i 5-6). Cropped. Bound with Pepys's arms (228 x 172 mm.).
89. ROYAL BOOK. The Ryall Book, translated by Caxton from
the French of Frere Laurent. Folio. (162 ff., the first and last
being blanks : a-t 8 u 10 . 33 lines. 185 x 1 18 mm.)
Type 5 only. Printed about 1488.
Blades, pp. 187-189, n. 67 and second edition, pp. 322-324, n. 74;
Hain, I, p. 508, n. 3691 and IV, p. 238, n. 14049; Copinger, I,
p. 121 and II, p. 355, n. 3514 ; Ames, pp. 42-43 ; Ames-Herbert,
I, pp. 56-57 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 239-241, n. 30.
Copies known.
j. Presented (early seventeenth century) by Thomas Archer, parson of Houghton
Conquest, to the Church library at St. John's, Bedford ; then at St. Paul's,
Bedford ; then (about 1840) Bedford, Bedfordshire General Library. Sold
at Sotheby's (17 March 1902, Cat. p. in, n. 987) to Quaritch for J. PlERPONT
80 N
MORGAN (Cat. Ill, pp. 177-178, n. 698). Nearly perf. (wanting both
blanks) but slightly soiled and scribbled over. Original wooden boards and
brown calf stamped with dragons and Tudor roses. Clasps gone (285 x
210 mm.).
a.- Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. TO. 29. (i) (Sayle, I, p. 8, n. 30).
Nearly perf. (wanting both blanks), slightly stained and wormed. Formerly
bound before ' Book of good manners ', ' Doctrinal ' and ' Dictes ' III.
Now bound separately in green mor. (272 x 193 mm.).
3. Bishop Moore, then (1715) Cambridge AB. 10. 52 (i); then exchanged
in 1862 through Boone with H. Huth (Cat. IV, p. 1274); now A. H.
HUTH'S coll. Nearly perf. (wanting both blanks) ; clean, but scribbled
over. Formerly bound before * Scala perfectionis ' and ' Doctrinal ' (257 x
1 86 mm.).
4. Early owner: Andrew Corney ; now CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 59. Nearly perf .
(wanting both blanks) and stained. Old calf (239 x 177 mm.).
5. A tall and clean copy in russia, complete at the beginning but ' considerably
imperfect', belonged in 1815 to Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 268*-
270, n. 863). This copy was made perfect except for the blanks before
1822 and is now at Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 17315.
Nearly perf . (wanting blanks), last f. inlaid. Olive mor. (281 x 200 mm.).
6. The Duke of Buccleuch's sale (March 1889, Cat. p. 44, n. 961) to Quaritch for
the EARL OF CARYSFORT. Nearly perf. (wanting first blank), a 2 inlaid,
a 3 mended (with a few words in facs.), small hole mended in C3- Was in
olive mor. ; rebound in 1894 by Leighton (283 x 206 mm.).
7. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1875) to Payne ; then King
George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55117 = C. 10.
b. 22 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9671). Imp. 2 ff. (first blank and a 2, in facs. by
Harris) fine. Old red mor. with Royal arms (245 x 173 mm.).
8. ST. MARY OSCOTT COLLEGE.
9. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1661) to Gustavus Brander;
his sale (February 1790, Cat. p. 32, n. 1013) ; G. Burge's sale (July 1864,
Cat. p. 45, n. 713) to Lilly. Stated then to contain 145 ff. and i f. of table.
This is probably the copy described in Black and Armstrong's Cat. 1847,
n. 937, as having 16 ff. in facs. (mor. by Clarke and Bedford), and probably
also the copy in old red mor. with several ff. in facs. by Harris offered by
Sotheran (Cat, May 1879, p. n, n. 167). As E. G. Duff points out, this
is again the copy sold in 1881 by Sotheran to John Carter Brown, now
J. C. BROWN UNIVERSITY, Providence, U.S.A. Imp. 20 ff.
10. Whitley Beaumont sale at Hodgson's (23 November 1906, Cat. n. 188) to
QUARITCH, who still owns it. Imp. 61 ff., complete at end. Many margins
cut away. Was then in original binding before ' Book of good manners '
and ' Doctrinal '. Now taken out.
Present owner untraced.
n. Owned in 1749 by Sir Hans Sloane.
12* A. Littledale's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 12, n. 306). Imp. Red mor.
90
13- John Louis Goldsmid's sale (December 1815, Cat. p. 29, n. 728) to Dibdin ;
then the Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat.
p. 178, n. 3804) to George Hibbert ; his sale (May 1829, Cat. p. 394,
n. 7149) to Payne (His Cat, 1830). Believed by Blades to be the Spencer-
Rylands copy. Possibly the same as n. 6.
14. Belonged in 1877 to W. Harrison. Contained the last leaf.
15. Turvey Abbey, Charles Longuet Higgins's coll.; his sale (April 1904, Cat.
p. 134, n. 1186) to Brooks (or to Quaritch). Imp. 2 ff. in facs., five margins
mended. Brown mor. by Clarke and Bedford (276 x 197 mm.).
16. Early owners: John Bolton; Dorothy Godbold. Then (before 1877) J- J-
Martin's coll. at Ham Court, Gloucestershire. Sold at Sotheby's (29 July
1901, Cat. p. 46, n. 586) to Quaritch (perhaps for J. Pierpont Morgan) ; resold
at Sotheby's (28 July 1902, Cat. pp. 65-66, n. 771) to Quaritch. Perf. with
both blanks, but stained. MS. notes. Brown mor. by Riviere (254 x 184 mm.).
go. RUSSELL, JOHN. Propositio clarissimi oratoris magistri Johannis
Russell. Quarto. (46. : a 4 . 22 lines. 149 x 101 mm.)
Type 2 only. Printed about 1478.
Blades, pp. 28-31, n. 7 (cf. p. 255) and second edition, pp. 196-198,
n. 12 ; Hain, IV, p. 238, n. 14048 ; Copinger, I, p. 416 ; Campbell,
'Annales', first suppl., p. 28, n. 1484 A ; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 11-15, n. 2.
Copies known.
1. John Brand's sale (May 1807, Cat. I, p. 346, MSS. n. 30) to the Marquess of
Blandford. Bought at his (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 175,
n. 3752) by Dibdin for Earl Spencer ( { Aed. Althorp.' II, p. 320-321,
n. 1317 ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 18932. Bound in
green mor., lined with red mor., with a MS. on vellum and paper described
in Ames-Dibdin. The same copy is apparently offered in Osborne's Cat.
1758, I, p. 172, n. 5658. Perf. and uncut (207 x 143 mm.).
2. The EARL OF LEICESTER'S coll. Perf. (2 inner ff. transposed) ; was in old
vellum, but now bound by Bedford (197 x 140 mm.).
91. SAONA, LAURENCIUS GUILELMUS DE. Margarita eloquentiae
castigatae ad eloquendum diuina accomodata. Folio. (124 ff.:
a 6 b 2 c-n 10 o 6 . 29 lines, breadth : 127 mm.)
Type 2* only. Printed about 1479.
91 N 2
Blades, pp. 74-76, n. 27 (cf. p. 256) and second edition, pp. 218-221,
n. 27; Copinger, III, pp. 66-67, n 5 2 7'
Copies known.
1. Bequeathed by Archbishop Parker to CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Cambridge
(MS. n. CCCLI). Perf., uncut, very fine (305 x 219 mm.).
2. Transferred in 1626 from the Jesuit College at Braunsberg to UPSALA,
University library. Perf.
92. SIXTUS IV. Sex perelegantissime epistole, being a correspon-
dence between the Doge of Venice and the Sacred College of
Cardinals, published by Petrus Carmelianus. Quarto. (24 ff., the
first a blank : a-c 8 . 26 lines. 1 24 x 80 mm.)
Types 4 and 4*. Printed after 14 February 1483.
Blades, second edition, pp. 268-271, n. 52 ; Copinger, II, p. 159, n.
1 45 7 and III, p. 94, n. 5538; ' The Athenaeum ' 27 February 1875.
Copy known.
i. Discovered by Dr. G. Konnecke in a volume of seventeenth-century tracts,
in the Hecht-Heine library at Halberstadt, who sold it in 1890 to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55067, formerly C. 21. b. 53 (Proctor, p. 715,
n. 9649). Perf. with blank. Brown mor. (203 x 137 mm.).
93. STATUTES. Statutes of King Henry VII. Folio. (42 ff., the
first and last blanks : a-d 8 e 10 . 31 (sometimes 33) lines. 185 x
115 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1489.
Blades, pp. 210-213, n. 75 and second edition, p. 339, n. 82 ; Hain,
IV P- 350, n - H994; Copinger, I, p. 448 ; Ames, p. 71 ; Ames-
Herbert, I, p. 101 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 354-355, n. 61.
Copies known.
1. INNER TEMPLE LIBRARY, London. Perf. with both blanks. Bound with
Littleton, ' Tenores' (Rouen) (280 x 197 mm.).
2. Bought in 1843 from Lilly (who had obtained it at a sale at Hodgson) by
Thomas Grenville; bequeathed in 1846 to the BRITISH MUSEUM IB.
55133 a = G. 6002 (Proctor, p. 905, n. 9677 A). Nearly perf. with initial
blank, but wanting last blank. Formerly bound with other law tracts,
including a unique ' Machlinia '. Now alone, blue mor. (272 x 193 mm.).
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3. Sold by Triphook (or Thorpe?) to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 344-
348, n. 882) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15390. Nearly
perf. (wanting blanks) but slightly stained ; 2 ff. mended in upper margin,
others transposed. Formerly in a volume of tracts. Now bound separately
in russia by C. Hering (269 x 192 mm.).
4. The MARQUESS OF AILESBURY'S coll.
Present owner untraced.
5. John Brand's sale (May 1807, Cat. I, p. 322, n. 8081) to Richard Heber (not
in his sale). Perf. and fine.
6. Sold for 2s. 6d. by ' a well-known country bookseller ' to A. B. Middleton ; sold
at Sotheby's (1880, Cat. n. 1797) to Wilson. Imp. 10 ff. (a i, a blank and
e 2-1 o). Wormed and cropped. Bound with ' Iter boreale', 1660 (203
x 159 mm.).
Fragments.
7. A fragment of two leaves belonged to Joseph Ames, to W. Herbert, and to
Dibdin.
Spurious copy.
8. The copy ascribed to the Bibliotheque nationale is a ' Machlinia '.
94. VINCENT DE BEAUVAIS. The Myrrour of the World,
translated from the French by Caxton. First edition. Folio,
(looff., the first a blank : a-m 8 n 4 . 29 lines. 195 x 122 mm.)
Type 2* only. Printed about 1481.
Blades, pp. 82-86, n. 31 and second edition, pp. 226-229, n. 31 ;
Hain, III, p. 474, n. 1 1656 ; Copinger, I, p. 347 ; Ames, pp. 15-20 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 21-26; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 101-113 and
363-364, n. 13.
Copies known.
1. Bryan Fairfax (Cat. p. 59, n. 2024), then (1756) Francis Child, then the
Earl of Jersey; his sale (May 1885, Cat. p. 75, n. 1146) to Quaritch for
Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 39, n. 117 ; sale cat. p. 117,
n. 607). Bought in December 1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Perf. with
blank. 16 ff. of old MS. added at the end. Old brown calf (236 x 153 mm.).
2. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 30, n. 639) to Conant for
Rev. C. M. Cracherode (wanted then if.?); bequeathed in 1799 to the
BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55040, formerly C. 21. d (Proctor, p. 715, n. 9638).
Perf. with blank. Old red mor., dentelle, by Elliott and Chapman
(283 x 200 mm.).
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3. [The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 180, n. 2533 or V, p. 79,
n. 1650 or V, p. 84, n. 1753) ; then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1750, p. 13, n. 445
or p. 13, n. 459 and Cat. 1751, I, p. 57, n. 1931 or II, p. 23, n. 391) ?] ; now
the EARL OF DYSART's coll. Ptlf*, slightly stained, quires d and e trans-
posed (260 x 187 mm.).
4. The EARL OF MACCLESFIELD'S coll. Perf. (354 x 178 mm.).
5. Early owner : [Sir John] Lumley ; now EARL FITZWILLIAM'S coll. Perf.
(248 x 178 mm.).
6. Dr. Charles Chauncy's sale (April 1790, Cat. p. 61, n. 1674) to Earl Spencer
(' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 231-235, n. 847) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY n. 3469. Nearly perf., without blank. Slightly stained. A few
MS. notes. Brown russia (286 x 209 mm.).
7. Owned in 1519 by William Humfrey and in 1749 by Joseph Ames;
James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 140, n. 2469) to Nicol for King
George III ; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55041 = C. 10. b. 5.
Nearly perf. (without blank). Old red mor., with Royal arms (260 x
184 mm.).
8. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d 5. Nearly perf.
(without blank). Slightly stained, a few ff. mended. Old calf (277 x
193 mm.).
9. Bought at the sale of the Lou vain Jesuits by the Duke of Roxburghe ;
his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 51, n. 1752) to Nornaville for the DUKE OF
DEVONSHIRE. Nearly perf . (without blank). Blue mor., with Roxburghe
arms (281 x 204 mm.).
10. Early owner: Roberte Spensar (1525); then the Earl of Oxford ('Bibl.
Harleiana' III, p. 180, n. 2532 or V, p. 79, n. 1650 or V, p. 84, n. 1753);
then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1751, n. 1931 ?) ; then F. W. von Duve, who
bequeathed it (1782) to the University library, GOETTINGEN. Perf.. t
modern binding (286 x 197 mm.).
11. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 3. 14 (Sayle, I, p. 5, n. 15).
Imp. 3^ ff. (a 2, a 3, a 8, part of b i). Much stained. Old calf (294 x
210 mm.).
12. WINDSOR. St. George's Chapel library. Imp. 2| ff. (e i, i i, part of n 4).
Stained, MS. notes (286x203 mm.).
13. The Earl of Ashburnham's sale (December 1897, Cat. II, p. 95, n. 2599) to
Pickering for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 12, n. 162); now J. PlERPONT MOR-
GAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 168-169, n. 680). Was imp. 5 ff. (a i, a 6, a 7, c 5,
c 6), but the 2 last have since been added by Bennett. First and last ff. inlaid,
corner of c i defective. Was in modern red mor., now green mor. by
Riviere (279x190 mm.). This is apparently the copy offered in one of
Pickering and Chatto's Catalogues (1899?) p. 8, n. 1049 : red mor., crest,
wanting all a, all f, d 3 and 6, having c 5 and 6 in MS., B i defective in
lower margin, corner of E i defective, last f. inlaid.
14. Offered by Quaritch in October 1873 (Cat. 1874, p. 1489, n. 18444);
W. H. Crawford's (Lakelands) sale (March 1891, Cat. p. 56, n. 653) to
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Sotheran for Mrs. Rylands; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
R. 4744. Imp. 4 ff. (a i, a 6, a 8, n 4 in facs.), other ff. mended. Cropped.
Brown blind-tooled mor. by Bedford (226 x 153 mm.).
15-16. Rev. Walter Sneyd's sale (December 1903, Cat. p. 23, n. 170) to
B. QUARITCH, who still owns it. A fragment only of 36 ff. from h 8 to n 3,
formerly in modern calf (209 x 146 mm.). To this B. Quaritch has added
since quires b, e, f, g, and h 1-4, these 36 ff. being from a private collection
at Bishops Stortford ; sold by Hodgson (16 November 1904, Cat. p. 26,
n - 555) to Quaritch (then unbound and measuring 209x127 mm.). The
copy now wants only 28 ff. (a, c, d, h 5-7 and n 4, all in facs.), and has
been bound in brown mor. by Riviere (208 x 148 mm.).
17. Fr. Perkins's sale (July 1889, Cat. p. 23, n. 384) to Barford for the
CHRISTIE-MILLER coll. at Britwell. Imp. 4 ff. (table and 2 ff., in facs.).
Other ff. mended. Mor. by Bedford.
Present owner untraced.
18. R. Smith's sale (May 1682, Cat. p. 275, n. 85) to Morgan.
19. Owned about 1700 by Thomas Baker of St. John's College, Cambridge.
(Edition doubtful.)
20. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (i 732, Cat. XV, p. 84). Imp. Edition not specified.
21. John Murray's sale (May 1749, Cat. p. 22, n. 694). Was it first edition ?
22. Edward Wynne's sale (March 1786, Cat. p. 46, n. 1367) to Ashby. Title
in MS.
23. John Munro's sale (1792, Cat. n. 1674) to Short.
24. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 22, n. 336) to R. Gough ; his sale
(April 1810, Cat. p. 112, n. 2480) to Bagster. Very imp., wanting 3 first
chapters and last f.
25. W. Herbert's coll. ; then Isaac Herbert's Cat. 1796, Cat. p. 6, n. 64: 4 ff. in
MS. The same copy(?) appears in the Marquess of Blandford's (White
Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 139, n. 2977) to Triphook. Imp. 4ff.,
two of which were supplied in MS. This may be either the Ashburnham
or the Perkins copy.
26. A. Littledale's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 30, n. 827) to B. W. Imp. 2 ff.
(in MS.). Red mor.
27. T. Allen's sale (June 1795, Cat. p. 56, n. 1076) to Edward Knight ; his sale
(1821, Cat. n. 1410). Russia, dentelle.
28. Sir M. M. Sykes's sale (May 1824, Cat. II, p. 27, n. 419) to Triphook.
Russia leather. (Cf. n. 29.)
29. Dr. George Kloss's sale (May 1835, Cat. p. 204, n. 2845) to Longman.
Russia leather, a few ff. mended. (Cf. n. 28.)
30. Belonged to 1863 to W. F. Stephenson at Ripon. Imp. 3 ff. (the 3 last).
Scribbled over (229 x 165 mm.).
31. Sold in 1792 by T. Payne, then (1863 and 1877) John Moore Paget's coll.
at Shepton Malet, Somerset. Imp. 3 ff. (the 3 last) (280 x 197 mm.).
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32. Sir John Thorold's sale (December 1884, Cat. p. 47, n. 471) to Quaritch.
Nearly perf. (without blank). Blue velvet.
33. Belonged about 1730 to Lord Chancellor Hardwicke ; Lord Hardwicke's
sale (June 1888, Cat. p. 15, n. 116) to Quaritch. Imp. 19^ ff. (first 8 and
\\\ others). Bound in old calf with part of ' Tully ' (280 x 191 mm.).
95. VINCENT DE BEAUVAIS. The Myrrour of the world.
Second edition. Folio. (88 ff. : a-1 8 . 31 lines. 187x118 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1490.
Blades, pp. 228-230, n. 84 (cf. p. 260) and second edition, pp. 349-
350, n. 90; Hain, III, p. 474, n. 11657; Copinger, I, p. 347;
Ames, pp. 19-20; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 25-26; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 101-113 and 363-364, n. 13.
Copies known.
1. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 10. 53 (2) (Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 39).
Perf. but slightly stained and wormed. Black mor. by Stoakley (250 x
193 mm.).
2. Samuel Pepys, then Cambridge, PEPYSIAN LIBRARY. Perf. and clean
(251x159 mm.).
3. EXETER COLLEGE, Oxford. Perf. but slightly stained and wormed (260 x
187 mm.).
4. [The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 180, n. 2532 or V, p. 79,
n. 1650 or V, p. 84, n. 1753); then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1750, p. 13,
n. 445 or 459 and 1751, I, p. 57, n. 1931 or II, p. 23, n. 391) ; then James
West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 140, n. 2470) to Ralph Willett; his
sale (December 1813, Cat. p. 64, n. 1672) to Longman, Hunt and Co. ; then
Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 235-244, n. 848) ; now Manchester,
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15833. Perf., but slightly stained and soiled.
Old red Harleian mor. (260 x 188 mm.).
5. Richard Farmer's sale (March 1798, Cat. p. 286, n. 6223) [probably then in
Michael Wodhull's coll.] ; his duplicate sale (24 March 1803, Cat. p. 41,
n. 1030) ; then the Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819,
Cat. p. 139, n. 2978) to Triphook for G. Hibbert; his sale (March 1829,
Cat. p. 307, n. 5663) to Pickering ; then Rev. J. Fuller-Russell's sale
(June 1885, Cat. I, p. 74, n. 806) to Quaritch (Gen. Cat. VI, 1887, p. 3911,
n. 37906); then Richard Bennett's coll. (Cat. p. 12, n. 163); now J. PiERPONT
MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 181, n. 703). Perf. but washed and last f.
mounted. Blue mor. perhaps by Roger Payne with the Blandford crest.
(272 x 190 mm.).
6. Granville coll. at Calwich Hall; their sale (1844) to Rodd ; then Thorpe;
96
then C. Hurt; his sale (May 1853, Cat. p. 16, n. 239) to Sir
William Tite ; his sale (May 1874, Cat. p. 40, n. 578) to Quaritch
, (Rough list 21, August 1874, p. 7, n. 78); then LENOX LIBRARY, New
York. Perf. and very clean. Calf. First f. of index mended (276 x
197 mm.).
7. Early owner : Robert Foxe (of Borham) ; sold by Simco to A. Gifford who
made it perfect with the last f. from n. 10, and bequeathed it (1784) to
BAPTIST COLLEGE, Bristol. Made perf., nearly uncut. Original oak
boards and stamped leather (rebacked), with fragments of the ' Fifteen
Oes ' in the binding (280 x 191 mm.).
8. J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 76, n. 1205) to Payne (corners of first ff.
supplied in MS. ; russia) ; then (same copy ?) S. G. Fenton's sale (April
1864, Cat. p. 95, n. 1685) to Lilly who is said to have sold it to Fr.
Perkins (first 6 ff. mended at top corners ; leaf f. 6 mended ; device
mounted; modern russia; 232x175 mm.). This is doubtless the copy
sold in 1868 by Lilly to H. Huth (Cat. Ill, p. 977), now A. H. HUTH'S
coll. Nearly perf. Corners of 3 first ff. in facs. Brown mor. by Bedford
(232 x 175 mm.).
9. Belonged in 1532 to Anne Fortescuys. Now the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S
coll. Imp. i f. (1 8), slightly stained. Red mor. by Hering with Devon-
shire arms (258 x 188 mm.).
10. Bought in 1516 from John Trustanes by Thomas Botelar ; then Anne
Greasbrooke; then William Barnesley ; John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776,
Cat. p. 51, n. 1017) to Hunter; A. Gifford then took out the last leaf to
make n* 8 perfect ; then (1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 30.
Imp. i f. (last). Slight stains. Old red English mor. dentelle (233 x
183 mm.).
11. Lord de Tabley's coll., now LADY LEIGHTON WARREN'S coll. Imp.
8 ff. (all k).
12. VIENNA, Imperial library. Imp. 9 ff. (a i, 2, 4, 5, 8; e 3, 6 ; 1 i, 6).
13. COPENHAGEN, Royal library.
Present owner untraced.
14. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1222) to White. Perf. mor.
15. W. Herbert ; then T. Herbert's (Cat. 1796, 1, p. 6, n. 65). A few ff. supplied
in MS.
1 6. Offered by Longman, Cat. 1817, n. 243. Imp. 2 ff. of table and parts of
2 other ff. (in facs.). Blue mor.
17. G. Allan's sale (March 1822, Cat. p. 30, n. 661) to Thorpe. Imp.
18. Early owners: James Graham, James Palmer (1651), William Ranolds,
William Coxe, William Musgrove, Robert Clavering (of Felton) ; W. H.
Pepys' sale (December 1856, Cat. p. 17, n. 280) to Lilly; returned and
resold W. H. Pepys' sale (February 1857, Cat p. 48, n. 739) to Lilly for
97
Robert Glendining. Resold by Lilly in 1864 to Millais the painter. Imp.
18 ff. (a 1-3, 6-8 ; all b; k 3, 3, 4, 7). Soiled and mutilated (336 x i75mm.).
Doubtless the same copy was bought before 1877 by Birket Foster; his
sale (June 1894, Cat. p. 5, n. 35) to Sotheran. Described as imp. 18 ff.,
others mended ; russia.
39. Sale at Puttick's (10 December . . ., Cat. p. ia, n. 130). Imp. 8 ff. ? (first
and last f. ; 5 ff. in A; a ff. in G) C 2-3 and D 2-3 defective, a ff. in G cut
down.
96. VIRGIL. The boke of Eneydos, translated from the French by
Caxton. Folio. (86 ff., the sixth and last, blanks : A 4 A 3* B-L 8 .
31 lines. 185 x 119 mm.)
Type 6 only. Printed 22 June 1490.
Blades, pp. 221-224, n. 81 and second edition, pp. 346-347, n. 88 ;
Copinger, III, p. 179, n. 6159 ; Ames, pp. 51-53 ; Ames-Herbert,
I, pp. 67-71 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 283-290, n. 38.
Copies known.
j. Bought in 1510 by R. Johnson ; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 10. 37. (a) (Sayle, I, p. 10, n. 40). Per/., with blanks, fine and clean.
Formerly bound with four other Caxtons, now separate in half purple mor.
by Stoakley (376 x 195 mm.).
3. Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 345, n. 3603 and V, p. 85, n. 1760);
then (1743) Osborne ; now the EARL OF DYSART'S coll. Perf. with blanks,
and very fine. Ruled. Old red mor. (363 x 303 mm.).
3. Joseph Brereton (1738) now the EARL OF DYSART'S coll. Perf. and clean
(351 x 187 mm.).
4. TRINITY COLLEGE, Cambridge. Perf. with blanks, and fine (a6; x 197 mm.).
5. Given to George Jackson in 1731 ; then Bryan Fairfax (Cat. 1756, p. 59,
n. aoai) ; then Francis Child, then Earl of Jersey; his sale (May 1885,
Cat. p. 139, n. 1935) to Quaritch for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci,
Cat p. 41, n. 134; sale cat. p. 193, n. 993). Bought in December 1908 by
J. PlERPONT MORGAN. Nearly perf. (wanting both blanks), but clean
and with i f. of table transposed. Some MS. notes. Old brown calf
(357 x 176 mm.).
6. King George III, then (1839) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55136 = C. 10.
b. T3 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9679). Nearly perf. wanting both blanks, but
washed and cropped. Old red mor. with Royal arms (341 x 174 mm.).
7. Joseph Ames, then (before 1749) Sir Peter Thompson, then (1776) Rev.
C. M. Cracherode, then (1799) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55135, formerly C. ai.
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d. 24. Nearly perf. (without blanks), but stained and scribbled. Old
brown calf (263 x 1 84 mm.).
As this was bought by Cracherode in 1776 it may be one of the Ratcliffe
copies, although the binding does not correspond.
8. Thomas Grenville, then (1846) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55137 = G. 9723.
Nearly perf. (wanting both blanks) and clean. Old russia (257 x 182 mm.).
9. Bought from Stace by Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 285-288, n. 867) ;
now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 12594. Nearly perf. (with-
out blanks) and clean, with few MS. notes. Brown russia by C. Hering.
(266 x 193 mm.).
10. Belonged in 1577 to Robert Hedrington. Then Earl Spencer n. 12594;
discarded as a duplicate, then Francis Douce, who bequeathed it in 1834 to
the BODLEIAN LIBRARY (Douce 162). Imp. 7 ff. (all A and final blank).
Leaf with device mounted. Clean. English green mor. (258 x 177 mm.).
Cf. n. 28.
11. Selden's coll., then (1659) BODLEIAN LIBRARY S. Seld. d. 14 (3). Imp.
8 ff. (all A ; K 8 and final blank). In poor condition. Bound after
Marsilius, ' Defence of peace ' (R. Wyer 1535) and ' Dives et pauper ',
Wynkyn de Worde 1496. Old calf (241 x 179 mm.).
At the beginning have been now added A I and 2 (= infra n. 33).
12. BODLEIAN LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 9. Imp. 30 ff. (all A and B ; E 3,
6, 7 ; G 8 ; H i, 8 ; K i, 8 ; all L). Modern yellow calf (273 x 190 mm.).
13. Bequeathed in 1745 by N. Crynes to ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Oxford. Imp.
6 ff. (all A). Bound with ' Paruus Catho III', 'Curia Sapiencie' and
Pylgremage' (254 x 178 mm.).
14. Dr. Hunter, then (1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 10. Imp.
3 ff. (A 6, L 7-8). Stains and MS. notes. Old brown English blindtooled
calf, rebacked with arms added (278 x 202 mm.).
15. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Imp. 3 ff. (L i and both blanks). Good
condition. Olive mor. by C. Lewis (268 x 197 mm.).
1 6. The MARQUESS OF BATH'S coll. Condition not known.
17. P. A. Hanrott's sale (March 1834, Cat. IV, p. 82, n. 1459) to Thorpe; then
Bohn (Cat. 1834, n. 2361) ; Lord Auckland's sale (2 February 1835,
Cat. p. 35, n. 807) to H. Holland; his sale (July 1860, Cat. p. 40, n. 535)
to Lilly for H. -Huth (Cat. V, p. 1539) ; now A. H. HUTH'S coll. Imp. 2 ff.
(A i and 6) A 2-5 are inlaid. Much washed. Olive mor. lined with mor.
(273x194 mm.).
18. Offered by B. Quaritch (Gen. Cat. 1875-1877, p. 648, n. 8401 and 1880,
pp. 1275-1276, n. 12653); now in the EARL OF CRAWFORD'S coll. Imp.
4 ff., two being blanks, the two others in facs. (A i ; L 2, 7-8). Brown
mor. by Bedford, in a case (262 x 191 mm.).
19. Theodore Irwin; now J. PlERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 181, n. 702).
Imp. 7 ff. (1-6 and final blank). Brown mor. by Bedford (256 x 162 mm.).
99 02
Present owner untraced.
ao. Walter Rea's sale (June 1682, Cat. p. 38, n. 188).
21. Richard Smith's sale (May 1683, Cat. p. 375, n. 91) to Millington.
22. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. IX, p. 26). ' Very fair.'
23. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1729, Cat. XIV, p. 28).
24. Belonged in 1749 to William Jones.
25-27. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 65, n. 1190) to John Ratcliffe;
in his sale (March 1776) were three copies:
25. Cat. p. 51, n. 1015 to Payne. Half mor.
26. Cat. p. 61, n. 1214 to Durham for the Earl of Marchmont; his sale (1830,
Cat. n. 1323) ; Imp. 5 ff. Mor.
27. Cat. p. 73, n. 1423 to Nicol. Mor. One of these is possibly n. 7.
28. T. F. Dibdin's sale (26 June 1817, Cat. p. 33, n. 738) to Triphook. Imp.
4 ff. of preface. Cf. n. 10.
29. A. Littledale's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 46, n. 1285) to Booth.
30. J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 105, n. 1661) to Bohn. Imp. 5 ff. including
2 blanks (A I, 3, 6 ; L I and 8) A 3 and L i in facs. by Harris. Blue
mor. ; this is doubtless the copy in Serjeant Thompson's sale (Sotheby,
ii August 1865, Cat. p. 43, n. 246 to Pickering).
31. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 210,
n. 4470) to Evans for J. Perry; his sale (February 1823, Cat. IV, p. 29,
n. 645) to T. Jolley; his sale (June 1843, Cat. II, pp. 50-51, n. 635) to
Thorpe. Perf. Russia. (Possibly the present Grenville copy ?)
33. Sold in 1859 by E. Jeans (Cat. of 33 May 1858) to Sir G. Grey (now CAPE-
TOWN LIBRARY?). Imp. 3 ff. (in A). Fair. Formerly bound with
'Arnold's Chronicle ' (248 x 194 mm.).
Fragments.
33. 2 ff. (first and second of table) in Hearne's scrap books LXVI, p. 174
(BODLEIAN LIBRARY) added in 1885 to the copy S. Seld. d. 14 (3).
(Supra n. u.) (210 x 163 mm.)
34. i f. (F 4) at CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 10, n. 40).
35. Given by Rev. W. Kay to STONYHURST COLLEGE. Leaf B 3 only.
97. VOCABULARY, FRENCH AND ENGLISH. Prouffytable
lernynge for to fynde all by ordre. Folio. (26 ff., the first doubt-
less a blank : a-b 8 c 10 . 42 lines. 211 x 149 mm.)
Type 4 only. Printed about 1480.
100
Blades, pp. 133-134, n. 46 and second edition, pp. 262-263, n. 48;
Hain, IV, p. 425, n. 15607 ; Copinger, I, p. 467 ; Ames, pp. 62-63 ;
Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 83-84; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 315-317, n. 46.
Copies known.
i. RlPON, Cathedral library. Perf. and fine. Formerly bound after ' Boecius '.
Now separate in mor. by C. Lewis (289 x 209 mm.).
a. Lister Parker, then Miller of Albemarle Street, who sold it about 1811 to
Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 319-324, n. 873) ; now Manchester,
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15383. Nearly perf. (wanting blank) but
soiled. Purple mor. (391 x 204 mm.).
3. BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. Perf. and fine.
4. Sold by Cochrane (n September 1813) to Earl Spencer (then bound after
' Curial' and * Paruus Catho III') and given by him to the DUKE OF
DEVONSHIRE. Imp. 6 ff. (initial blank and 5 last ff.). Much cropped,
every f. mounted. Brown mor. double" by C. Lewis (216 x 155 mm.).
Fragments.
5. Owned in 1749 by Joseph Ames, then R. Farmer, then Fr. Douce, who be-
queathed it in 1834 to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY (Douce frag. d. 2). 2 ff.
only (from a binding, pp. 17-18 and 27-28), stained and wormed. Modern
half purple mor. (232 x 160 mm.).
98. VORAGINE, JACOBUS DE. The Golden Legend. First edition.
Folio. (449 ff., the first and sixth being blank : 6 ff . ; a-z 8 & 8 9" ;
A-V 8 X 6 Y 3 ; aa-ff 8 gg hh-ii 8 kk 6 . 55 lines. 269 x 165 mm.)
Types 3 and 4*. Printed after 20 November 1483 ; about 1485.
Blades, pp. 151-156, n. 53, cf. pp. 258-259 and second edition,
pp. 280-285, n. 56; Copinger, III, p. 217, n. 6472; Ames,
PP- 35-36; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 46-49; Ames-Dibdin, I,
pp. 186-193, n - 22 -
Copies known.
j. Belonged in 1577 to Robert Hedrington. Bought before 1807 by Earl
Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 268-369, n. 858) ; now Manchester,
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 12018. Made marly perf . (wanting blanks)
with quire M from another copy (n. n), and the two prologues, found in
February 1822 in a book, by Cohen (later Sir Francis Palgrave), who gave
them to Douce, who gave them to Spencer. Some margins mended.
Brown russia by C. Hering (377 X262 mm.).
a. Belonged to W. Herbert ; then John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 52,
101
n. 1024) to Nicol for King George III; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM
IB. 55081 = C. ii. d. 8 (Proctor, p. ;i6,n. 9655 and 9668). Imp. 5 ff. (the
3 blanks, the last f. of table, and B 4, these two being in facs.). Mixed,
x to 9, A, F 2-3, G to aa (except M 4 and T 3) being of the second
edition. Leaves n 8 (inlaid), o i, and o 2 were supplied from another
copy by Pickering in January 1851. Old red mor. with Royal arms
(343 X 337 mm.).
3. Bequeathed in 1649 by Dr. Holdsworth to CAMBRIDGE K*. 8. 21 (Sayle, I,
p. 7, n. 23). Imp. 20 ff. (all before a i, k i, hh 7-8, 5 ff. in ii, all kk).
Modern brown calf (344 x 233 mm.).
4. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. i. 7. Imp. 14 ff. (all before
a i ; 67; r 7 ; all kk) fine. Old calf (348 x 250 mm.).
5. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. i. 8. Imp. 63 ff. (all before
b i ; b 2 ; c 1-2 ; d 2 ; u 6-7 ; y 8 ; z 8 ; & 2 ; part of 6, 7, 8 ; C i, 2, 7 ;
D 3 ; F 3 ; part of M i ; P 3-6 ; S 6 ; ff 4, 7 ; all after ff 8). Old calf
(303x217 mm.).
6. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. i. 6 (Sayle, I, p. 9, n. 33).
Imp. (first and last quire and other ff.). Mixed: a-t and A-E being of
the first edition and u-z, &, 9, F-X, aa-ii being of the second edition.
Cuts coloured green, nearly uncut. Old panelled calf (395 x 277 mm.).
7. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Cambridge. Imp. 13 ff. (first and last quire and
a i) (344 x 228 mm.).
8. PEMBROKE COLLEGE, Cambridge. Imp. 19 ff. Preliminary quire gone.
Mixed-, contains of a-t (ed. i) 152 ff. (wanting all a; parts of k 2, k 8 and
n 7 J r 3-5) 5 f u ~ z > 46 ff. (wanting y 4, + , z 1-4) ; of A-E (ed. i) 40 ff.
(wanting B 4, B 6, parts of A 2, B 8, C 8) ; of F-X (ed. 2) 128 ff. (wanting
X 5, parts of F 6, H i, I 8, L 3) ; of aa-kk (ed. 2) 64 ff. (wanting bb 4-5,
hh i, ii 7, all kk ; bb 4-5 are supplied from ed. i).
9. Denchworth (Berks.), Church library, exchanged before 1863 with the
BODLEIAN LIBRARY. Imp. 43 ff (all before c2; d 7; t5; u3; x 6-7 ;
y8; & i ; 91; Bi,8; D8; Hi, 8; all after ii 4). Fine (390 x 276 mm.).
10. BODLEIAN LIBRARY (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 24). Imp. 263 ff. (only 186 ff.
between r i and ff 4 with lacunae). Mixed. Contains of first edition :
r 1-2, 4-8 ; s-t ; A i ; C 5-8 ; D 2-7 ; E 3-6, 8 ; and of second edition :
u 2-8 ; x 2-8 ; y, z, & ; 9, 1-3, 6 ; F 1-6, 8; G i, 8 ; H 1-7 ; I I, 2, 4,
6-8 ; K i, 3-8 ; L ; M i ; O 2-8 ; P, Q, R ; S 1-5, 7-8 ; T i ; bb 4-8 ;
cc i, 4-8 ; dd 1-7 ; ee ; ff 3-4. Modern half red mor. (332 x 209 mm.).
11. Bought before 1810 by Francis Douce (who gave leaves from it to Earl
Spencer) ; then (1834) bequeathed to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY (Douce
270). Imp. 247 ff. (in all 193 ff. from the middle remain). Mixed. Contains,
of first edition : 63-6; f 1-3 ; n 2-7 ; o 3-7 ; p 1-8 ; q 1-5 ; F 2-3, 6-7 ;
G 1-3, 6-8 ; H-L ; N-O ; P i ; Q-Y ; and of second edition : F 4-5 ;
aa-ee ; ff 1-7 ; gg 1-5 ; hh 4-6.
12. James West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1865) to Dr. Hunter, then
(1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bg. 1. 1. Imp. 5 ff. (first blank and
102
3-6). The 3 last ff. are from a shorter copy which belonged in 1697 to
John Finch. Mixed. Contains of second edition : leaf 2, (unique) ; 11-9 ;
F-X ; aa-kk. Slight stains. Old brown English pigskin, with red mor. back.
13. Belonged to Thomas Baker, socius ejectus of St. John's College, Cambridge ;
now PHILADELPHIA, Loganian library. Imp. but fine.
14. Bought at Fleming's sale by Pickering, who resold it in 1849 to J. Dunn
Gardner; his sale (July 1854, Cat. p. 42, n. 463) to Boone for Due d'Aumale ;
now CHANTILLY, Muse'e Conde (Delisle, Cat. pp. 413-414). Imp. i f (last
f. of table). Leaf B 4 is added from another copy ; as Dunn Gardner
obtained it from Harris, it has been generally supposed to be a facs., but
as Monsieur Delisle has pointed out, it is a genuine leaf. Title and last f.
mended, a few words in facs. on f. 2. Brown mor. [by C. Lewis ?] (369 x
257 mm.). Stated (wrongly?) in the Gardner Cat. to be the 'White
Knights ' copy.
15. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Imp. 8 ff. (1-6; a 1-2) ; a 4 is in
duplicate ; a 3-8, n 7-8, o 1-3 are inlaid. Mixed, containing of second
edition u~9, F-X, and aa-kk. Russia by C. Lewis (376 x 272 mm.).
1 6. Bought about 1855 by J. Lenox, now LENOX LIBRARY, New York. Imp.
29 ff. (begins a i , ends ii 4).
17. John Towneley's sale (June 1814, Cat. p. 30, n. 654) to Hutton ; then
Robert Glendining; then (1864) Lilly, who sold it to LORD ALDENHAM
(Cat. H. H. Gibbs 1888, p. 29). Imp. 24 ff. (all before b 6 ; n 8 ; o 1-2 ;
B 4 ; kk i, 4, 5). Old red mor. (344 x 228 mm.).
1 8. Bought 27 April 1757 from Jackson by I. B. W. H. Crawford's (Lakelands)
sale (March 1891, Cat. p. 272, n. 3296) to Sotheran ; now Manchester,
JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY R. 4591. Imp. 90 ff. (begins e 2, ends gg 5),
many margins mended, with portions of ff. in facs. Brown mor. by W. Pratt
(320x213 mm.).
19. The Duke of Buckingham's (Stowe) sale (January 1849, Cat. p. 133, n. 2365)
to Willis. Sale at Sotheby's (1883, Cat. n. 227) to F. Sabin ; now
New York, ROBERT HOE'S coll. (Cat. II, p. 225). Only 44 ff. (between
44 and 98). Brown mor. by C. Lewis. This is evidently the fragment
containing ff. 44-97 offered before 1820 by Uphill to Francis Douce.
20. William P. W. Norsworthy's coll., then Quaritch (Gen. Cat. 1880, p. 1873 ? ;
and Cat. 1883, p. 1162, n. 12262); then Samuel Sandars ; bequeathed
in 1894 to CAMBRIDGE (Sayle, I, p. 7, n. 23). Only 116 ff. (127-242 =
q 6 to E 8, wanting r I ; 1 4, 8 ; x 8 ; A 4 : B 4) (345 x 233 mm.). (Did
this copy belong to Lea Wilson ?)
21. PARIS, Bibliotheque Mazarine (Marais and Dufresne, Cat. p. 185, n. 350).
Imp. 32 ff. (a i and 6, n 8, o 1-2, S 6-8 ; all T, V and X ; kk 5-6). Some
leaves stained; a few margins mended. Old white sixteenth-century
stamped vellum binding (363x271 mm.). Chasles' letter, quoted by
Blades, p. 258, is a lie throughout.
22. Given in 1682 to King's College, ABERDEEN, D 2 . 2. 2. Imp. n ff. (first 8,
n 8, o 1-2). Mixed. Contains of second edition : u~9 ; F-X ; aa-kk. Fine
and tall.
103
23. LINCOLN, Cathedral library. Imp. (all before h 6, some ff. in middle, 3 at
end) (325 x 222 mm.).
24. HEREFORD, Cathedral library. Imp.
25. BATH, Abbey library. Imp.
16. TAMWORTH, Rawlet's library. Imp.
27. The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE'S coll. Imp. i f. (B 4) doctored and cropped
(320x216 mm.).
28. The MARQUESS OF AILESBURY'S coll. Imp.
29. Sold in 1848 by Willis and Sotheran to Rev. Walter Sneyd of Keele Hall,
Staffordshire ; his sale (December 1903, Cat. p. 23, n. 171) to Quaritch ;
now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 176-177, n. 697). Imp.
160 ff. (1-121, 126, 129, 135, 137-140, 150, 167-174,216,280,281,287,354,
357, 432-448). 50 ff. mended. Modern calf (340 x 226 mm.).
30. Rev. L. E. OWEN, Farndon, Chester. Imp.
31. Early owners: Thomas Bodenham of Crotteworth and Thomas Marrott.
Belonged and perhaps still belongs to Rev. HAVERGEEL. Imp. 82 ff.
(First 6 ff., a i, a 8, b 5, g 7, 1 6, n 8, o 1-2, q 8, r 1-2, half s 4, B 4, half
B 7, S 3-5, bb 1-8, cc 1-8, dd i, dd 8, ee 1-8, ff 1-8, gg 1-2, and all after
gg 3). Mixed. Various ff. stained or damaged, but nearly uncut (401 x
280 mm.). This copy was sold at Sotheby's (8 May 1868, Cat. p. 23,
n. 262) to Sotheran who resold it to Quaritch and Lilly. Was it owned
by Havergeel before or after the sale ?
32. Craven Ord's sale (June 1829, Cat. p. 16, n. 367) to J. Fuller Russell ; his
sale (June 1885, Cat. I, p. 116, n. 1246) to Quaritch ; then Lord Amherst
of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. pp. 39-41, n. 121-122; sale cat. pp. 192-193,
n. 994). Bought in December 1908 by J. PlERPONT MORGAN. Mixed.
Imp. 36 ff. (i, 2, 6 ; c 2 ; 2 ff in g ; S 5 ; ff 8 ; gg 1-6 ; hh 1-8 ; ii 1-8 ;
kk 1-6) f. 3 is torn below, ff. 4 and 5 are mended and transposed, a i
is mended, part of o 2 is torn out. Mixed, containing of the second edition
quires u-z, &, F-X and aa-ff.
33. LORD HERRIES' coll., Everingham Hall, Yorkshire. Imp.
Present owner untraced.
34. Thomas JacormVs sale (31 October 1687, Cat. p. 53, n. 179) to Tench.
35. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36; n. 76). Imp. (Was it
a Caxton ?)
36. Dr. Bernard's sale. Another copy.
37. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1726, Cat. VIII, p. 18). Probably fine.
38. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1728, Cat. XII, p. 9). Imp.
39. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana ' III, pp. 133-134, n. 1661), then
(1743) Osborne.
40. Owned about 1749 by Joseph Ames.
41. William Fletewode's sale (December 1774, Cat. n. 1250) to Johnson.
42. John Ives' sale (March 1777, Cat. p. 23, n. 621) to Thane. (Imp. ?)
104
43- Robert Gary's sale (April 1782, Cat. p. 15, n. 486). Imp. wanting 'a few
leaves '.
44. Richard Farmer's sale (March 1798, Cat. p. 286, n. 62,12).
45. Douce owned in 1810 a second copy. Imp.
46. The Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 7, n. 215) to Arch. Imp.
4 ff. (i, 4, 8, 9), with MS. notes by Herbert. (Doubtless the copy in
I. Herbert's Cat. I, 1796, p. 5, n. 40.)
47. The Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 7, n. 216) to S. Lysons ;
his sale (June 1820, Cat. p. 27, n. 864) to Triphook ; sale at Evans's
(18 May 1835, Cat. p. 25, n. 499) to Thorpe [russia; stated to be the
Towneley copy]; Rev. C. Fletcher's sale (July 1850, Cat. n. 1073). Very
imp. at both ends.
48. The Duke of Queensberry's sale (November 1813).
49. An imperf. copy was given shortly before 1815 by Earl Spencer to Roger
Wilbraham (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, p. 229).
50. A. Littledale's sale (February 1820, Cat. p. 40, n. mo). Imp., some ff. in
MS. Russia.
51. Sir G. O. P. Turner's sale (October 1824, Cat. p. 140, n. 2076). Imp., the
last 3 ff. torn. Calf.
52. Offered for 100 by Harding and Co. (1825). This is doubtless the copy in
mor. by Lewis, having 4 ff. mended in facs., offered in Harding and Lepard's
Cat. for 1829. Cf. n. 63.
53. J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 53, n. 802) to William. Imp. 3 ff.
(proheme and 2 ff. of table).
54. Constable's sale at Sotheby's (16 January 1827, Cat. p. 31, n. 579) to
Pratt. Imp.
55. Benjamin Heywood Bright's sale (March 1845, Cat. p. 162, n. 2488) to Rodd.
Imp., containing ff. v-ccccxvii (a 5~ff 8).
56. Rt. Hon. C. W. W. Wynne's sale (1851, Cat n. 761). Imp.
57. James Atkinson's sale (December 1851, Cat. p. 17, n. 235) to Waller. Very
imp., wanting all before ' Lyf of Saynt Amande ', several intermediate ff.
and all after f. 428 (hh 5). Cf. the following.
58. E. Cottingham's sale (June 1859, Cat. p. 31, n. 462) to Lilly (Cat. 1861,
p. 7). Imp. 20 ff. (all before e I ; 7 various ff. ; all after hh 4), every f.
mounted (299x184 mm.). Said to contain ff. 33-425 with lacunae.
Green mor.
59. Owned in 1577 by Robert Hedrington ; sold by Pickering to Beriah Botfield,
who owned it still in 1863. Imp. i ff. (last f. of table in facs., as also
parts of kk 3 and 4) (359 x 257 mm.).
105 p
60. Forster's sale (Cat. n. 968). Imp.
61. Sale at Sotheby's (31 May 1907, Cat. p. 42, n. 335) to C. Davis. Contains
only 366 ff., wanting all before a 2 and after GG 3, and others (in all there
are 366 ff.) ; 14 ff. inlaid, 2 ff. defective. Brown pigskin. Modern oak
boards by Pratt (400 x 267 mm.).
62. Recently stolen from the Municipal library at MANCHESTER. A large
fragment.
63. Belonged to Dr. Gott, Bishop of Truro (Caxton exh., n. 683). Offered for
sale by Sotheran, Cat. 671 (1907), p. 28, n. 151. Dr. Gott's sale (March
1908, Cat. pp. 13-14, n. 58) to Quaritch for a private collector in England.
Perf.) 30 ff. slightly mended, woodcut on k 2 damaged, a number of head-
lines cut into. Mor. extra (337 x 243 mm.). Cf. n. 52.
Fragments.
64. Gilbert Ifford Ellis's sale (October 1902, Cat. p. 62, n. 602) to Denham.
A single f. (C 4 = beginning of Thomas of Canterbury) (325 x 228 mm.).
65. The same copy (?) of the same leaf is offered by Sotheran, Cat. 671 (April
1907), pp. 28-29, n. 152. Slightly stained. Framed between glass panes.
66. A single leaf was added by R. Smith to an imperfect copy of a 1527 Wynkyn
de Worde edition ; this belonged afterwards to the Earl of Oxford (' Bibl.
Harleiana' III, p. 128, n. 1574) and (1743) to Osborne. Was it first
edition ?
67. Belonged to William Blades ; now ST. BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE,
London ; 5 ff. only (f. 195, wormed ; f. 253, wormed ; lower part of a leaf;
parts of 2 connected ff. from a binding, wormed). Framed.
Burnt.
68. George Offer's sale (burnt at Sotheby's, 28 June 1865, Cat. p. 310, n. 3784).
Very imp. (from ff. 34 to 422 [e 2-gg 6] only : wanting all before e 2 ;
n. 7-8 ; O 1-3 ; x 2-3, 6-7 ; y 8 ; 64-5; D i ; E 6-8 ; F 1-4 ; M 4 ;
S 2 ; X 1-5 ; dd 2-4 ; ee 5-7 ; all after gg 5). Red mor. (325 x 222 mm.).
99. VORAGINE, JACOBUS DE. The Golden Legend. Second edition.
Folio. (448 ff., the first and sixth being blank : 6 ff., a-z 8 & 8 ; 9 ;
A-X 8 ; aa-ff 8 gg 6 hh-ii 8 kk 6 .) It is not known whether this
edition was ever completely printed, the quires found being only
the six preliminary leaves (cf. n. 6), u-9, F-X, aa-kk.
Types 4* and 5. Printed about 1487.
Blades, pp. 182-183, n. 66 and second edition, pp. 3*0-311, n. 69;
Copinger, III, p. 217, n. 6473 ; Ames-Dibdin, I, p. 193, n. 23.
1 06
Copies known (for detailed description cf. the first edition),
i. British Museum C. n. d. 8. (Supra n. a.)
a. Cambridge AB. i. 6. (Supra n. 6.)
3. Pembroke College, Cambridge. (Supra n. 8.)
4. Bodleian Library Auct QQ. sup. I. 24. (Supra n. 9.)
5. Bodleian Library Douce 270. (Supra n. u.)
6. Hunterian Museum Bg. i. i. (Supra n. la.)
7. The Duke of Devonshire. (Supra n. 15.)
8. King's College, Aberdeen D 2 . 2. a. (Supra n. aa.)
9. Rev. Havergeel. (Supra n. 31.)
10. J. Pierpont Morgan. (Supra n. 33.)
IOO. WINIFRID. The lyf of the holy and blessid vyrgyn Saynt
Wenefryde, translated (from the Latin of Robert of Shrewsbury)
by Caxton. Folio. (16 ff., the first a blank : a-b 8 . 38 or 39 lines.
191 x 119 mm.)
Type 4* only. Printed about 1485.
Blades, pp. 174-176, n. 62 and second edition, pp. 301-304, n. 65 ;
Copinger, III, p. 231, n. 6583; Ames, p. 70; Ames-Herbert, I,
p. 96; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 341-342, n. 54.
Copies known.
i. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (i7a7, Cat. IX, p. 41) ; then the Earl of Oxford
(Bibl. Harleiana' III, p. 39, n. 411 and V, p. 80, n. 1667); then (1743)
Osborne ; his Cat. 1748, n. 963, to Rev. J. Brereton. Now the EARL OF
DYSART'S coll. Perf. with blank (a86 x 197 mm.).
a. Owned in 1749 by James West ; his sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 113, n. 1864)
to John Ratcliffe; his sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 73, n. 1433*) to Nicol for
King George III ; then (1839) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55109 = C. 10.
b. 19 (Proctor, p. 716, n. 9967). Nearly ferf. (without blank), slight
stains. Formerly bound with ' Book of Fame ' and ' Curial '. Now alone.
Old red mor. with Royal arms (367 x 184 mm.).
3. Archiepiscopal library, LAMBETH. Imp. i f. (last). Soiled and torn. Bound
with MS. matter (396x316 mm.). \
Fragments.
4. One leaf from Bagford's collection in the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55110 =
Harleian MS. 5919, n. 8 (leaf a a only) (383 x 198 mm.).
5. BRITISH MUSEUM, Ames album, I, n. 53 ; leaf a 6 only (343 x 158 mm.).
6. One leaf (a 8) given by Bagford to Hearne, now BODLEIAN LIBRARY
Auct. QQ. sup. I. 36 (383 x 187 mm.).
7. One leaf only (a 6) in J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. I76,n. 696).
107 p a
BOOKS PRINTED AT PARIS FOR CAXTON
IOI. LEGEND A. Legenda secundum usum Sarum. Folio.
Collation unknown. (39 lines. 213 x 136 mm.)
Probably printed for William Caxton by the Paris printer
Guillaume Maynyal, about the same date (1487) as the ' Missale '.
Identified by E. Gordon Duff, who has kindly placed at my
disposal the following list of fragments known to him ; all are
presumably from bindings.
Fragments known.
i. CAMBRIDGE, University library (Sayle, I, p. 29, n. 132). 27 leaves, being
r 4, v i and 8, y 1-3 and 6-8, z i, L 1-3 and 7-8, M 6, N i and 8, P 4-5,
Q2, 5and7, T4-5.V3-4.
z. CAMBRIDGE, University library, 2 leaves (L i and 8).
3. Paris, BIBLIOTHEQUE NATION ALE Re's. B. 1353. Seven leaves (G i, L 1-3
and 3 others, somewhat soiled) from the binding of a volume containing
books printed in 1547-1548 by Grafton (288 x 193 mm.).
4. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Cambridge. Two leaves.
5. CLARE COLLEGE, Cambridge. One leaf.
6. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. One leaf.
In 1496 the Churchwardens of St. Margaret's, Westminster, owned no less than
fifteen copies of ' bokes called legendes of the bequest of William Caxton '.
These books they sold at five or six shillings apiece ; about 1502 they only
had one copy left. Blades, who has published in full (I, p. 121 ; II, p. 263)
the accounts referring to these copies, thought that they were of the third
edition of the ' Golden Legend ' ; but E. G. Duff has shown to a certainty
that they must have been copies of the lost ' Legenda Sarum '. Not once
in the accounts are they called 'Golden legends' but always 'legende',
' a printed legende ', ' a prynted legende book '.
108
The following is the order of the sales as tabulated by Blades
1496. One copy to William Ryoll.
1497. One copy to William Ryoll.
1498. One copy to the Parish priest.
1498. One copy to John Crosse.
1498-1500. One copy sold in Westminster hall.
1498-1500. Five copies to W. Geyffe.
1498-1500. One copy to Walter Marten.
1498-1500. One copy to Daniell Aforge.
IO2. MISSALE. Missale ad usum Sarum. In-fol. (266 ff., the first
and eleventh blanks (?) : 10 ff. no sig., a 10 b-z 8 & 8 ; 9 8 ; A-F 8 G 8 ).
Printed for William Caxton the 4th December 1487 by the Paris
printer Guillaume Maynyal.
Blades, second edition, pp. 366-368, n. 103 ; Weale, ' Bibl. lit.,'
p. 178 ; Copinger, II, p. 420, n. 4226.
Copy known.
1. Belongs since the sixteenth century to the Legh family at Newton. Now in
LORD NEWTON'S coll. at Lime Park, Disley, Cheshire. (Cf. 'The
Athenaeum' 21 March 1874.) Imp. 23 ff. Contains in a sixteenth-
century hand two MS. references in contemptuous terms to one Richard
Mody, who was rector of Standish near Wigan during the reign of Queen
Mary I ('The Athenaeum ' 25 July 1896, p. 129).
Present owner untraced.
2. A copy was presented by Caxton himself to the Confessor's shrine at
Westminster (E. J. L. Scott, 'The Athenaeum,' 13 June 1896).
109
BOOKS PRINTED BY WYNKYN DE WORDE
AFTER CAXTON'S DEATH,
BUT WITH CAXTON'S TYPES
103. BOOK OF COURTESY. The Booke of curtesye. Second
edition. Quarto. (14 ff. (?) : a 8 b 6 ?)
Type 6 only. Printed about 1492.
Blades, pp. 235-236, n. 87 and second edition, pp. 355-356, n. 94 ;
Hain, II, p. 97, n. 4928 (?) ; Copinger, I, p. 154, and II, p. 196,
n. 1818.
Fragments known.
1. Bequeathed in 1834 by Francis Douce to the BODLEIAN LIBRARY, Douce
frag. e. 4 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9689). Two leaves only (b i and 6),
perhaps printer's waste. Now in modern purple half-mor. (194 x 135 mm.).
2. BRITISH MUSEUM, 643 m. 9 (21). A mutilated leaf quoted by Copinger.
104. CHASTISING. The Chastysing of Goddes chyldern. Folio.
(48 ff. : 2 ff. no sig., A-G 6 H 4 . 36 lines. 215 x 142 mm.)
Types 6 and 8. Printed about 1492.
Blades, pp. 240-242, n. 90 and second edition, pp. 359-361, n. 98 ;
Hain, II, p. 96, n. 4920; Copinger, I, p. 153 ; Ames-Herbert, I,
pp. 102-103; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 356-357, n. 62.
Copies known.
1. King George III, then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55150 = C. 10.
b. 21 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9688). Perf. and fine. Old red mor. with
Royal arms (360 x 191 mm.).
2. Bought in 1510 by R. Johnson ; then Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE
AB. 10. 27 (4) (Sayle, I, p. 13, n. 61). Perf., slight stains. Formerly
no
bound with four Caxtons ; now separate in half maroon mor. by Stoakley
(376 x 195 mm.).
3. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana' V, p. 82, n. 1701*); then (1743)
Osborne (Cat. 1750, p. 13, n. 456 and 1751, I, p. 57, n. 1957) ; then James
West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1871) to Dr. Hunter; then
(1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 19., Perf., stained. Bound
before ' Tretyse of loue '. Old red Harleian mor. (267 x 190 mm.).
4. The DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Purple mor. (by C. Lewis). Perf. and
clean (279 x 195 mm.).
5. The Duke of Roxburghe's sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 3, n. 91) to Earl Spencer
(' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 336-339, n. 880) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY n. 15004. Perf. and fine. Purple mor. (279 x 195 mm.).
6. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1663) to Nicol ; then Lord
Spencer who placed it in Stanesby Alchorne's sale (May 1813, Cat. p. 19,
n. 174) to Longman; J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 77, n. 1217) to
W. Valentine ; his sale (April 1842, Cat. p. 29, n. 552) to Pickering ; Lilly's
Cat. 1843; John Dunn Gardner's sale (July 1854, Cat. p. 55, n. 648)
to Lilly for H. Huth (Cat. I, p. 305) ; now A. H. HUTH'S coll. Perf. but
cropped and with a few lines in facs. in the last 2 ff. Old calf (254 x 181 mm.).
Wrongly stated in the Dunn Gardner Cat. to be the West copy.
7. Probably from the Harleian library. Given at an early date by Mary
Newell to Awdry Dely. Bought in 1749 by the University library at
GOETTINGEN. Perf. Bound in modern binding before ' Tretyse ' (280 x
203 mm.).
8. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 42,
n. 970) to Lord Aylesford ; his sale (March 1888, Cat. n. 409) to Quaritch
for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 41, n. 128; sale cat.
p. 38, n. 1 80). Bought in December 1908 by J. PlERPONT MORGAN.
Perf. and fine (one or two margins slightly mended). Bound in modern
brown mor. before ' Tretyse of loue ' (268 x 194 mm.).
9. Frederick Perkins's sale (July 1889, Cat. p. 23, n. 385) to Quaritch; then
Richard Bennett's coll. (Cat. p. 12, n. 164) ; now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S
coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 197, n. 722). Perf. but wormed. Plum coloured mor.
(275 x 195 mm.).
10. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 13 (i). Imp. 2 ff. (first)
slightly stained and patched. Bound before ' Tretyse of loue '. Old calf
(282 x 198 mm.).
11. Presented by George Earl of Berkeley, to SlON COLLEGE, London. Imp.
2 ff. (D 2, 5) and badly stained (280 x 203 mm.).
12. Cambridge, PEPYSIAN LIBRARY n. 2051. i. Perf. Bound with the ' Tretyse '.
13. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL library, probably from Deari Honey wood's coll.
Bound with the ' Tretyse '.
14. Cambridge, SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE. Bound with the ' Tretyse '.
in
Present owner untraced.
15. Richard Smith's sale (May 1683, Cat. p. 275, n. 90) to Ch. Hill. Bound
with ' Pylgremage '.
16-17. Dr. Bernard's sale (October 1698, Cat. Ill, p. 36, n. 82 and n. 89). Two
copies, the first of which was bound after a ' Doctrinal '.
18-19. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1726, Cat. VIII, p. 94; 1727, Cat. X, p. 16).
Two copies.
20. A 'very fair copy', belonged at the end of the eighteenth century to
W. Herbert. Then in I. Herbert's Cat. 1795, p. 28, n. 380.
21. Added (?) to John Erskine's sale (November 1817, Cat. p. 26, n. 833) to
Knell. Bound before ' Tretyse ' in original binding.
22. J. Rennie's sale (July 1829, Cat. I, p. 27, n. 567) to Hering. Scribbled over.
Mor. g. e.
Fragment.
23. Belonged to William Blades ; now SAINT BRIDE FOUNDATION INSTITUTE,
London. 2 ff. only, one being G i (282 x 1 80 mm.), the other measuring
280 x 201 mm. Framed.
105. TREATISE. Tretyse of loue. Folio. (48 ff. : A-H 8 .)
Types 6 and 8. Printed not before 1493.
Blades, pp. 243-247, n. 91 and second edition, pp. 361-362, n. 99 ;
Hain, III, p. 285, n. 10224; Copinger, I, p. 302.
Copies known.
1. Bishop Moore, then (1715) CAMBRIDGE AB. 4. 13 (2) (Sayle, I, p. 14, n. 69).
Perf. but stained. Bound after ' Chastysing '. Old calf (282 x 198 mm.).
2. The Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' V, p. 82, n. 1701*); then (1743)
Osborne (Cat. 1750, p. 13, n. 456 and 1751, I, p. 57, n. 1957) ; then James
West's sale (March 1773, Cat. p. 114, n. 1871) to Dr. Hunter; then
(1783) Glasgow, HUNTERIAN MUSEUM Bv. 2. 19. Per/., slightly stained,
a few MS. notes. Bound after 'Chastysing' in old red Harleian mor.
(267 xi 90 mm.).
3. Given at an early date by Mary Newell to Awdry Dely. Probably in the
Harleian coll. Bought in 1749 by the University library, GOETTINGEN.
In modern binding after ' Chastysing ' (280 x 303 mm.). Cf. n. 10.
4. Early owner: Elyzabeth Herrington; now the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S
coll. Perf. but scribbled over and patched, many margins mended ;
wormed at end. Purple mor. (276 x 193 mm.). Doubtless formerly bound
with the ' Chastysing '.
5. Roger Wilbraham, then (before 1815) Earl Spencer ('Bibl. Spenc.' IV,
pp. 339-343, n. 881) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 15541.
112
Perf. and fine. Purple mor. by C. Lewis (255 x 1 80 mm.). Doubtless
formerly bound with the Huth copy of ' Chastysing '.
6. The Marquess of Blandford's (White Knights) sale (June 1819, Cat. p. 42,
n. 970) to Lord Aylesford ; his sale (March 1888, Cat. n. 409) to Quaritch,
for Lord Amherst of Hackney (de Ricci, Cat. p. 41, n. 127; sale cat. p. 38,
n. 1 80). Bought in December 1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Perf. and
fine (one margin mended). Bound in modern brown mor. after ' Chastysing '
(268 x 194 mm.).
7. Cambridge, PEPYSIAN LIBRARY, n. 2051. 2. Perf. Bound after 'Chastysing'.
8. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL library, probably from Dean Honey wood's coll.
Bound with ' Chastysing '.
9. Cambridge, SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE. Bound with ' Chastysing '.
Present owner untraced.
10. The Earl of Oxford ('Bibl. Harleiana* V, p. 85, n. 1761); then (1743) Osborne.
' A Treatyse of the Love of Ihesu Chryste with six other short Treatises
translated out of French, printed by W. Caxton 149}' Cf. n. 3.
11. Added (?) to John Erskine's sale (November 1817, Cat. p. 26, n. 833) to Knell.
Bound after ' Chastysing ' in original binding.
12. John Rennie's sale (July 1829, Cat. II, p. 41, n. 907) to R. Wilkes. Mor. g. e.
106. VINEIS, R. DE. The lyf of Saynt Katherin of senis ; the
reuelacions of Saynt Elysabeth the kynges doughter of hungarye.
Folio. (96 ff. : a 8 b-p 6 q 4 . 43 (and 44) lines. 2I4X 150 mm.)
Types 8 and 4* recast. Printed about 1493.
Blades, pp. 247-249, n. 92 and second edition, p. 365, n. 100 ;
Hain, II, p. 69, n. 4701; Copinger, I, p. 146, n. 4701-4702;
Ames, pp. 63-64 ; Ames-Herbert, I, pp. 84-85 ; Ames-Dibdin,
i, pp. S^-SIQ, n. 47.
Copies known.
1. Bought from Edwards (Cat. 1794, p. 73, n. 1209) by the Duke of Roxburghe ;
his sale (May 1812, Cat. p. 7, n. 232) to Clarke for J. Towneley ; his sale
(June 1814, Cat. p. 36, n. 772) to Stace ; sale at Evans (10 January 1827,
Cat. p. 27, n. 695) to Payne ; then Bishop Butler's sale (1840, Cat. p. 16,
n. 235) to Thomas Grenville ; then (1846) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55156 =
G. 10542 (Proctor, p. 717, n. 9690). Perf. and fine. Old russia with the
Roxburghe arms (282 x 203 mm.).
2. CAMBRIDGE Inc. 3. J. i. 2 (formerly AB. 8. 46. i) (Sayle, I, p. 14, n. 70).
Perf. and fine. Formerly bound before Rastell's ' Dyalogue on Gentylnes '
and two interludes, now separate, in black cloth (273 x 159 mm.).
Q
3. Early owner: Kateryn Hastyng. Bequeathed in 1795 by Count de Thott
(< Bibl. Thottiana' VII, p. 38, n. 868) to the Royal library, COPENHAGEN.
Perf. and fine.
4. Belonged in 1577 to Robert Hedrington ; now WINCHESTER COLLEGE.
Perf. and fine (267 x 1 78 mm.).
5. Robert Curzon, now LORD ZOUCHE'S coll. at Parham. Perf. but the last
f. mounted.
6. J. Roberts's sale (March 1815, Cat. p. 46, n. 1420) to Dibdin for Earl Spencer
(' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 325-326, n. 874). Wanted then 2 ff. in N. Earl
Spencer combined it with a copy he already had and sold the remaining
portion in May 1815 (cf. n. 14); now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS
LIBRARY n. 1/315. Made per/., but fine and clean. Formerly in russia.
Olive mor. by C. Lewis (264 x 187 mm.).
7. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 61, n. 1219) to Nicol for King
George III ; then (1829) BRITISH MUSEUM (King's) IB. 55155 = C. 10.
b. 4. Imp. i f. (last and ^ first) in facs. by Whittaker. Otherwise fine.
Old red mor. with Royal arms (262 x 197 mm.).
J8. Earl of Oxford (' Bibl. Harleiana' III, pp. 125-126, n. 1562, and V, p. 78,
n. 1619); then (1743) Osborne (Cat. 1748, n. 954, 1750, pp. 12-13, n. 443
and 1751, 1, p. 57, n. 1930 and II, p. 17, n. 253); then Henry Cavendish's coll. ;
then (1810) the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S coll. Imp. 4 ff. (h2, 5 ; qi, 4)
supplied from an unknown fifteenth-century Wynkyn de Worde edition.
Olive mor., with Devonshire arms (271 x 194 mm.).
Present owner untraced.
9. Walter Rea's (June 1682, Cat. p. 28, n. 176).
10. Thomas Rawlinson's sale (1727, Cat. X, p. 18).
n. Owned about 1749 by Joseph Ames.
12. Owned about 1790 by W. Herbert.
13. Offered by Edwards, Cat. 1790, n. 1119. Cf. n. i.
14. Earl Spencer's Duplicate sale (May 1815, Cat. p. 12, n. 387) to C. Hutton.
Imp. 4 ff. (2 ff. in K, a ff. in N).
15. T. F. Dibdin's sale (26 June 1817, Cat. p. 34, n. 739) to Triphook. Imp. I f.
(p 3). Mor. by C. Lewis.
1 6. G. Watson Taylor's sale (April 1823, Cat. II, p. 21, n. 459) to Thorpe.
Described as ' wanting printer's device '. Possibly the Zouche copy.
Cf. the following.
17. Thorpe's sale or catalogue (1826, Cat. n. 1223) to Davis.
18. Sale at Evans (28 May 1832, Cat. p. 48, n. 1259) to N. Bohn. Olive mor.
19. Offered by Pickering, Cat. 1834, p. 177, n. 1886. Imp.
20. The Duke of Buccleuch's sale (March 1889, Cat. p. 30, n. 621) to Quaritch.
Device on last f. cut out, the leaf mended. Other ff. wormed or mended.
Mor.
114
Fragments.
21. BRITISH MUSEUM IA. 55157, formerly C. 18. e. 2. 131. Parts of ioff.,
from a binding. Plain black linen boards (148 x 96 mm.).
107. VORAGINE, JACOBUS DE. The Golden Legend. Third edition.
In-fol. (436 ff. : 4 if. no sig., a-e 8 ; F 2 ; f-z 8 & 8 9 8 e 4 ; A-Y 8 ;
aa-ee 8 ff 6 gg*. 44 lines. 216 x 149 mm.)
Types 7 and 4* recast. Printed 1493.
Blades, pp. 249-251, n. 93 and second edition, pp. 365-366, n. 101 ;
Copinger, III, pp. 217-218, n. 6474; Ames, p. 70; Ames-
Herbert, I, pp. 96-97; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 193-195, n. 24.
Copies known.
1. Belonged about 1749 to Joseph Ames; then James West; then Stanesby
Alchorne ; then Payne ; then Johnes ; then Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.'
IV, pp. 269-263 (sic), n. 859) ; now Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY
n. 15389. Perf. and fine. Old red mor. in Harleian style (275 x
195 mm.). Is this the Ratcliffe-Brander copy which had title and first f.
of prologue in MS. ? Cf. n. 10.
2. Early owners: Robert Howssn ; Thomas Shuttleworth. Bought in 1860
by the BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55161, formerly C. 21. d. 21 (Proctor, p. 717,
n. 9691). Imp. 5 ff. (first 3, nearly all a 4 (?), gg4 all in facs.). Clean but
cropped. Black mor. (266 x 196 mm.).
3. Given by John Bagford to Hearne (Cat. MS. n. 659) ; now BODLEIAN
LIBRARY Auct. QQ. sup. I. 4. A large fragment of 202 ff. between
I and S. Modern yellow calf (275 x 197 mm.).
4. LINCOLN CATHEDRAL library, probably from Dean Honeywood's coll. Imp.
5. PROVIDENCE, John Carter Brown University. Imp. i f. (last). Cf. n. 23.
6. SALISBURY CATHEDRAL. Imp. n ff. (first 5, last 6) (273 x 184 mm.).
7. Spencer duplicate (n. 11566) sold in Alchorne's sale (May 1813, Cat. p. 19,
n. 172) to the DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE. Imp. first f. Old russia (270 x
198 mm.).
8. Bought before 1863 by the Earl of Ashburnham ; his sale (May 1898, Cat.
Ill, p. 107, n. 3910) to Pickering, for Richard Bennett (Cat. p. 40, n. 557) ;
now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 198, n. 725). Imp. 33 ff.
(8 first, h 7-8 ; i 1-2 ; 08; t4; 24; K6; O5; Pi; Q5; T4; ee6-8;
last ten). Very tall. Oak boards covered with new pigskin (298 x
210 mm.).
9. R. Wilbraham's sale (June 1898, Cat. p. 53, n. 644) ; then Richard Bennett's
coll. (Cat. p. 40, n. 555) ; now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, pp. 197-
115 Q 2
198, n. 723). Imp. 6 ff. (3 first, 74, R 8, gg 4) but fine. R. i is inlaid
Brown calf (289 x 205 mm.). Cf. n. 20 and n. 21.
10. John Ratcliffe's sale (March 1776, Cat. p. 86, n. 1670) to Gustavus Brander;
his sale (February 1790, Cat. p. 32, n. 1015) to Leigh; then (same copy?)
John Dent's sale (March 1827, Cat. I, p. 76, n. 1326) to T. Thorpe (Cat.
1827, II, p. 48, n. 3857) ; then Richard Bennett's coll. (Cat. p. 40, n. 556) ;
now J. PIERPONT MORGAN'S coll. (Cat. Ill, p. 198, n. 724). Imp. 10 ff. (first
and fourth, s 4-5 ; x 8 ; ff 6 ; gg 1-4), formerly in MS., now all in facs.
Formerly in old red mor., now red mor. by Riviere (273x195 mm.).
Cf. n. 26 and n. i.
11. Robert Curzon, now LORD ZOUCHE'S coll. Imp.
12. E. V. Utterson's sale (April 1852, Cat. p. 36, n. 483) to Pickering for
Rev. Thomas Corser ; his sale (August 1869, Cat. Ill, p. 6, n. 71) to Ellis
for H. Huth (Cat. V, p. 1546) ; now A. H. HUTH'S coll. Imp. 6 ff. (first 5 and
last) with portions of 2 ff. in facs. Red mor. by C. Lewis (283 x 206 mm.).
13. Frank Hall Standish's coll. (Delisle, ' Chantilly, Cabinet des livres,' p. xxv,
note 4), bequeathed (1840) to King Louis- Philippe of France ; sold in 1851
to Due d'Aumale, who resold it at Hodgson (6 November 1860, Cat. n. 1263)
to William Blades ; sold by Lilly (?) to Lord Amherst of Hackney (de
Ricci, Cat. p. 43, n. 128; sale cat. p. 193, n. 995). Bought in December
1908 by J. PIERPONT MORGAN. Imp. 117 ff. (all before c 3 and after
S i ; also e 4, f 4, q 7, v 7, E i, H 7) but clean. A few ff. slightly
mended, 2 inlaid. Formerly in old vellum, now brown mor. (270 x 209 mm.).
14. STONYHURST, Jesuit College. Imp. about 54 ff. (?). Begins on III, wants
cxx, cxxxviii-cxliii and all after 395.
15. TRINITY COLLEGE, Oxford. Imp. 4 ff. (the first 4) but fine.
16. CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL. Imp.
17. The MARQUESS OF BATH'S coll.
Present owner untraced.
18. An imperfect copy was seen about 1780 by Herbert in Reed's coll.
19. William Herbert's coll. Then in I. Herbert's Cat. 1795, p. 28, n. 378 and
1796, n. 686. Imp. but contained the Becket page.
20. Dr. Sumner's sale (May 1814, Cat. p. 13, n. 379) to Arch. Imp. 5 ff.
(preface, if.; 2 fif. of table, last f., Becket leaf) but very fine and in
original binding. Cf. n. 9, n. 12 and the following.
21. J. B. Inglis's sale (June 1826, Cat. p. 53, n. 802*) to Harding. Imp. 6 ff.
(4 first, f. 1 80, last f.). Cf. n. 9, n. 12 and n. 20.
22. W. Pickering's sale (March 1854, Cat. I, p. 32, n. 473) to Lilly. Very imp.,
beginning on f. XIHI, ending on f. CCCCXLH. Dark mor. Said to be the
Towneley copy, rebound.
23. Obtained from Scotland by Ellis, Cat. 1874, p. 14, n. 107. Imp. i f. (last f.
in facs.). Brown mor. Probably n. 5.
116
24. Belonged in 1750 to Thomas Pownall, then to Gregory Lewis Way ; his sale
(1881) to Quaritch (Gen. Cat. VI, 1887, pp. 3911-3912, n. 37908).
25. Sale at Sotheby's (15 June 1880, Cat. p. 42, n. 589) to Young. Imp. about
131 ff. ? (all before Ciii and after CCCCiiii). Red mor.
26. Sale at Hodgson's (16 June 1899, Cat. n. 1139). Imp. at beginning and
end but completed in facs. Mor. by Riviere (273 x 197 mm.). Cf. n. 10.
27. Sir Henry St. John Mildtnay's sale (April 1907, Cat. p. 70, n. 550) to Quaritch.
Imp. 50 ff. (?), containing 386 ff. only (wanting all before 111 = a 3 and all
after ccccvi = dd 3, also vn-ix, xvi, cm, cxm, cxxxi-cxxxm, CLXXX,
CCXVIII, CCXLIV). Some ff. stained. Modern mor.
Fragments.
28. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, Oxford, WP. IV. 4. Two ff. only.
UNKNOWN PRINTER
108. KAY, JOHN. The siege of Rhodes (24 ff., no sig.).
Not printed by Caxton, but in types which may have some
connexion with his workshop. Date unknown.
Blades, pp. 251-252, n. 94 and second edition, p. 366, n. 102;
Hain, II, p. 24, n. 4361 ; Copinger, I, p. 136 ; Ames-Herbert, I,
pp. loo-ioi ; Ames-Dibdin, I, pp. 350-353, n. 58.
Copies known.
1. [Lord Strangford's] sale (12 August 1831, Cat. p. 26, n. 411) to Thorpe for
Thomas Grenville ; then (1846) BRITISH MUSEUM IB. 55433 = G. 6209.
Perf. and fine. Yellow mor. (280 x 203 mm.).
2. Comte de MacCarthy's duplicate sale (London, 18 May 1789, Cat. p. 10,
n. 248) to Earl Spencer (' Bibl. Spenc.' IV, pp. 348-349, n. 883) ; now
Manchester, JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY n. 3494. Perf. and clean. Red
mor. (278 x 202 mm.).
3. The Earl of Oxford (Harleian MS. n. 1632); then BRITISH MUSEUM
IB. 55432 = C. 21. d (Proctor, p. 721, n. 9764). Imp. i f. (last) but uncut
and very fine (305 x 216 mm.).
4. The MARQUESS OF LOTHIAN'S coll.
117
APPENDIX
A
The following lists of Caxtons are taken from Blades's notes; they were,
however, too uncertain to be incorporated in the census of copies.
Gerald Earl of Kildare owned in the seventeenth year of King Henry VIII
the following books, most of them presumably Caxtons :
Le catir choses
Arthur
Policr.onycon
Chroniclis of Englond
Christine de Pise
The destruccion of Troy
The sege of Jerusalem
Enaydos
The King of Scotland owned in 1578:
The werkes of Allane Charter
Legend Aurie
The distruction of Troy
The Epistles of Ovid in frenche meter
Vigetius de re militari.
Charlamagne
Troillus
Caton
De senectute et de aicisia
The sege of Rhodes
The birth of Criste
Saint Kateryns lif.
Vita Christi
Play of the ches
Boece
Historic of Jasone
B
Another Caxton might perhaps be added to my lists if the following account
of a ' set-off' on some printer's waste of the ' Fifteen Oes ' at Bristol is
correct ; it is taken from Henry Bradshaw's ' Collected Papers ', p. 346 :
' The inner side of the Bristol fragment is, however, still more interesting ;
as it gives us a "set-off" of two quarto 22-line pages in the type of the
" Book of good manners " [i. e. type 5] and enclosed between wood-cut
borders. It is much blurred, and I have not yet been able to make out
many words, even with the aid of a looking-glass and a strong magnifying
glass ... I can only say at present that no book in this type and with
wood-cut borders has come to light as yet.'
A ' Golden legend ' belonging to Mrs. Ulrica Dahlgreen Price (U.S.A.) has
not been quoted in the census, as I do not know if it is first or third
edition.
118
SUMMARY SHOWING THE NUMBER OF
COPIES EXISTING, UNTRACED, OR
FRAGMENTARY .,'.
BOOKS PRINTED AT BRUGES
Existing Untraced Fragments>
copies. copies.
1 Jacobus de Cessolis, The game and playe of the chesse.
First edition 1 1 8
2 Les quatre derrenieres choses aduenir 2
3 Raoul Le Fevre, The Recuyell of the hystoryes of Troye 1 6 4 5
30 Raoul Le Fevre, Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes 71
30 Raoul Le Fevre, Les fais et proesses du noble et vaillant
cheualier Jason 3 .
3d Pierre d'Ailly, Meditacions sur les sept pseaulmes peni-
tenciaulx i
BOOKS PRINTED AT WESTMINSTER
4 The Book of the subtyl hystoryes and fables of Esope 3 i
5 Ars moriendi i
6 The Arte and crafte to know well to dye 42
7 The history of Blanchardin and Eglantine i 2
8 Boecius, De consolacione philosophic 17 1 1 3
9 Bonaventura. Speculum vite Cristi. First edition i i i
10 Bonaventura. Speculum vite Cristi. Second edition 9 3 i
1 1 Book of curtesye. First edition i
1 2 Book of divers ghostly matters 521
1 3 Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho. First edition i
14 Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho. Second edition i
15 Paruus Chato. Magnus Chato. Third edition 3
16 The Book callid Caton 12 16 2
1 7 Caxton's handbill : If it plese ony man 2
1 8 Jacobus de Cessolis. The game and playe of the chesse.
Second edition 13 3 2
19 The Life of Charles the Great i 2
20 Alain Chartier, The Curial 311
2 1 Chaucer, The Book of fame 432
22 Chaucer, The Canterbury tales. First edition n 12 7
23 Chaucer, The Canterbury tales. Second edition 94
24 Chaucer, Anelida and Arcite i
25 Chaucer, The temple of bras a
26 Chaucer, Troylus and Cresede 4 i
27 Christine de Pisan, The Morale prouerbes 3 i
119
Existing Untraced ,,
copies copies. Fra g m ents.
28 Christine de Pisan, The Fayttes of armes and of chyualrye 20 20
29 The Cronicles of Englond. First edition 13 23 4
30 The Cronicles of Englond. Second edition 933
3 1 Cicero. Tulle of olde age. Tullius de amicicia.
Declamacyon de noblesse 26 14 3
32 Commemoracio lamentacionis siue compassionis Beate
Marie i
33 Cordyale or Four last thinges 10 4
34 Deathbed prayers i
35 Discripcion of Britayne 13 4 i
36 [Guillaume de Tignonville], The Dictes or sayengis of
the philosophres. First edition 10 10
37 The Dictes or sayengis of the philosophres. First
edition, second issue i
38 The Dictes or sayengis of the philosophres. Second
edition 411
39 The Dictes or sayengis of the philosophres. Third
edition 7 2
40 The Doctrinal of sapyence 13 5
41 [Mancinellus], Donatus melior i
42 -Festum Transfigurationis Ihesu Christi i
43 Festum Visitationis Beatae Mariae Virginis i
44 The Fifteen Oes and other prayers i i
45 The Four sones of Aymon i i
46 Godfrey of Boloyne 13 4 i
47 Gouernayle of helthe and Medicina stomach! 2
48 John Gower, Confessio amantis 19 n 9
49 Ralph Higden, Polycronicon 40 48 10
50 Horae ad usum Sarum. First edition i i
51 Horae ad usum Sarum. Second edition i
52 Horae ad usum Sarum. Third edition i
53 Horae ad usum Sarum. Fourth edition i
54 Image of pity. Folio edition i
55 Image of pity. Quarto edition i
56 John Kendale, Letters of Indulgence (1480). Singular
issue ii
57 John Kendale, Letters of Indulgence (1480). Plural issue 2
58 Johannes de Gigliis, Letters of Indulgence (1481).
Singular issue 2 i
59 Johannes de Gigliis, Letters of Indulgence (1481).
Plural issue 2 i
60 Johannes de Gigliis. License to grant Indulgences (1489) 4
6 1 Johannes de Gigliis. License to grant Indulgences (1489) i
62 Infancia Saluatoris I i
63 Geoffrey de la Tour Landry, The Knyght of the Toure 6 2
64 Raoul Le Fevre, The History of Jason 721
65 Jacques Le Grand, The Book of good manners 41
66 John Lydgate, The chorle and the birde. First edition i i
67 John Lydgate, The chorle and the birde. Second edition i
68 John Lydgate, Curia sapiencie 312
1 20
69 John Lydgate, The horse, the ghoos and the sheep.
First edition i
70 John Lydgate, The hors, the shepe and the ghoos.
Second edition i i
7 1 John Lydgate, The lyf of our lady 821
7 2 John Lydgate, The lyf of our lady. So-called second
edition i o
73 John Lydgate, Pylgremage of the sowle 5 5 2
74 John Lydgate, Stans puer ad mensam 2
75 John Lydgate, The temple of glas 2
76 Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d' Arthur 2 2
77 Clement Maydestone, Directorium sacerdotum. First
edition i i
78 Clement Maydestone, Directorium sacerdotum. Second
edition i 2
79 John Mirkus, Festial. First edition 9 2
80 John Mirkus, Festial. Second edition 6 i
8 1 The book of the ordre of chyualry 5 i
82 Ordinale seu Pica Sarum i
83 Thystorye of the noble and valyaunt knyght Paris and
the fayr Vyenne i
84 Psalterium cum canticis i
85 Quattuor sermones. Four sermons. First edition 1 1 i
86 Quattuor sermones. Four sermons. Second edition 5
87 The historye of Reynart the foxe. First edition 6 i
88 The historye of Reynart the foxe. Second edition i
89 The Ryall book 10 6
90 Propositio clarissimi oratoris magistri Johannis Russell 2
91 Laurencius Guilelmus de Saona, Margarita eloquentiae
castigatae ad eloquendum diuina accomodata 2
92 Sex perelegantissime epistole i
93 Statutes of King Henry VII 421
94 Vincent de Beauvais, The Myrrour of the world. First
edition 17 1 6
95 Vincent de Beauvais, The Myrrour of the world.
Second edition 13 6
96 Virgil, The boke of Eneydos 19 13 3
97 Vocabulary, French and English 4 i
98 Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend. First
edition 33 30 4
99 Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend. Second
edition [10]
100 Robert of Shrewsbury, The lyf of the holy and blessid
vyrgyn Saynt Wenefryde 3 4
BOOKS PRINTED AT PARIS FOR CAXTON
101 Legenda secundum usum Sarum 6
102 Missale ad usum Sarum i i
121 R
Existing Untraced F nts<
copies. copies.
1 03 The Booke of curtesye. Second edition 2
104 The Chastysing of Goddes chyldern 14 8 i
105 Tretyse of loue 93
1 06 R. de Vineis, The lyf of Saynt Katherin of Senis 8 12 i
107 Jacobus de Voragine, The Golden Legend. Third edition 17 10 i
BOOK FROM AN UNKNOWN PRESS
1 08 John Kay, The siege of Rhodes 4
Total number of copies described : 1,094
Present owner known : 621
Present owner untraced : 348
Fragments: 125
132
A LIST OF CAXTON'S BOOKS CLASSIFIED BY
TYPES AND IN THE CHRONOLOGICAL
ORDER FOR EACH TYPE
* The numbers used by Blades have been followed, but, with Proctor (p. 714), I have called the type found
in the 1489 Indulgence ' Type 7 ', and Blades's Type 7 ' Type 8 '. The ' Image of Pity ' (both
editions), the ' Missale ' and ' Legenda Sarum ', and the ' Siege of Rhodes ' are not included in this
list or the following.
TYPE I
1475! The Recuyell of the hystoryes of Troye (n. 3).
1475] The Game of chesse. First edition (n. i).
1476] Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes (n. 3 b).
"1476-1478] Fais de Jason (n. 30).
"1476-1478] Meditacions sur les sept pseaulmes penitenciaulx (n. 3 d).
TYPE II
[1476] Les quatre derrenieres choses aduenir (n. 2).
[1477?] The History of Jason (n. 64).
1477 Dictes or sayengis. First edition (n. 36).
1477 Dictes or sayengis. First edition, second issue (n. 37).
1477
1477;
U77
M77
M77
M77
.1477
M77
M77
1477
M77
1477
M77
Horae ad usum Sarum. First edition (n. 50).
Infancia Saluatoris (n. 62).
Book of curtesye. First edition (n. n).
Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho. First edition (n. 13).
Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho. Second edition (n. 14).
Anelida and Arcite (n. 24).
The temple of bras (n. 25).
The chorle and the birde. First edition (n. 66).
The chorle and the birde. Second edition (n. 67).
The hors, the ghoos and the sheep. First edition (n. 69).
The hors, the shepe and the ghoos. Second edition (n. 70).
Stans puer ad mensam (n. 74).
The temple of glas (n. 75).
1478 Christine de Pisan, The morale prouerbes (n. 27).
[1478] The Canterbury Tales. First edition (n. 22).
[1478] Propositio Johannis Russell (n. 90).
TYPES II and III
[1478] Boecius (n. 8).
123 R 2
1477
M77,
1480
1480
TYPE III
Caxton's handbill (n. 1 7).
Ordinale seu Pica Sarum (n. 82).
Psalterium cum canticis (n. 84).
Horae ad usum Sarum. Second edition (n. 51).
TYPES III and II*
24 March 1479 Cordyale (n. 33).
[1481] Paruus Chato. Magnus Chato. Third edition (n. 15).
12 August 1481 Cicero, Of old age and friendship (n. 31).
TYPE II*
[1479] Dictes or sayengis. Second edition (n. 38).
[1479] L. de Saona, Margarita (n. 91).
1480 Kendale, Indulgence. Singular issue (n. 56).
1481] Myrrour of the world. First edition (n. 94).
"after 6 June 1481] Reynart the foxe. First edition (n. 87).
"1483] The Game of chesse. Second edition (n. 18).
TYPE IV
10 June 1480 The Cronicles of Englond. First edition (n. 29).
1 8 August 1480 Discripcion of Britayne (n. 35).
1480] Festum Visitationis (n. 43).
U i48oj Curia sapiencie (n. 68).
"1480] Vocabulary, French and English (n. 97).
1480 Kendale, Indulgence. Plural issue (n. 57).
1481 Gigliis, Indulgence. Singular issue (n. 58).
1481 Gigliis, Indulgence. Plural issue (n. 59).
20 November 1481 Godfrey of Boloyne (n. 46).
[after 2 July 1482] Higden, Polycronicon (n. 49).
8 October 1482 The Cronicles of Englond. Second edition (n. 30).
6 June 1483 Pylgremage of the sowle (n. 73).
TYPE IV*
30 June 1483 Festial. First edition (n. 79).
1483] Four sermons. First edition (n. 85).
1483
"1483"
^1484
1484
The Book of fame (n. 21).
Troylus and Cresede (n. 26).
The Curial (n. 20).
The Lyf of Our Lady (n. 71 and 72).
1485 The Lyf of Saynt Wenefryde (n. 100).
31 July 1485 Le Morte d'Arthur (n. 75).
i December 1485 The Life of Charles the Great (n. 19).
19 December 1485 Paris and Vyenne (n. 83).
124
TYPES II and IV*
[after 23 December 1483] Caton (n. 16).
TYPES II* and IV*
[1484] The Canterbury tales. Second edition (n. 23).
TYPES III and IV*
[1483] Deathbed prayers (n. 34).
[between June 1483 and August 1485] Ordre of chyualry (n. 81).
26 March 1484 Fables of Aesope (n. 4).
[1485?] The Golden Legend. First edition (n. 98).
TYPES III, IV, and IV*
[after 14 February 1483] Sex perelegantissime epistole (n. 92).
TYPES IV and IV*
2 September 1483 Gower, Confessio amantis (n. 48).
31 January 1484 The Knyght of the Toure (n. 63).
TYPES IV* and V
[1487 ?] The Golden Legend. Second edition (n. 99).
TYPE V
[1486] Speculum vite Cristi. First edition (n. 9).
ii May 1487 Le Grand, Book of good manners (n. 65).
1487
"1487"
"1487"
Donatus melior (n. 41).
Commemoracio (n. 32).
Directorium sacerdotum. First edition (n. 77).
Ryall book (n. 89).
"after "7 May 1489] The Doctrinal of sapyence (n. 40).
Speculum vite Cristi. Second edition (n. 10).
Horae ad usum Sarum. Third edition (n. 52).
Horae ad usum Sarum. Fourth edition (n. 53).
1490
1490
1490
1491
Festum Transfigurationis (n. 42).
1*5
TYPE VI
14 July 1489 Fayttes of armes and of chyualrye (n. 28).
""1489" Blanchardin and Eglantine (n. 7).
"1489" Dictes or sayengis. Third edition (n. 39).
"1489' The four songs of Aymon (n. 45).
"1489" Gouernayle of helthe (n. 47).
"1489" Directorium sacerdotum. Second edition (n. 78).
1489' Reynart the foxe. Second edition (n. 88).
'1489] Statutes of King Henry VII (n. 93).
22 June 1490. The Boke of Eneydos (n. 96).
" Myrrour of the world. Second edition (n. 95).
The Arte and crafte to know well to dye (n. 6).
A Book of divers ghostly matters (n. 1 2).
1491] The Fifteen Oes (n. 44).
"1491" Four sermons. Second edition (n. 86).
"1492" Book of curtesye. Second edition (n. 103).
TYPE VII
1489 Gigliis, Indulgence license (n. 60).
1489 Gigliis, Indulgence license (n. 61).
1491
r
1492
M93.
TYPES VI and VIII
Festial. Second edition (n. 80).
Ars moriendi (n. 5).
The Chastysing of Goddes chyldern (n. 104).
Tretyse of loue (n. 105).
TYPES VIII and IV* recast
'1493] Lyf of Saynt Katherin (n. 106).
"1493] The Golden Legend. Third edition (n. 107).
ia6
A LIST OF CAXTON'S BOOKS IN CHRONO
LOGICAL ORDER SHOWING THE TYPES
USED IN EACH YEAR
3
1475
i
M75
2
1476
3 D
1476
3d
1476-1478]
1476-1478]
36 1477
37 M77
50
M77
62
.1477
64
J477
ii
1477
'3
M77
M
.1477
24
M77
25
M77
66
M77
67
M77
69
M77
70
.1477
74
1477
75
M77
17
M77
82
1477!
27 1478
22 [ J 47 8 .
90 [ I 47 8 "
8 [1478]
33
3 i
56
57
29
35
84
43
68
97
[i479]
[1479]
1480
1480
10. vi. 1480
1 8. viii. 1480
1480"
1480
1480
1480
1480
Recuyell
Chesse I ...
Quatre derrenieres choses
Recueil ....
Fais de Jason . ,
Meditacions .
Dictes I .
Dictes I, second issue
Horae I . .
Infancia Saluatoris .
Jason .
Book of curtesye I .
Paruus Catho I
Paruus Catho II
Anelida and Arcite .
Temple of bras
Chorle and the birde I .
Chorle and the birde II .
Hors, ghoos, sheep I
Hors, shepe, ghoos II
Stans puer
Temple of glas
Handbill
Ordinale
Morale prouerbes
Canterbury tales I
Propositio Joh Russell
Boecius .
Cordyale
Dictes II
L. de Saona
Indulgence
Indulgence
Cronicles I
Discripcion
Psalterium
Horae II
Festum Visitationis
Curia sapiencie
Vocabulary
127
i
i
2
i
i
i
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
3
3
2
2
2
2
3
3
3
3
58 1481
59 T 48i
31 12. viii. 1481
46 20. xi.
1481
87 after 6
. vi. 1481
94 [1481]
15 [1481]
49 after 2
. vii. 1482
30 8. x. 1482
73 6. vi. 1483
79 30. vi.
1483
48 2. ix. 1483
92 after 14. ii. 1483
18
1483
2 I
"1483"
26
"1483"
85
1483
34
"1483
8 1 between vi. 1483
and viii. 1485
1 6 after 23. xii. 1483
63 31. i. 1484
4 26. iii.
1484
20
1484]
71-72
"1484]
2 3
"1484]
98
'1485?]
100 1485
75 31. vii.
1485
19 i. xii.
1485
83 19. xii
1485
9 [i486]
99 [1487?]
65 ii. v.
1487
4i
1487-
32
.1487"
77
.1487"
89
1488
40
"after >
r- v - ^89]
28 14. vii.
1489
60 1489
fit 1489
7 [1489"
39
1489
45
1489
47
1489
78
1489
88
1489
93
1489
96 22. Vi.
1490
10 [1490
52 [1490]
Indulgence
Indulgence
Cicero
Godfrey of Boloyne
Reynart I .
Myrrour I .
Paruus Catho III
Polycronicon
Cronicles II
Pylgremage
Festial I
Confessio amantis
Sex epistole
Chesse II .
Book of fame
Troylus
Festial I ...
Deathbed prayers
Ordre of chyualry
Caton
Knyght of the Toure .
Aesope
Curial
Lyf of Our Lady
Canterbury tales II
Golden Legend I
Lyf of Wenefryde
Morte d'Arthur .
Charles the Great
Paris and Vyenne
Speculum I
Golden Legend II
Book of good manners
Donatus melior .
Commemoracio .
Directorium I
Ryall book . .
Doctrinal .
Fayttes
Indulgence license
Indulgence license
Blanchardin
Dictes III .
Four sones of Aymon .
Gouernayle of helthe .
Directorium II .
Reynart II .
Statutes
Eneydos
Speculum II
Horae III
128
4
4
3
2*
4
2*
2*
3
2*
4
4
4
4*
4
4*
3
4
4*
2*
4*
4*
4*
3
4*
3
4*
2
4*
4
4*
3
4*
4*
4*
2*
4*
3
4*
4*
4*
4*
4*
5
4*
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
6
7
7
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
5
53
95
6
43
12
44
85
80
5
103
104
105
106
107
1490
1490
1491
1491
1491
1491
1491
1491
1492
1492
1493
1493
1493
Horae IV .
Myrrour II .
Art and craft
Festum Transfigurationis
Divers ghostly matters .
Fifteen Oes .
Four sermons II .
Festial II ...
Ars moriendi
Book of curtesye II
Chastysing .
Tretyse of loue .
Saynt Katherin
Golden Legend III
4* recast
4* recast
129
INDEX
INDEX
TO LIBRARIES WHICH CONTAIN OR HAVE
CONTAINED CAXTONS
A
PUBLIC OR CORPORATE LIBRARIES
ABERDEEN. King's College.
Golden legend I-II. D 2 . 2. 2.
BAMBOROUGH CASTLE. Public library.
Vocabulary (? still at Bamborough).
BATH. Abbey library.
Golden legend I.
BEDFORD.
Indulgence 1481. I : now Pierpont Morgan.
Indulgence 1481. 1: then Sotheran, now Br.
Mus.
Ryall book : now Pierpont Morgan.
The volume containing these three Caxtons was pre-
sented early in the xviith century to St. John's
Church, Bedford, by Thomas Archer, then trans-
ferred to St. Paul's, Bedford, and finally (1840?) to
the Bedfordshire general library, who sold it at
Sotheby's the I7th March, 1902.
BOSTON (Mass.). Public library.
Polycronicon : from Ives' sale; the [Towneley-
Edwards ?]-Sykes-Dent-Perkins copy.
BRAUNSBERG. Jesuit College.
[The library was transferred to Upsala in 1626, on the
capture of Braunsberg by Gustavus the Great]
Saona : now Upsala.
BRISTOL. Baptist College.
Fifteen Oes, 4 if.: Foxe's copy, bequeathed in
1784 by A. Gifford.
Godfrey : the Thurner-Hearne-Herbert copy,
bequeathed in 1784 by A. Gifford.
Polycronicon: Ames' copy, bequeathed in
1784 by A. Gifford.
Horae IV (a set off) : Foxe's copy, bequeathed
in 1784 by A. Gifford.
Myrrour II : Foxe's copy, bequeathed in 1784
by A. Gifford.
CAMBRIDGE. University library.
The numbers after the press-marks refer to C. E. Sayle's
Game of chess I (AB. 10. 30 = n. 1 18) : from
Bishop Moore.
Recuyell (AB. 10. 31 = n. 117) : from Bishop
Moore.
Recuyell (AB. 4. 14 = n. 117): from Bishop
Moore.
Boecius (AB. 4. 9 = n. 2): from Bishop Moore.
Speculum vite Cristi I (AB. 10. 44 = n. 28) :
from Bishop Moore.
Speculum vite Cristi II (AB. 10. 42 = n. 29):
from Bishop Moore ; the Dana copy.
[Speculum vite Cristi II (AB. 10. 43) : from
Bishop Moore; sold in 1870 to Ellis.]
Book of curtesye I (AB. 8. 48/7 = n. 3) :
from Bishop Moore; formerly J. F. and
Arundell.
Divers ghostly matters (AB. 5. 24/2), i f.
Divers ghostly matters (AB. 4. 64 = n. 37):
from Bishop Moore ; formerly at Douai.
Parvus Catho ; Magnus Catho I (AB. 8. 48/2
= n. 4) : from Bishop Moore.
Caton (AB. 10. 36 = n. 20): from Bishop
Moore ; the Berkeley- Aubrey copy.
Curial, i f. = n. 25.
Book of fame (?AB. 10. 27/5 = n. 21):
from Bishop Moore; bought in 1510 by
R. Johnson.
Anelida and Arcite (AB. 8. 48/8 = n. 5) :
from Bishop Moore; formerly Haynes,
Birkenhed, Bristow, Waterhous, and Halm.
Temple of bras (AB. 8. 48/6 = n. 6) : from
Bishop Moore.
Fayttes (AB. 10. 27/3 = n. 34): from Bishop
Moore ; bought in 1510 by R. Johnson.
Cronicles I (AB. 10. 32/2 = n. 13): N. John-
son's copy.
133
Cronicles II ( = n. 18) : bequeathed by
Sandars in 1894.
Cronicles II ( = n. 18) : given by
Sandars in 1891 ; the Hirst copy.
Cronicles II, i f. ( = n. 18).
Tully (AB. 2. 41 = n. 16): from Bishop
Moore ; the Mygchette copy.
Tully (AB. 2. 42 = n. 16): from Bishop
Moore ; the Tanner-Snell copy.
Tully (AB. 2. 43 = n. 16) : from Bishop Moore;
the Enybon copy.
Cordyale (AB. 10. 54/3 = n. 12): from Bishop
Moore.
Discripcion (AB. 10. 32/1 = n. 14): N.John-
son's copy.
Dictes I (AB. 9. 41 = n. i) : from Bishop
Moore ; the Bowyer copy.
Dictes III (AB. 10. 29/3 = n. 36) : from
Bishop Moore.
Doctrinal (AB. 10. 52/3 = n. 35) : from Bishop
Moore.
[Doctrinal (AB. 10. 29/4): from Bishop Moore;
exchanged with Huth in 1870.]
Four sons of Aymon, 4 fF. ( = n. 32).
Godfrey (AB. 10. 27/1 = n. 17): from Bishop
Moore; bought in 1510 by R. Johnson.
Godfrey (AB. 10. 33): from Bishop Moore;
the Hedrington copy.
Gower (AB. 10. 26 = n. 22): from Bishop
Moore.
Polycronicon (AB. 9. 25 = n. 19): from Bishop
Moore.
Polycronicon (AB. 4.20): from Bishop Moore.
[Image of pity I : the Arnold copy bequeathed
in 1649 by Holdsworth, stolen before 1778.
then Bayntun, George III, now Br. Mus.]
Image of pity II: bequeathed in 1649 by
Holdsworth.
Knyght of the toure (AB. 10. 28 = n. 24) :
from Bishop Moore.
Book of good manners (AB. 10. 29/2 =n. 31) :
from Bishop Moore.
The chorle and the birde I (AB. 8. 48/3 =
n. 7) : from Bishop Moore.
The horse the ghoos and the sheep I (AB. 8.
48/4 = n. 9): from Bishop Moore ; Fferrer's
copy.
The hors the shepe and the ghoos II, 6 ff.
(AB. 5. 3 7/i=n. 10).
Lyf of our lady ( = n. 26) : given by
Sandars in 1891 ; the West-Herbert-anon.-
Tite copy.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. ( = n. 27) ;
given by Blades about 1878.
Stans puer (AB. 8. 48/1 = n. n): from
Bishop Moore ; John Fawler's copy.
Temple of glas (AB. 8. 48/5 = n. 8) : from
Bishop Moore.
[Directorium I : the Arnold copy, bequeathed
in 1649 by Holdsworth, stolen before 1778,
then Bayntun, George III, now Br. Mus.]
Festial II (Inc. 3. J. i. i): the Potter copy.
Four sermons II (Inc. 3. J.i. i) : the Potter copy.
Ryall book (AB. 10. 29/1 = n. 30) : from
Bishop Moore.
[Ryall book (AB. 10. 52/1) : from Bishop
Moore; exchanged in 1862 with Huth.]
Ryall book (AB. 10. 59) : the Corney copy.
Myrrour I (AB. 3. 14 = n. 15): from Bishop
Moore.
Myrrour II (AB. 10. 53/2 =n. 39): from
Bishop Moore.
Eneydos (AB. 10. 27/2 = n. 40) : from Bishop
Moore; bought in 1510 by R. Johnson.
Eneydos, i f. ( = n. 40).
Golden legend I (K*. 8. 21 = n. 23): be-
queathed in 1649 by Holdsworth.
Golden legend I (AB. i. 7): from Bishop
Moore.
Golden legend I (AB. i. 8): from Bishop
Moore.
Golden legend I-II (AB. i. 6 = n. 33) : from
Bishop Moore.
Golden legend I ( =n. 23): bequeathed
by Sandars in 1894; the Norsworthy-
Quaritch copy.
Legenda Sarum, 27 ff. (= n. 132).
Legenda Sarum, 2 ff. (= n. 132).
Chastysing (AB. 10. 27/4 = n. 61): from
Bishop Moore; bought in 1510 by R.
Johnson.
Chastysing (AB. 4. 13/1 = n. 61).
Tretyse of loue (AB. 4. 13/2 = n. 69).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (Inc. 3. J. i. 2 = n. 70).
CAMBRIDGE. Clare College.
Legenda Sarum, i f.
CAMBRIDGE. Corpus Christ! College.
Saona : bequeathed by Archbishop Parker.
Golden legend I.
Legenda Sarum, 2 ff.
134
CAMBRIDGE. King's College.
Indulgence 1481. I.
CAMBRIDGE. Magdalene College.
Canterbury tales II.
Pepysian library.
Game of chess II.
Canterbury tales II.
Fayttes.
Cronicles II, 5 ff.
Polycronicon.
Reynart II : John Awdley's copy.
Myrrour II.
Chastysing.
Tretyse of loue.
CAMBRIDGE. Pembroke College.
Gower.
Golden legend I-II.
CAMBRIDGE. Queens' College.
Indulgence license 1489.
CAMBRIDGE. Saint Catherine's College.
Polycronicon.
CAMBRIDGE. Saint John's College.
Tully : the Parker-Baker copy.
Tully : the Fairfax-Newcome copy.
Dictes III : given by Thomas Baker.
Polycronicon : given by Thomas Baker.
CAMBRIDGE. Sidney Sussex College.
Chastysing.
Tretyse of loue.
CAMBRIDGE. Trinity College.
Recuyell.
Game of chess II.
Dictes I.
Indulgence 1480.11,2 frags.: from King's Hall.
Eneydos.
CANTERBURY. Cathedral library.
Golden legend III.
CAPE TOWN LIBRARY.
There is a printed catalogue of the rarer books.
Polycronicon : Sir G. Grey's copy.
Eneydos : Sir G. Grey's copy (is this at Cape
Town ?).
CHANTILLY. Muse"e Conde".
A library bequeathed to the Institut de France by the
Due d'Aumale ; formerly at Twickenham. There
is a catalogue of the early printed books compiled
by the former owner and revised by Leopold Delisle.
Golden legend I : the Roxburghe-Fleming
copy from Dunn Gardner's sale.
CHESTER Monastery of St. Werberg.
Polycronicon: then Smythe, Wryght, now
Wynne.
COPENHAGEN. Royal library.
Book of good manners: the Harleian copy,
bequeathed by Count de Thott.
Myrrour II.
Lyf of saynt Katherin : the Hastyng copy,
bequeathed by Count de Thott.
DENCHWORTH, Berkshire. Church
library.
Golden legend I : exchanged with the Bodleian
about 1860.
DOUAI. English Benedictines of St.
Gregory.
Divers ghostly matters: then Moore, now
Cambridge.
DUBLIN. Trinity College.
There is a catalogue of the early printed books by
T. K. Abbott.
Dictes II.
Indulgence license 1489 : John Dee's copy.
DURHAM. Cathedral library.
Divers ghostly matters.
Indulgence 1481. II ) Sold to John Rylands
Indulgence 1481. II ) library.
ETON COLLEGE.
Fasde Jason Bequeathed in 1799 by
A.M.Storer.
GHENT. University library.
Commemoracio : presented by F. Vanderhae-
ghen.
'35
GLASGOW. Hunterian Museum.
The library was bequeathed in 1783 by Dr. William
Hunter.
Speculum vite Cristi II (Bv. 2. 24) : from Rat-
cliffe's sale.
Caton (Bv. 2. 16): from Ratcliffe's sale; the
Laxton copy.
Cronicles I (Bv. 2. 31).
Cordyale (Bv. 2. 21): from West's sale; the
Harleian copy.
Discripcion (Bv. 2. 31).
Godfrey (Bv. 2. 29): from Ratcliffe's sale;
the Goodwin copy.
Polycronicon (Bv. 2.9): from Ratcliffe's sale.
Lyf of our lady (Bv. 2. 20): from Ratcliffe's
sale.
Myrrour II (Bv. 2. 30): from Ratcliffe's
sale; the Trustanes-Botelar-Greasbrooke-
Barnesley copy.
Eneydos (Bv. 2. 10).
Golden legend I (Bg. i. i): from West's sale.
Chastysing (Bv. 2. 19): from West's sale ; the
Harleian copy.
Tretyse of loue (Bv. 2. 19) : from West's sale ;
the Harleian copy.
GOETTINGEN. University library.
Fayttes : theDrury-Gyll-Harleian copy (bought
from Osborne ?).
Dictes II : the Harleian copy (bequeathed by
Duve).
Godfrey : the Frodscham copy (bought from
Osborne ?).
Infancia Saluatoris : the Harleian copy (bought
from Osborne 1749).
Myrrour I: the Spensar-Harleian-[Osborne]
copy (bequeathed by Duve).
Chastysing ) The Newell-Dely-[Harleian ?]
Tretyse of loue ) copy (bought in 1749).
GUILDFORD. Grammar School.
Recuyell: lost since 1860?
THE HAGUE. Museum Meermanno-
Westreenianum.
Cordyale : bequeathed by Baron Westreenen ;
the Le ... -Rowe copy.
HALBERSTADT. Hecht-Heine library.
Sex epistole: sold in 1890 to the British
Museum.
HEREFORD. Cathedral, Library of the
Gustos and Vicars.
Gower : given in 1620 by G. Maylard ; Elyott's
copy.
Golden legend I.
ISLEWORTH. Sion nunnery.
Speculum vite Cristi II : then Maskell, now Br.
Mus. ; S. Pureseye's copy.
LINCOLN. Cathedral, Chapter library.
All the Caxtons in the library were presumably
bequeathed by Dean Honeywood in 1681.
Game of chess I: sold in 1811 through
Edwards to Earl Spencer, now Rylands.
Caton : sold in 181 1 (?) to Dibdin ; then Payne
and Foss.
Cronicles I or II: sold in 1811 (?) to Dibdin.
Discripcion: sold in 1811 (?) to Dibdin.
Dictes I: sold in 1811 (?) to Dibdin.
Jason : sold in 1811 through Edwards to Earl
Spencer, now Rylands.
Morte d' Arthur, if.: in a binding ; still there.
Directorium, 2 ff. : in a binding ; still there.
Reynart I: sold in 1811 through Edwards to
Earl Spencer, now Rylands.
Golden legend I '
Chastysing .,, ,
Tretyse of loue
Golden legend III,
LONDON. British Museum.
General library.
Contains, including fragments, 122 Caxtons from 76
different works, only 35 known books not being
represented in the collection. (Cf. also p. 153.)
Quatre derrenieres choses (IB. 49407) : the
Shorten copy.
Recuyell, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 199):
Bagford fragments.
Recueil (IB. 49410): stolen by Libri at Troyes
and bought from him in 1844.
Recueil (IB. 49411).
Meditacions sur les sept pseaulmes peniten-
ciaulx (IB. 49408) : the Shorton copy.
Esope (IB. 55088): bought in 1844.
Blanchardin, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 6):
Bagford fragments.
Boecius (IB. 55018) : bequeathed in 1799 by
Cracherode.
[Boecius: bought from St. Albans school,
1874 and resold; now Brooke.]
Speculum vite Cristi II (IB. 55019): bought
in 1864 from Maskell ; S, Pureseye's and
Sion nunnery copy.
Divers ghostly matters (I A. 55141): from the
Ashburnham sale ; part of the Paris Bene-
dictines-Dysart copy.
Paruus Catho III (IB. 55034) : bought in
1898 from the Maurice Johnson collection.
Charles the Great, i f. (Ames I, n. 59) : in
Ames' album.
Book of fame, i f. (IB. 55098).
Book of fame, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 7 =
IB. 55099) : Bagford fragments.
Canterbury tales I, 2 ff. (C. 39. k. vol. I =
643. m. 9/23): Bagford fragments.
Canterbury tales II (IB. 55095).
Temple of bras, 14 ff. (IB. 55016): bought
from St. Albans school (1874).
Troylus and Cresede, 8 ff.
Fayttes (IB. 55131) : the two first ff. are from
the Lumley copy.
Cronicles I (IA. 55026): bought in 1883 at
Bristol ; the Dakin-Crane-Ford-Rainy copy.
Cronicles I, 6 ff. (IB. 55027): bought from
St. Albans school (1874).
Tully (IB. 55045) : from Sir Hans Sloane (?).
Tully, 8 ff. (C. 40. 1. i) : bought from St.
Albans school (1874).
Discripcion, 8 ff. (IB. 55029): bought from
St. Albans school (1874).
Dictes I (IB. 55005) : Cardyffe's copy, bought
from Maskell before 1859.
Dictes I (IB. 55004) : bought from Stevens
(1856); the Hughes- Leight-Lescombe copy.
Dictes II, 4 ff. (IB. 55032) : bought from
St. Albans school (1874).
Doctrinal (IB. 55129) : from the Ashburnham
sale.
Festum transfigurationis (IB. 55122): bought
in a sale at Puttick's (1862); the Grice-
Oldham-Wilson copy, from the Congrega-
tional library.
Festum visitationis(IB.55o65): boughtin 1851.
Fifteen oes (IA. 55144): boughtin 1851.
Gower (IB. 55077): bequeathed in 1799 by
Cracherode.
Polycronicon (IB. 55058) : King Henry VII's
copy.
Polycronicon, 6 ff. (Add. MS. 14927).
Polycronicon, i f. (Ames I, n. 41): in Ames'
Album.
Polycronicon, i f. (Ames I, n. 50) : in Ames'
Album.
Polycronicon, i f. (Had. MS. 5919, n. 149):
Bagford fragments.
Horae II, 4 ff. (IB. 55036): bought from
St. Albans school (1874).
Horae III, 8 ff. (IA. 551 15) : given by Maskell
(1858).
Horae IV, 4 ff. (IA. 551 24) : given by Maskell
(1858).
Indulgence 1480. 1 (IB. 55024): from Bright's
sale.
Indulgence 1481. 1 (IB. 55125): the Archer-
Bedford copy, bought in 1 907 from Sotheran.
Indulgence 1481. II (IB. 55051): bought from
St. Albans school (1874).
Indulgence license 1489 (I A. 55126).
Indulgence license 1489 (IA. 55127): bought
in July 1859.
Indulgence license 1489 (IA. 55128): bought
in July 1859.
Knyghtof the toure (IB. 55085): Lane's copy,
from Sloane's collection (1752).
Jason (IB. 55003): bought from St. Albans
school (1874).
Book of good manners (IB. 55125) : from the
Whitley Beaumont sale (1906).
The Chorle and the birde I, 2 ff. (IB. 55014) :
bought from St. Albans school (1874).
Curia sapiencie (IB. 55055): bought in 1898
from the Maurice Johnson collection.
Curia sapiencie, 2 ff. (IB. 55056): bought
from St. Albans school (1874).
Lyf of our lady, 2 ff. (IB. 55107): bought
from St. Albans school (1874).
Pylgremage (IB. 55069): the Estey-Tennant-
Thoresby copy (from Sloane, 1752?).
Pylgremage, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 190):
Bagford fragments.
Morte d' Arthur, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, f. 101):
Bagford fragments.
Directorium II, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, f. 2):
Bagford fragments.
Festial II (IB. 55146) : bought in April 1855 ;
the Sexten-James copy.
Ordre of chyualry (IB. 55071).
Ordinale, 8 ff. (IB. 55007); bought from
St. Albans school (1874).
Psalterium (I A. 55038): Queen Mary I's copy.
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Four sermons II (IB. 55145) : bought in April
1855 ; tne Sexten-James copy.
Sex epistole (IB. 55067) : bought in 1890 from
Halberstadt.
Myrrour I (IB. 55040): the Ratcliffe copy,
bequeathed in 1799 by Cracherode.
Eneydos (IB. 55135): the Ames-Thompson-
(Ratcliffe?) copy, bequeathed in 1799 by
Cracherode.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919,
f. 8 = IB. 51110): Bagford fragments.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. (Ames I, n. 52) :
in Ames' Album I, n. 52.
Booke of curtesye II, i f. (643. m. 9/21).
Lyf of saynt Katherin, 10 ff. (IA. 55157):
from a binding.
Golden legend III (IB. 55161): bought in
1860; the Howsson-Shuttleworth copy.
Siege of Rhodes (IB. 55432) : bought with
the Harleian MSS. (n. 1632).
LONDON. British Museum.
King's Library.
Collected by King George III. Presented to the
Nation by King George IV. Transferred to the
British Museum in 1829.
Game of chess I (C. 10. b. 23 = IB. 49432):
from West's sale.
Recuyell (C. 1 1. c. i = IB. 49431); from West's
sale ; the Harleian copy.
Arte and crafte (C. n. c. 9 = IB. 55134):
from Ratcliffe's sale ; West's copy.
Boecius (C. n. c. 8 = IB. 55019); from
RatclifFe's sale ; J. Fals' copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (C. 10. b. 15 = IB.
55120): from Ratcliffe's sale ; theHarleian-
West copy.
Caton (C. 10. b. 8 = IB. 55083) : one of the
two Harleian copies; perhaps the West
copy from Ratcliffe's sale.
Game of chess II (C. 10. b. i = IB. 55053).
Charles the Great (C. 10. b. 9 = IB. 55090):
from Ratcliffe's sale ; the Danser-Bagford-
Harleian-West copy.
Curial (C. 10. b. 17 = IB. 55100) : from
Ratcliffe's sale ; the Harleian- West copy.
Book of fame (C. 10. b. 13 = 18.55097): from
Daly's sale ; the West (P)-Ratcliffe copy.
Canterbury tales I (167. c. 26 = IB. 55009) :
from West's sale.
Troylus and Cresede (C. n. c. 10 = IB.
55103): from West's sale; the Dudley -
Harleian copy.
Fayttes (C. 10. b. n = IB. 55132): from
Payne's Cat. (1773).
Cronicles II (C. 10. b. 4 = IB. 55063): from
Ratcliffe's sale.
Tully (C. 10. b. 6 = IB. 55046): the Ollit-
Wells copy.
Cordyale (C. n. c. 2 = IB. 55022): from
Alchorne's sale ; the Fletewode copy.
Discripcion (C. 10. b. 24 = IB. 55028): from
Towneley's sale.
Dictes II (C. 10. b. 2 = IB. 55031): from
West's sale.
Godfrey (C. n. c. 4 = IB. 55049): from
West's sale.
Gower (C. 1 1. c. 7 = IB. 55078) : from West's
sale.
Polycronicon (C. 10. b. 7 = IB. 55059).
Image of pity I (C. 10. b. 16*): the Arnold-
Holdsworth-Cambridge-Bayntun copy.
Knyght of the toure (C. n. c. 6 = IB.
55086).
Jason (C. 10. b. 3 = IB. 55002).
Lyf of our lady (C. 10. b. 18 = IB. 55106).
Directorium I (C. 10. b. 16 = IB. 55114):
theArnold-Holdsworth-Cambridge-Bayntun
copy.
Festial I (C. n. c. 5/1 = IB. 55074).
Ordre of chyualry (C. n. a. 19 = I A. 55072) :
from Ratcliffe's sale; the Randle Holme-
Ames copy.
Parys and Vyenne(C. 10. b. 10 = IB. 55092) :
from West's sale ; the Danser-Bagford-
Harleian copy.
Four sermons I (C. n. c. 5/2 = IB. 55075).
Reynart I (C. u. c. 3 = IB. 55043): from
Ratcliffe's sale.
Ryall book (C. 10. b. 22 = IB. 55117): the
West copy.
Myrrour I (C. 10. b. 5 = IB. 55041): from
West's sale ; the Humfrey-Ames copy.
Eneydos (C. 10. b. 12 = IB. 55136).
Golden legend I-II (C. 1 1. d. 8 = IB. 55081) :
from Ratcliffe's sale ; the Herbert copy.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (C. 10. b. 19 = IB.
55109): from Ratcliffe's sale: the West
copy.
Chastysing (C. 10. b. 21 = IB. 55150).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (C. 10. b. 4 = IB.
55155): from Ratcliffe's sale.
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LONDON. British Museum.
Grenville library.
Bequeathed to the British Museum in 1846 by the
Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.
Game of chess I (G. 10943 = IB. 49433) :
from the Blandford sale.
Boecius (G. 10544 = IB. 55020).
Canterbury tales I (G. 11585 = IB. 55010).
Canterbury tales II (G. 11586 = IB. 55094).
Troylus and Cresede (G. 11589 =IB. 55104) :
from the W. Taylor sale ; the Herbert-
Ratcliffe-Herbert-Towneley-Blandfordcopy.
Fayttes (G. 10546 = IB 55133) : Earl Ferrer's
copy.
Gower (G. 11627 = IB. 55079) : from Br.
Museum duplicate sale.
Polycronicon (G. 6011-6012 = IB. 55060):
from the Blandford sale.
Reynart I (G. 10545 = IB. 55044): from the
Inglis sale.
Statutes (G. 6002 = IB. 55i33a): from Lilly
(sold at Hodgson, 1843).
Eneydos (G. 9723 = IB. 55137).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (G. 10542 = IB. 55156) :
the Edwards-Roxburghe-Towneley-Butler
copy.
Siege of Rhodes (G. 6209 = IB. 55433) : from
Lord Strangford's sale.
LONDON. Archiepiscopal library at
Lambeth.
Speculum vite Cristi I-II.
Cronicles I.
Discripcion.
Dictes III.
Gower.
Book of good manners.
Festial I.
Four sermons I.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde.
LONDON. College of Physicians.
Recuyell : the Carew copy.
LONDON. Congregational library,
Blomfield Street.
Festum transfigurationis : sold in 1862, now
Br. Mus. ; the Grice-Oldham- Wilson copy.
LONDON. French Protestant Church
at Saint Martin's le Grand.
Canterbury tales II: stolen [then Ashburn-
ham ?] the Rawlinson-Bateman copy.
LONDON. Library of the Royal Society.
Canterbury tales II.
LONDON. Saint Bride Foundation
Institute, Fleet Street.
All the Caxtons are from William Blades's library,
which was purchased from his executors by the
Institute.
Recuyell, i f.
Boecius.
Boecius, 4 ff.
Cronicles I, r f. : the Leigh copy.
Cronicles I, 4 ff.
Gower, i f.
Lyf of our lady II, 1 2 ff.
Golden legend I, 5 ff.
Chastysing, 2 ff.
LONDON. The Churchwardens of Saint
Margaret's, Westminster (1491-1502).
Legenda Sarum : 15 copies bequeathed by
Caxton and sold from 1496 to 1500 to
Ryoll, Crosse, Geyffe, Marten, Aforge, and
others.
LONDON. Sion College.
Recuyell: bequeathed in 1646 by M. Foster.
Boecius: given in 1644 by Henry Holland.
Fayttes : given by George Lord Berkeley.
Tully : given by George Lord Berkeley.
Pylgremage : given by George Lord Berkeley.
Chastysing : given by George Lord Berkeley.
LONDON. Inner Temple library.
Festial I (mentioned by Ames).
Statutes.
LONDON. Westminster Abbey.
Legenda Sarum, i f.
LOUVAIN. The Jesuits.
Myrrour: to the Duke of Roxburghe, now
Devonshire.
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MANCHESTER. Municipal library.
Golden legend I : recently stolen.
MANCHESTER. John Rylands library.
All the Caxtons except four are from Lord Spencer's
collection (q.v.). The press-marks are apparently
accession numbers to the old Spencerian library.
Game of chess I (15387: Dibdin n. 838):
from Lincoln Cathedral in 1811.
Recuyell (10863: Dibdin n. 837): from
Austen ; Tutet's copy.
Recueil (15678) : from Watson Taylor's sale ;
replaced the copy bought at the Roxburghe
sale.
Arte and crafte (18931) : from the Blandford
sale ; the West-Ratcliffe-Brander copy.
Blanchardin (15027: Dibdin n. 864): from
Roxburghe sale; the Rawlinson-Ratcljffe-
Mason copy.
Boecius (15388: Dibdin n. 870): from
Alchorne's library ; the Staunton copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (8679 : Dibdin n. 875) :
from the Roxburghe sale ; the Payne copy.
Divers ghostly matters (15678, then 18938:
Dibdin n. 877): from Willett's sale.
Paruus Catho III (15838: Dibdin n. 86 1):
bought from Cochrane n September 1813.
Caton (3142: Dibdin n. 860): bought in
April 1789 from Payne.
If it plese ony man . . . : Dr. Farmer's copy.
Game of chess II (15386: Dibdin n. 839):
L. Sterne's copy.
Curial (15544: Dibdin n. 878): bought from
Cochrane n September 1813.
Book of fame (7913: Dibdin n. 871): the
Harleian-[West ?J-Ratcliffe copy.
Canterbury tales I (11567 : Dibdin n. 868).
Canterbury tales II (8694 : Dibdin n. 869) :
from Herbert's sale ; Ratcliffe's copy.
Troylus and Cresede (12005 : Dibdin n. 872) :
the Herbert copy.
Moral proverbs (12025: Dibdin n. 843):
[perhaps the Harleian- West-Mason copy ? j
Fay ties (10810: Dibdin n. 866).
Cronicles II (17316: Dibdin n. 845).
Tully (8656 : Dibdin n. 850).
Cordyale (15384 : Dibdin n. 844).
Deathbed prayers : the West-Ratcliffe-Brander
copy, from the Blandford sale.
Discripcion (17316 : Dibdin n. 845).
Dictes I (3478 : Dibdin n. 841) : the Harleian-
Ratcliffe copy, from Willett's sale.
Dictes I (second issue) (15542: Dibdin n.
842) : Dr. Farmer's copy.
Dictes III (17319: Dibdin n. 1106): bought
from Triphook.
Doctrinal (11520 : Dibdin n. 865) : the Flete-
wode copy (?), from Alchorne's library.
Four sons of Aymon (19180: Dibdin n. 1295):
the West-Ratcliffe copy, bought from
Triphook in 1822.
Godfrey (15028 : Dibdin n. 851) : the Herbert
copy.
Gower (7914 : Dibdin n. 856) : the Brygham-
Ratcliffe-(Daly ?) copy.
Polycronicon (13768: Dibdin n. 852): the
Spelman copy.
T^,,I Q n (not Spencer: the Durham
Indulgence 1481.1! , r , , , ,
Q T-n cathedral copies, bought
Indulgence 1481.11 f
( from a private collector.
Knyght of the toure (13643 : Dibdin n. 857) :
from Brand's sale.
Jason (15391 : Dibdin n. 840): bought from
Lincoln Cathedral in 1811.
Curia sapiencie (9960: Dibdin n. 876): the
Rawlinson-Willett-Pegge copy, bought from
Payne (about 1799).
Lyf of our lady (15834: Dibdin n. 879):
bought from Gilchrist.
Pylgremage (17318): from the Blandford
sale ; the West-Ratcliffe-Brander copy, per-
fected with a leaf from the Br. Mus.
Morte d' Arthur (18930: Dibdin n. 1194):
from Lloyd's sale.
Festial I (9395: Dibdin n. 854): from
Farmer's sale ; the Ratcliffe-Edwards-
Herbert copy, joined by Farmer to another
Ratcliffe copy.
Festial II (15003: Dibdin n. 855): from the
Roxburghe sale ; the Potter copy.
Ordre of chyualry (12015: Dibdin n. 862):
the Harleian copy.
Ordre of chyualry (12015).
Four sermons I (9395 : Dibdin n. 854) : from
Farmer's sale; the Ratcliffe-Edwards-
Herbert copy, joihed by Farmer to another
Ratcliffe copy.
Four sermons II (15003: Dibdin n. 855):
from the Roxburghe sale ; the Potter copy.
Reynart I (15392: Dibdin n. 849): bought
from Lincoln Cathedral in 1811.
Ryall book (17315: Dibdin n. 863).
Russell (18932: Dibdin n. 1317): from the
Blandford sale ; the Brand copy.
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Statutes (15390: Dibdin n. 882): bought
from Triphook.
Myrrour I (3469 : Dibdin n. 847) : from the
Chauncy sale.
Myrrour I (not Spencer : R. 4744) : the W. H.
Crawford copy.
Myrrour II (15833: Dibdin n. 848): bought
from Longman; the Harleian (?)-West-
Willett copy.
Eneydos (12594: Dibdin n. 867): (perhaps
the White-Knights copy?) bought from Stace.
Vocabulary (15383: Dibdin n. 873): the
Lister Parker copy, bought from Miller.
Golden legend I (12018: Dibdin n. 858):
the Hedrington copy.
Golden legend 1 (not Spencer: R. 4591) : the
Jackson-I. B.-W. H. Crawford copy.
Chastysing (15004: Dibdin n. 880): from
the Roxburghe sale.
Tretyse of loue (15541 : Dibdin n. 881): from
Wilbraham's collection.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (17317: Dibdin n. 874) :
from the Roberts sale.
Golden legend III (15389: Dibdin n. 859):
from Alchorne's library ; the Ames- West copy.
Siege of Rhodes (3494: Dibdin n. 883) : from
the MacCarthy sale (1789).
NEW YORK. Public Library (Lenox,
Astor, and Tilden foundations).
Game of chess I : from Quaritch (Lenox).
Recuyell, 4 ff. (2 fF. are from Lenox and 2 ff.
from Astor).
Caton : from J. D. Gardner's sale ; the Inglis
copy (Lenox).
Gower, 2 ff. : from the Stuart collection.
Polycronicon : bought from Dodd, Mead, and
Co. (1893).
Polycronicon (from Astor).
Knyght of the toure : from Quaritch ; the
Blandford-W. Taylor-Jolley-Corser copy.
Jason : from J. D. Gardner's sale ; the Bland-
ford-Higgs-Wilkes copy (Lenox).
Myrrour II: from Quaritch; the Granville-
Hurt-Tite copy (Lenox).
Golden legend I (from Lenox).
NEW YORK. Columbia University.
Fayttes : presented by Phoenix.
NORWICH. Public library.
Polycronicon.
ST. MARY OSCOTT. College library.
Festial I or II.
Four sermons I or II.
Ryall book.
OXFORD. Bodleian library.
Game of chess I (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 2 B ) : be-
queathed in 1750 by Bowen.
Recuyell (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 2) : bequeathed
in 1750 by Bowen.
Recuyell (S. Seld. d. i): Selden's copy.
Recuyell, 2 fF. (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 2*): given
by Hearne, from Bagford's collection.
Esope (Auct QQ. sup. I. 21/4): given in
1680 by Moses Pitt.
Esope, i f. (Douce frag. e. 2) : bequeathed by
Douce in 1834.
Ars moriendi (Tanner 178/3, now Arch. F.
f. 6): given in 1736 by Tanner.
Arte and crafte (S. Seld. d. n/i): Selden's
copy.
Boecius (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 20) : Nicholas
Trotter's copy.
Boecius (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 21/2): given in
1680 by Moses Pitt.
Speculum vite Cristi II, 8 ff. (Ashm. 1144*).
Caton (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 6).
Caton (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 21/1) : given in 1680
by Moses Pitt.
If it plese ony man . . . (Douce frag. e. i) :
bequeathed by Douce in 1834.
Game of chess II (S. Seld. d. 6) : Selden's copy.
Game of chess II, i f. (Inc. c. E. 7. 1/2) : be-
queathed by Douce in 1834.
Canterbury tales I, 8 fF. (Douce frag. e. 3):
bequeathed by Douce in 1834.
Fayttes (S. Seld. d. 13) : the Lovelace- Warren-
Selden copy.
Fayttes (Douce 1 80) : bequeathed by Douce in
1834 ; the Browne- Vatis-Duchetti copy.
Fayttes (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 25).
Cronicles I (S. Seld. d. 4/1): bought in 1826
from Baynes (?).
Cronicles I (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 23/1): bought
in 1853.
Cronicles II (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 12) : Lhwyd's
copy.
Cordyale (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 15).
Discripcion (S. Seld. d. 4/2) : bought in 1826
from Baynes (?).
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Discripcion (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 23/2) : bought
in 1853.
Discripcion (Douce 145): bequeathed by Douce
in 1834.
Dictes III (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 17): sold in
Vincent's sale (1817).
Doctrinal (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 5). .
Doctrinal (Douce 148) : bequeathed by Douce
in 1834; perhaps the Ratcliffe-Brander copy.
Godfrey, 2 ff. (Douce frag. d. r): bequeathed
by Douce in 1834.
Gouernayle of helthe (Tanner 178* *): given
by Tanner in 1736.
Gower, i f. (Douce . . .) : bequeathed by
Douce in 1834.
Gower, 2 ff. : this and the former are doubtless
now Inc. c. E. 7. 1/4.
Polycronicon (S. Seld. d. 7) : Selden's copy.
Polycronicon (Douce 206) : bequeathed by
Douce in 1834.
Horae I, 4 ff. (Douce frag. g. i) : bequeathed
by Douce in 1834; Farmer's copy.
Knyght of the toure (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 21/3) :
given in 1680 by Moses Pitt.
Jason (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 22) : given by Cryne ;
the Marsh copy.
Curia sapiencie, 2 ff. (Douce frag. e. 7): be-
queathed by Douce in 1834.
Lyf of our lady (S. Seld. d. 10) : Selden's
copy.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. (Douce frag. d. 3) :
bequeathed by Douce in 1834.
Pylgremage, i f. (40 Rawlinson 598/2) : from
Hearne's collection.
Directorium II (S. Seld. d. 11/2): Selden's
copy.
Festial I (S. Seld. d. 8/1): Selden's copy.
Festial II (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 13/1): Cryne's
copy.
Four sermons I (S. Seld.d. 8/2) : Selden's copy.
Four sermons I (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 13/2):
Cryne's copy.
Myrrour I (S. Seld. d. 5) ; Selden's copy.
Eneydos(Douce 162): theHedrington-Spencer
copy, bequeathed by Douce in 1834.
Eneydos (S. Seld. d. 14/3): Selden's copy.
Eneydos (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 9).
Eneydos, 2 ff. (Hearne LXVI, p. 174): given
by Hearne; now joined to S. Seld. d. 14/3.
Vocabulary, 2 ff. (Douce frag. d. 2) : formerly
Ames, Farmer; bequeathed by Douce in
1834.
Golden legend I : bought from Denchworth
church.
Golden legend I-II (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 24).
Golden legend I-II (Douce 270) : bequeathed
by Douce in 1834.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. (Auct. QQ. sup.
I. 36) : given by Bagford to Hearne.
Booke of curtesye II, 2 ff. (Douce frag. e. 4) :
bequeathed by Douce in 1834.
Golden legend III (Auct. QQ. sup. I. 4) : given
by Bagford to Hearne.
OXFORD. All Souls College.
Gower : the Smison-Buckler copy.
OXFORD. Christ Church.
Directorium II (8 ff.).
OXFORD. Corpus Christi College.
Cronicles I : A. xvm. i .
Golden legend III (2 ff.) : WP. iv. 4.
OXFORD. Exeter College.
Boecius.
Caton.
Lyf of our lady.
Myrrour II.
OXFORD. Magdalen College.
Boecius.
OXFORD. Merton College.
Canterbury tales I.
OXFORD. New College.
Donatus melior, 4 ff. : in a binding.
Gower, i f.
OXFORD. Queen's College.
Fayttes.
Tully: from the College Tabarders library
the Archer-Leigh copy.
OXFORD. St. John's College.
Paruus Catho III: bequeathed in 1745 by
Crynes.
Game of chess II.
Canterbury tales II : given by Sir W. Paddy.
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Troylus and Cresede : given by Sir W. Paddy.
Cronicles I: bequeathed in 1745 by Crynes.
Discripcion: bequeathed in 1745 by Crynes.
Polycronicon : bequeathed in 1745 by Crynes.
Curia sapiencie: bequeathed in 1745 by
Crynes.
Pylgremage: bequeathed in 1745 by Crynes.
Four sermons I : given by Sir W. Paddy.
Eneydos: bequeathed in 1745 by Crynes.
OXFORD. Trinity College.
Golden legend III.
OXFORD. Wadham College.
Boecius: the Martin-Blomefield-Sepper- Warner
copy.
PARIS. Bibliotheque nationale.
Recuyell : from the Inglis sale ; the Pike-
Steevens-Spencer-Edwards copy.
Recueil : bought from La Serna Santander.
Fais de Jason : bought from La Serna San-
tander in 1808 ; van Banselen's copy.
Arte and crafte: bought from Payne; the
Tutet copy.
Fayttes : from the Seilliere sale ; the Heber-
Pigott-Rodd-Pickering-Harward-Solar copy.
Tully: from the Jolley sale; the Benese-
Price-Burton-Spencer copy.
[Statutes : spurious copy.]
Legenda Sarum, 7 ff.
PARIS. Bibliotheque de 1' Arsenal.
Fais de Jason : the La Valliere-Paulmy
d'Artois copy.
PARIS. Bibliotheque Mazarine.
There is a catalogue of the incunables by Marais and
Dufresne de Saint-Leon.
Golden legend I.
PARIS. Bibliotheque de 1'Universite,
at the Sorbonne.
Catalogue of the incunables by E. Chatelain.
Godfrey : the Lennold copy, from the Paris
Jacobines.
PARIS. English Benedictines of Our
Lady of Good Hope.
Divers ghostly matters : now Dysart [part in
British Museum].
PARIS. Jacobines of the Rue Saint-
Honore*.
Godfrey : now Sorbonne ; the Lennold copy.
PHILADELPHIA. Loganian library.
Recuyell, 2 ff.
Golden legend I : the Baker copy.
PROVIDENCE, U.S.A. John Carter
Brown University.
The library was bequeathed by John Carter Brown.
Ryall book (probably the Ratcliffe-Brander-
Black-Burge copy).
Golden legend III.
RIPON. Cathedral library.
Boecius: the Howard-Niclas-Morgan copy.
Vocabulary.
ROUEN. Celestine monastery.
Quatre derrenieres choses: then Quaritch,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
SAINT ALBANS. King Edward VI
Grammar School.
Boecius : sold in 1874 to the British Museum ;
now Brooke.
Temple of bras, 14 ff.
Cronicles I, 6 ff.
Tully, 8 ff.
Discripcion, 8 ff.
Dictes II, 4 ff. sold in 1874
Horae II, 4 ff. to the
Indulgence 1481. II. ) British
Jason, 10 ff. Museum.
The chorle and the birde I, 2 ff.
Curia sapiencie, 2 ff.
Lyf of our lady, 2 ff.
Ordinale, 8 ff.
SAINT ANDREWS. University library.
Four sermons I.
SALISBURY. Cathedral library.
Golden legend III.
SHREWSBURY. Grammar School.
Gower : given by Watkis.
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STONYHURST. Jesuit College.
Eneydos, i f. : given by Rev. W. Kay.
Golden legend III.
TAMWORTH. Rawlet's library.
Golden legend I.
TROVES. Town library.
Recueil: stolen in 1841 by Libri and sold
by him in 1844 to the Br. Mus.
UPSALA. University library.
Saona: brought from Braunsberg, 1626.
VIENNA. Imperial library.
Game of chess II.
Book of fame.
Godfrey : the Norreys-Harleian-Ames copy.
Jason : the Staunton copy.
Four sermons I.
Myrrour II.
WINCHESTER. College library.
Lyf of saynt Katherin : the Hedrington copy.
WINDSOR. Royal library.
Recuyell, i f. : inserted in following.
Recueil: presented by Jacob Bryant (Ames*
copy). Made perf.by the Duke of Roxburghe.
Esope : presented by Hewett of Ipswich.
Charles the Great, i f.
Fayttes.
Doctrinal : presented by Jacob Bryant.
WINDSOR. Saint George's Chapel
library.
Myrrour I.
WORCESTER. Cathedral library.
Gower.
YORK. Cathedral library.
Fayttes.
Tully.
Tully, 7 ff.
The chorle and the birde II.
The hors the shepe and the ghoos II.
PRIVATE LIBRARIES, BOOKSELLERS' CATALOGUES
AND LIBRARIES DISPERSED BY AUCTION
Samuel Addington's sale.
[London, Sotheby, \Vilkinson, and Hodge,
24-25 May 1886.]
Four sermons II (p. 8, n. 100): to Quaritch
for Lord Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ;
the Hepplewhite-Culemann copy.
Daniel Aforge (1498-1500).
Legenda Sarum : bought from St. Margaret's.
The Marquess of Ailesbury's collection.
Caton.
Statutes.
Golden legend I.
Stanesby Alchorne (of the Mint).
[His books were bought by Payne, sold by him to
Johnes of Hafod, and resold to larl Spencer, who
retained a number of them and put up the re-
mainder for auction together with some duplicates
from his own library. The Caxtons retained by
Earl Spencer were :]
Boecius: from a sale at Sotheby, 25 April
1785.
Doctrinal : from Fletewode's sale (?).
Golden legend III : the Ames-West copy.
The following is the account of
Stanesby Alchorne's sale.
[London, Evans, 22 May 1813.]
Game of chess I (p. 18, n. 166) : to Longman,
then Inglis, Audley, Cunliffe.
144
Boecius (p. 19, n. 173): to Singer for the
Marquess of Blandford, then W. Taylor.
Caton (p. 1 8, n. 169): to Singer for the
Marquess of Blandford, then Wilkes, Noble-
man (1899), Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan;
the Fletewode copy.
Fayttes (pp. 18-19, n - X 70 : to Longman,
then Lilly.
Cronicles I (p. 18, n. 168): to the Duke of
Devonshire; the Wilkinson copy.
Cordyale (p. 18, n. 167) : to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus. ; the Fletewode
copy.
Doctrinal (p. 18, n. 170): to the Duke of
Devonshire.
Chastysing (p. 19, n. 174): to Longman,
then Inglis, Valentine, Lilly, Dunn Gardner,
now Huth; the Ratcliffe copy.
Golden legend III (p. 19, n. 172): to the
Duke of Devonshire.
Of the above only Boecius, Doctrinal, Chastysing,
and Golden legend III were Spencer duplicates.
Lord Aldenham's collection.
Cf. A catalogue of some printed books and MSS. at
St. Dunstan's, Regent's Park, and Aldenham House,
Herts., collected by Henry Hacks Gibbs, London,
1888, in-4.
Polycronicon (p. 29).
Golden legend I (p. 29): the Towneley-
Glendining copy, bought from Lilly.
John Alford (1722).
Caton : then H. Willett, now Pierpont Morgan;
the Clarke copy.
George Allan's sale.
[London, Sotheby, 18-20 March 1822.]
Doctrinal (p. 20, n. 662) : to Triphook.
Myrrour II (p. 20, n. 661): to Thorpe.
Thomas Allen's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, i June 1 795 and
following days.]
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 75, n. 1407): to
Elmsley, then Earl Spencer, Freeling,
Corser, Huth, now Beauchamp ; the
Ratcliffe copy.
Fayttes (p. 32, n. 600): to Egerton; the
Ratcliffe copy.
Tully (p. 1 6, n. 30 2) : to Nicol (then Roxburghe-
Devonshire ?) ; the Ratcliffe copy.
Tully (p. 85, n. 1566) : to Elmsley (Ratcliffe's
copy ?).
Festial II (p. 32, n. 603): to Sir F. Eden.
Myrrour I (p. 56, n. 1076): to E. Knight.
Joseph Ames' sale.
[London, Langford, 5 May 1 760 and following
days.]
Recuyell, i f. : inserted in following.
Recueil (p. 57, n. 820): to Jacob Bryant,
then King George III, now Windsor.
Canterbury tales I (p. 57, n. 821): then Sir
Peter Thompson, Tutet, Herbert; the
Baker-Bagford-Harleian copy.
Cronicles (p. 56, n. 797).
Polycronicon (p. 56, n. 797): to Gifford, now
Bristol.
Polycronicon (p. 57, n. 818).
[In 'i 75 3 Ames sold a Polycronicon to Dr. Richardson
of Byerley. According to his Typographical
Antiquities, Ames also owned in 1 749 :
Game of chess I.
Boecius.
Game of chess II: then Ratcliffe, Willett, now
Devonshire ; the Pollard copy.
Charles the Great, i f. : now Br. Mas.
Canal: then West, Ratcliffe, George III, now Br.
Mus. ; the Harleian copy.
Book of fame : probably bound with Curial (same
history?).
Moral proverbs : then West, Mason (now Rylands or
Miller) ; the Rawlinson-Harleian copy.
Fayttes.
Godfrey : now Vienna ; the Norreys-Harleian copy.
Polycronicon, 2 ff. : now Br. Mus.
Ordre of chyualry : then Ratcliffe, George III, now
Br. Mus. ; the Randle Holme copy.
Reynart I.
Statutes, 2 ff. : then Herbert, Dibdin.
Myrrour I : then West, George III, now Br. Mus. ;
the Humfrey copy.
Eneydos: then (?) Thompson, Ratcliffe(l), Cracherode,
now Br. Mus.
Vocabulary, 2 ff. : then Farmer, Douce, now Bodleian.
Golden legend I.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. : now Br. Mus.
Lyf of saynt Katherin.
Golden legend III : then West, Alchorne, Spencer,
now Rylands.]
145
U
Lord Amherst of Hackney's collection
Didlington Hall, Norfolk.
Cf. S. de Ricci, ' A handlist of a collection of books
and MSS. belonging to the Right Hon. Lord
Amherst of Hackney' (Cambridge, 1906, in-8).
The library has been catalogued by Sotheby for
sale by auction in two parts (3 December 1908 and
24 March 1909).
Game of chess I (p. 37, n. 113): from Lord
Petre's sale ; the Trougton copy.
Recuyell (p. 37, n. 112): from the Earl of
Jersey's sale ; the Th. Fairfax-Br. Fairfax-
Child copy.
Boecius (p. 37, n. 116): from Quaritch; the
Earl of Westmoreland's copy.
Moral proverbs (p. 37, n. 115): from the Earl
of Jersey's sale; the Harleian-Br. Fairfax-
Child copy.
Fayttes (p. 41, n. 123): from Quaritch; the
Marlborough - Meigh - Wilks - Crauford - Tite
copy, with 2 ff. from the Rowley copy.
Tully (p. 39, n. 118): the Strettell-Jolley-
Corser copy.
Dictes I (p. 37, n. 114): from the Earl of
Jersey's sale; the Harleian-Br. Fairfax-Child
copy.
Godfrey (p. 39, n. 119): from Quaritch; the
Todd-Middleton copy.
Polycronicon (p. 39, n. 120): from Lilly; the
Blake-Glendining copy.
Four sermons II (p. 41, n. 125): from
Addington'ssalejtheHepplewhite-Culemann
copy.
Myrrour I (p. 39, n. 117): from the Earl of
Jersey's sale ; the Br. Fairfax-Child copy.
Eneydos (p. 41, n. 124): from the Earl of
Jersey's sale ; the Jackson-Br. Fairfax-Child
copy.
Golden legend I-II (pp. 39-41, nn. 121-122):
from Quaritch; the Craven Ord-Fuller
Russell copy.
Chastysing (p. 41, n. 126): from Lord
Aylesford's sale ; the Blandford copy.
Tretyse of loue (p. 41, n. 127): from Lord
Aylesford's sale ; the Blandford copy.
Golden legend III (p. 43, n. 128): the
Standish-Aumale-Blades copy.
*.* Just before the date of the sale all the above
were sold (December 1908) to Mr. Pierpont Morgan.
Lord Amherst also owned for a time, but discarded
T, about 1808 :
Boecms.
Dictes I : the MacCarthy-Broadley-Heber-Bohn-Bliss-
Corser-Craufurd copy.
William C. Van Antwerp's sale
of New York.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
32-23 March 1907.]
Blanchardin, i f. (p. 24, n. 102): in Sir John
Fenn's album.
Boecius, 2 ff. (p. 8, n. 26): to Tregaskis;
formerly Blades and Button.
Game of chess II, i f. (p. 24, n. 102): in Sir
John Fenn's album.
Cronicles II (pp. 7-8, n. 24): to Leighton ;
the Fairfax-Jersey-Scott-Quaritch copy.
Tully (p. 8, n. 25): to Quaritch for Lord
Carysfort; the Beck (P)-Locker Lampson
copy.
Tully, i f. (p. 24, n. 102): in Sir John Fenn's
album.
Gower, i f. (p. 24, n. 102) : in Sir John Fenn's
album.
Infancia Saluatoris, i f. (p. 24, n. 102): in
Sir John Fenn's album.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. (p. 8, n. 26): to
Tregaskis ; formerly Blades and Button.
Sir John Fenn's album was bought in at the sale
and subsequently sold to Tregaskis.
Billingworth Archer.
Tully : then Leigh, now Queen's College,
Oxford.
Thomas Archer (early I7th century).
Indulgence 1481. 1: then Bedford, now Pier-
pont Morgan.
Indulgence 1481. 1: then Bedford, Sotheran,
now Br. Mus.
Ryall book : then Bedford, now Pierpont
Morgan.
Ry chard Arnold.
T c .. T (ThenHoldsworth,Cambridge,
Image of pUy I fi Q > m *
Birectonum I j Er * Mus [
Comte d'Artois.
Brother of King Louis XVI, later on King of France
under the name of Charles X.
Fais de Jason: now Paris, Arsenal; the La
Valliere-Paulmy copy.
He bought the entire library of the Marquis de
Paulmy.
Arundell.
Book of curtesye I : then Moore, now Cam-
bridge ; J. F.'s copy.
The Earl of Ashburnham's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, part I :
25 June 1897 and following days ; part II : 6-M De-
cember 1897; part III: 9-14 May 1898; books
returned: 13 December 1898.]
Recuyell (II, p. 67, n. 2305) to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Lloyd-Hibbert-Wilkes-Utterson copy.
Recueil (II, pp. 66-67, n. 2304) : to Pickering
for Bennett,now Pierpont Morgan; the Payne-
Roxburghe-Spencer-Dent-Hanrott copy.
Boecius (I, p. 8 1, n. 734) : to Tregaskis, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; J. Dunn
Gardner's copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (III, p. 61, n. 3454): to
Pickering for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Divers ghostly matters (III, p. 93, n. 3760) :
to Quaritch for the British Museum; part
of the Paris Benedictines-Dysart copy.
Caton (I, p. 105, n. 976) : to Pickering for
Bennett; Henry Baker and Joseph Whatley's
copy.
Canterbury tales I (I, p. 112, n. 1044): to
Pickering for Bennett, now Pierpont Mor-
gan ; the Heber-Bright copy, plus the
Utterson frag.
Canterbury tales I (III, p. 121, n. 4059): to
Tregaskis ; bought at Bristol.
Canterbury tales I (III, p. 121, n. 4060) : to
Tregaskis.
Canterbury tales I (III, p. 121, n. 4061): to
Quaritch.
Canterbury tales II (I, p. 112, n. 1045): to
Pickering for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan;
the Brand-Heber copy.
Canterbury tales II (III, p. 122, n. 4062):
to Leighton.
Canterbury tales II (III, p. 122, n. 4063): to
Tregaskis [probably the Rawlinson-Bateman
copy from the French Church at London].
Canterbury tales II (III, p. 122, n. 4064): to
Tregaskis.
Cronicles II (I, p. 106, n. 988): to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Crowninshield copy.
Tully (I, p. 106, n. 989): to Pickering (for
Bennett ? now Pierpont Morgan ?) ; the
Crowninshield copy.
Cordyale (I, p. 127, n. 1 187) : to Pickering for
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Discripcion (I, p. 106, n. 988): to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Crowninshield copy.
Dictes I (I, p. 145, n. 1384): to Quaritch,
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Doctrinal (I, p. 147, n. 1402): to Quaritch
for the Br. Mus.
Gower (III, p. 122, n. 4065): to Quaritch;
the Inglis-Pickering copy.
Gower (II, p. 10, n. 1777): to Pickering; the
Mawyd-Saville copy.
Polycronicon (II, p. 28, n. 1954): to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Estcourt - Poyntz - Porbery-Furney -Haslam-
Jolley copy.
Jason (II, pp. 67-68, n. 2307): to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Harleian-West-Ratcliffe-Erskine-W.Taylor-
Heber copy.
Ordre of chyualry (I, pp. 117-118, n. 1087):
to Pickering for Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Lovat copy.
Myrrour I (II, p. 95, n. 2599): to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Golden legend III (III, p. 107, n. 3910): to
Pickering for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Anthony Askew's sale.
[London, Baker and Leigh, 13 February 1775 and
following days.]
Tully (p. 6, n. 172) : to R. Willett, then Bland-
ford, Brockett, W. Taylor, Halliwell, now
Huth ; the Rawlinson copy.
Astor.
Cf. New York.
James Atkinson's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 16 December 1851.]
Golden legend I (p. 17, n. 235): to Waller.
Theodosia Aubrey.
Caton : then Moore, now Cambridge.
Sir John St. Aubyn's sale
The Limes, Putney, 28 July 1856.
Cronicles I or II (n. 77) : to Lilly.
According to Blades' notes this book was a Wynkyn
de Worde.
U 2
[Lord Auckland's] sale.
[London, Evans, a February 1835 and following days.]
Eneydos (p. 35, n. 807) : to Holland, now
Huth ; the Hanrott copy.
Lord Audley's sale.
[London, 1855.]
Game of chess I (n. 610): to Bumstead for
H. Cunliffe ; the Alchorne-Inglis copy.
[Due d'Aumale's duplicate] sale.
[London, Hodgson, 6 November 1860.]
Golden legend III (n. 1263): to W. Blades,
then Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Standish copy.
Dnc d'Aumale's library now forms part of the
Muse"e Conde" at Chantilly (q. .).
Henry Edmund Austen.
Recuyell: from Tutet's sale; then Spencer,
now Rylands.
Polycronicon : from Tutet's sale ; then Prince ;
the Purde copy.
John Awdley.
Reynart II : now Pepysian library.
Lord Aylesford's sale.
(March 1888.)
Polycronicon (n. 1026) : to Quaritch for
Lord Carysfort (the Pickering copy ?).
Chastysing (n. 409): to Quaritch for Lord
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Blandford copy.
Tretyse of loue (n. 409) : to Quaritch for Lord
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Blandford copy.
I. B. (1757).
Golden legend I : then W. H. Crawford, now
Rylands ; the Jackson copy.
Thomas Sclater Bacon's sale.
[London, Cock, 14 March 1736-1737 and following
days.]
Boecius (p. 350, n. 1614).
Game of chess II (p. 350, n. 1614).
John Bagford's collection (1675-1716).
Recuyell, 2 ff. : given by him to Hearne, now
Bodleian.
Recuyell, i f. : now British Museum.
Blanchardin, i f. : now British Museum.
Charles the Great : then Harley, West,
Ratcliffe, King George III, now Br. Mus. ;
the Danser copy.
Book of fame, i f. : now British Museum.
Canterbury tales I : then Harley, Ames,
Thompson, Tutet, Herbert ; the Baker
copy.
Canterbury tales I, 2 ff. : now British Museum.
Polycronicon, i f. : now British Museum.
Pylgremage, i f. : now British Museum.
Morte d' Arthur, i f. : now British Museum.
Directorium II, i f. : now British Museum.
Parys and Vyenne : then Harley, West, King
George III, now Br. Mus. ; the Danser copy.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. : now British
Museum.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. : given by him
to Hearne, now Bodleian.
Golden legend III : given by him to Hearne,
now Bodleian.
Henry Baker.
Caton : then Whatley, Ashburnham, Bennett.
Thomas Baker.
[Socius ejectus of St. John's College, Cambridge
(1656-1740).]
Canterbury tales I : given to Bagford, then
Harley, Ames, Thompson, Tutet, Herbert.
Tully: given to St. John's College, Cambridge ;
Parker's copy.
Dictes III : given to St. John's College,
Cambridge.
Polycronicon : given to St. John's College,
Cambridge.
Polycronicon : then Currer.
Myrrour I or II.
Golden legend I : now Philadelphia.
Rev. Edward Bankes (1863).
Game of chess I : from Bishop Wynne's col-
lection.
Lisken van Banselen.
Fais de Jason: sold in 1808 by La Serna to
the Paris library.
148
J. Barnard (1745-1778).
Caton : then Devonshire ; the Seymmer-
Harleian copy.
Gower : then Peachey, Harcourt, Selsey, now
Rothschild ; the J. U.-Stratford-Harleian
copy.
Both these Caxtons were bought from Osbome by
Barnard.
William Barnesley.
Myrrour II : then Ratcliffe-Hunter, now
Glasgow ; the Trustanes-Botelar-Greas-
brooke copy.
[Barrett's (of Lee Priory, Kent) ] sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 7 December 1818 and
following days. ' A catalogue of a very elegant
and valuable portion of the library of a gentleman
deceased . . .']
Caton (p. 4, n. 79) : to Triphook.
Bateman
a bookseller of the i8th century.
Canterbury tales II : then French Protestant
Church [Ashburnham ?] ; Rawlinson's copy.
Thomas Bateman's sale
of Lomberdale House, Youlgrave, Derbyshire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 25-31 May
1893-]
Cordyale (p. 40, n. 580) : to Tregaskis, bought
at Macclesfield in 1851.
Doctrinal (p. 38, n. 559) : to Sotheran, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the Herbert-
Towneley-Devonshire-Turner copy.
Polycronicon (p. 38, n. 557) : to Quaritch;
the Edwards (?) copy.
The Marquess of Bath's collection
Longleat, Wiltshire.
Recuyell.
Boecius.
[Canterbury tales, of Pynson's editionl\
Polycronicon.
Eneydos.
Golden legend III.
Baynes, bookseller.
Cronicles I (Cat. 1826) : now Bodleian (?).
Discripcion (Cat. 1826): now Bodleian (?).
William Bayntun's sale.
[London, W. Ansell, 4 June 1787.]
Then George III, now
Image of pity I (n. 467)
Directorium I (n. 467)
Br.Mus.:theArnold-
Holdsworth - Cam-
bridge copies.
T. Beale.
Doctrinal : now Quaritch ; Heyward's copy.
Earl Beauchamp's collection.
Madresfield Court, Malvern Link. There is a small
printed handlist of the rarer books.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 8) : the Ratcliffe-
Thane-Allen-Spencer-Freeling-Corser-Huth
copy.
Topham Beauclerk's sale.
[London, Paterson, 9 April 1781 and following days.]
Gower (I, p. 104, n. 3289): to G. L. Way,
then Quaritch, now Boyd Thacher.
Ernest Beck (about 1870?)
5 Tokenhouse Yard.
Tully : then Locker Lampson, Van Antwerp,
now Carysfort?
Edward Benese (i6th century?).
Tully: then Price, Burton, Spencer, Jolley,
now Bibl. nationale.
Richard Bennett's collection.
[Sold about 1901 to John Pierpont Morgan. There
is a small privately printed catalogue : A catalogue
of the early printed books and illuminated MSS.
collected by Richard Bennett (1900, in-8).]
Game of chess I (p. 12, n. 161): bought from
Quaritch ; the Hardwicke copy.
Quatre derrenieres choses (p. 15, n. 196):
bought from Quaritch; the Rouen Celestines
copy.
Recuyell (p. 25, n. 345): from the Ashburnham
sale ; the Lloyd-Hibbert-Wilkes-U tier son
copy.
Recueil (p. 25, n. 346) : from the Ashburnham
sale; the Payne-Roxburghe-Spencer-Dent-
Hanrott copy.
Boecius(p. 8,n. 1 12): bought from Tregaskis (?),
formerly J. Dunn Gardner and Ashburnham.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 36, n. 497): from
the Ashburnham sale.
Divers ghostly matters (p. ir, n. 151): from
Weaver's sale ; the Stuart copy.
149
Caton (p. n, n. 155): from a Nobleman's
sale (1899); the Fletewode-Alchorne-
Blandford-Wilkes copy.
Caton (not in Cat.) : from the Ashburnham
sale ; the Baker- Whatley copy.
Canterbury tales I (p. 13, n. 169): bought
from Quaritch (?) ; sold formerly at Sotheby's
(1896) [Barlaston Hall copy?].
Canterbury tales I (not in Cat.): from the
Ashburnham sale ; the Heber-B right copy,
plus the Utterson frag.
Canterbury tales II (p. 13, n. 170): from the
Ashburnham sale ; the Brand-Heber copy.
Cronicles II (p. 1 1, n. 153) : the Crowninshield
copy, from the Ashburnham sale.
Tully (p. 14, n. 183) : probably made up from
fragments, one being doubtless the Crownin-
shield copy, from the Ashburnham sale.
Cordyale (p. 15, n. 198) : from the Ashburnham
sale.
[Cordyale: the Edwardes-Harrys copy, from
the M. Johnson sale; afterwards burnt in
the fire at Riviere's.]
Discripcion (p. 12, n. 159): from Quaritch;
the Roberts (?)-Milner (?)-Higgs-Buccleuch
copy.
Discripcion (p. 1 1, n. 153) : the Crowninshield
copy, from the Ashburnham sale.
Dictes I (not in Cat.): from Quaritch; the
Ashburnham copy.
Dictes III (p. 1 6, n. 223): from Quaritch;
the Fuller Russell copy.
Doctrinal (p. 12, n. 160): the Herbert-
Towneley - Devonshire - Turner - Bateman
copy.
Gower (p. 20, n, 269): from Quaritch; the
Perkins copy.
Polycronicon (p. 21, n. 289).
Polycronicon (p. 21, n. 290): from the Ash-
burnham sale; the Estcourt-Poyntz-Porbery-
Furney-Haslam-Jolley copy.
Polycronicon (p. 21, n. 288): from a sale in
1896; the Glasse copy.
Jason (p. n, n. 152): from the Ashburnham
sale ; the Harleian-West-RatclifFe-Erskine-
W. Taylor-Heber copy.
Lyf of our lady (p. 27, n. 365): from Quaritch ;
the Rawlinson-Devon copy.
Ordre of chyualry (p. 13, n. 174): from the
Ashburnham sale ; the Lovat copy.
Myrrour I (p. 1 2, n. 1 6 2) : from the Ashburnham
sale.
Myrrour II (p. 12, n. 163): from Quaritch;
the Farmer - Wodhull-Blandford- Hibbert-
Fuller Russell copy.
Chastysing (p. 12, n. 164): from Quaritch;
the Perkins copy.
Golden legend III (p. 40, n. 557): from the
Ashburnham sale.
Golden legend III (p. 40, n. 555): from the
Wilbraham sale.
Golden legend III (p. 40, n. 556) (from a sale
in 1899 ?) ; the Ratcliffe-Brander-Dent copy.
George Lord Berkeley (1627-1698).
Fayttes
Pylgremage 'P resented b 7 him to Sion College.
Chastysing
Robert Berkeley.
Caton : then Moore, now Cambridge.
Dr. Francis Bernard's sale.
[London, 4 October 1698 and following days.]
Recuyell (III, p. 37, n. 119).
Caton (III, p. 36, n. 72).
Game of chess II (III, p. 36, n. 84).
Canterbury tales I or II (III, p. 37, n. 142):
(perhaps not Caxton's edition).
Cronicles I or II (III, p. 36, n. 79).
Tully (III, p. 36, n. 105).
Dictes I or II or III (III, p. 36, n. 87).
Doctrinal (III, p. 36, n. 82).
Godfrey (III, p. 36, n. 85).
Polycronicon (III, p. 36, n. 93) : (perhaps not
Caxton's edition).
Knyght of the toure (III, p. 36, n. 71): from
Smith's sale.
Jason (III, p. 36, n. 73): from Smith's sale.
Morte d' Arthur (III, p. 37, n. 136): then
Rawlinson, Harley, Fairfax, Jersey, Pope,
now Hoe.
Golden legend I(?) (Ill, p. 36, n. 76): (two
copies ?).
Chastysing (III, p. 36, n. 82).
Chastysing (III, p. 36, n. 89).
Sir William Betham's sale (1854).
Dictes I or II or III : to Bumstead.
James Bibby's sale (1864).
Cronicles I or II, 36 fF. : to Tross.
150
Colonel Myddelton [Biddulphjs
' collection
Chirk Castle, Denbighshire.
Polycronicon (probably sold).
Black and Armstrong, booksellers.
Ryall book (Cat. 1847, n. 937) : probably the
Ratcliffe-Brander copy; then Burge (then
Brown, now Providence ?).
William Blades.
His library is now at St. Bride Foundation Institute,
Fleet Street, London.
Recuyell, i f. : now St. Bride,
Boecius : now St. Bride.
Boecius, 2 ff. : then Dutton, Van Antwerp,
now Tregaskis.
Boecius, 4 ff. : now St. Bride.
CroniclesI, if.: now St. Bride; the Leigh copy.
Cronicles I, 4 ff. : now St. Bride.
Gower, i f. : now St. Bride.
Lyf of our lady II, 1 2 ff. : now St. Bride.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. : then Dutton, Van
Antwerp, now Tregaskis.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. : now Cambridge.
Golden legend I, 5 ff. : now St. Bride.
Chastysing, 2 ff. : now St. Bride.
Golden legend III : then Amherst, now
Pierpont Morgan; the Standish-Aumale
copy.
Sir Patrick Blake's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 20 July 1 808 and
following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 26, n. 808) : to Leigh ; then
Glendining, Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
[The Marquess of Blandford's] sale
(White Knights library).
[London, Evans, 7 June 1819 and following days.]
Two parts in one volume.
Game of chess I (p. 42, n. 974): to Payne
for Grenville, now Br. Mus.
Arte and crafte (p. 177, n. 3787): to Dibdin
for Spencer, now Rylands; the West-
Ratcliffe-Brander copy.
Boecius (p. 34, n. 774): to Triphook for
Watson Taylor; a Spencer duplicate from
the Alchorne sale.
Caton (p. 42, n. 966): to Triphook; then
Wilkes, Nobleman (1899), Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan ; the Fletewode- Alchorne
copy.
Troylus and Cresede (p. 42, n. 972): to
Triphook for Watson Taylor, then Grenville,
now Br. Mus. ; the Herbert-Ratcliffe-Herbert-
Towneley copy.
Fayttes (p. 70, n. 1569): to Longman, then
W. Taylor, Jolley, Corser (?), Quaritch(P),
Crawford ; the Towneley copy.
Tully (p. 52, n. 1162): to Triphook for
Brockett, then W. Taylor, Halliwell, Huth ;
the Rawlinson-Askew-Willett copy.
Deathbed prayers (p. 177, n. 3787) : to Dibdin
for Spencer, now Rylands; the West-
Ratcliffe-Brander copy.
Gower (p. 88, n. 1957) : to Triphook (returned
and resold), then W. Taylor; the Mead-
Willett copy.
Polycronicon (p. 168, n. 3607): to Payne for
Grenville, now Br. Mus.
Knyght of the toure (p. 117, n. 2555): to
Triphook for W. Taylor, then Jolley, Corser,
now Lenox.
Jason (p. 107, n. 2368): to Triphook, then
Higgs, Wilkes, Gardner, Lenox, now New
York.
Lyf of our lady (p. 127, n. 2766): to Triphook,
then Utterson, Corser, Irwin, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Gerson-Farmer-Roxburghe
copy.
Pylgremage (p. 177, n. 3787): to Dibdin for
Spencer, now Rylands; the West-Ratcliffe-
Brander copy.
Ryall book (p. 178, n. 3804): to Hibbert;
the Goldsmid copy.
Russell (p. 175, n. 3752): to Dibdin for
Spencer, now Rylands ; the Brand copy.
Myrrour I (p. 139, n. 2977): to Triphook.
Myrrour II (p. 139, n. 2788): to Triphook
for Hibbert, then Fuller Russell, Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan; the Farmer- Wodhull
copy.
Eneydos (p. 210, n. 4470): to Evans for
Perry, then Jolley.
Chastysing (p. 42, n. 970) : to Lord Aylesford,
then Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
Tretyse of loue (p. 42, n. 970): to Lord
Aylesford, then Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan.
Golden legend I : the Chantilly copy is said to be
from the Blandford collection.
Canterbury tales I : a copy was bought by Payne
in 1820 at a second Blandford sale of which I have
not seen the catalogue.
Rev. Philip Bliss' sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 28 June 1858 and
following days.]
Dictes I (I, p. 105, n. 1496): to Boone for
Corser, then Craufurd, Amherst ; the
MacCarthy-Broadley-Heber-Bohn copy.
Francis Blomefield (1736).
Boecius : then Sepper, Warner ; now Wadham
College ; Tho. Martin's copy.
Thomas Bodenham
of Crotteworth.
Golden legend I-II : then Marrott, Havergeel.
H. G. Bohn, bookseller at London.
Cordyale (Cat. 1834) : then Knight, now
Miller ; the Inglis copy.
Polycronicon (1833).
Eneydos (1834, n. 2361): then Auckland,
Holland, now Huth ; the Hanrott copy.
There were at one time three Bohns selling books
in London ; the three references given above may
perhaps not all concern H. G. Bohn.
James Bohn, bookseller at London.
Dictes I (Cat. 1840, n. 6613): then Bliss,
Corser, Craufurd, Amherst; the MacCarthy-
Broadley-Heber copy.
John Bolton (i6th century).
Ryall book : then Godbold, Martin.
Henry Bonham (1872).
Gower.
Launcelot Bostok.
Polycronicon: now Ellesmere; the Kempe-
Woode copy.
Thomas Botelar (1516).
Myrrour II: then Greasbrooke, Barnesley,
Ratcliffe, Hunter, now Glasgow ; the
Trustanes copy.
Beriah Botfield
of Norton Hall. His library is probably still in
existence.
Recuyell : bought from Payne and Foss.
Caton.
Fayttes : the Hibbert-Hanrott copy.
Polycronicon : bought from Pickering.
Golden legend I : bought from Pickering ; the
Hedrington copy.
James Bowen
of Shropshire (f 1750).
Game of chess I : now Bodleian.
Recuyell : now Bodleian.
Thomas Bowyer.
Dictes I : then Moore, now Cambridge.
Robart Boys.
Game of chess I : then West, now Br. Mus.
Rev. John Brand's sale.
[Part I, London, Stewart, 6 May 1807 and following
days.]
Canterbury tales II (I, p. 112, n. 3058): to
Heber, then Ashburnham, Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Cronicles I or II (I, p. 95, n. 2629): to
Dardis.
Knyght of the toure (I, p. 332, n. 8296): to
Payne for Earl Spencer, now Rylands.
Russell (I, p. 346, MSS.n. 30): to the Marquess
of Blandford, then Spencer, now Rylands.
Statutes (I, p. 322, n. 8081) : to Heber.
Gustavus Brander's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 8 February 1790 and
following days.]
Pylgremage (p. 32, n. ion): to Leycester.
Ryall book (p. 32, n. 1013): from Ratcliffe's
sale (then Black, Burge, Brown, now Provi-
dence ?).
Golden legend III (p. 32, n. 1015): to Leigh,
then Dent, Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ;
the Ratcliffe copy.
'Politic Admonition and Observations fit for
great Men to peruse, imperfect Caxton'
(p. 32, n. 1012): to Douce; the Ratcliffe
copy, probably a Doctrinal.
Brander bought at Ratcliffe's sale a Pylgremage, then
Blandford, Spencer, now Rylands ; the West copy.
Rev. Joseph Brereton (about 1740)
of Helmingham.
Cordyale : now Dysart ; the Harleian-Osborne
copy.
Godfrey : now Dysart.
Eneydos : now Dysart.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde : now Dysart ; the
Harleian-Osborne copy.
152
Benjamin Heywood Bright's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 3 March 1845 and
following days.]
Canterbury tales I (p. 87, n. 1240) : to Rodd,
for Lord Ashburnham, then Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan ; the Heber copy.
Indulgence 1480 I (p. 60, n. 834) : to Rodd,
now Br. Mus. (with 7 other Indulgences).
Golden legend I (p. 162, n. 2488): to Rodd.
British Museum duplicate sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 20 February 1805 and
following days.]
Gower (p. 15, n. 429): to Weymouth, then
Grenville, now Br. Mus.
British Museum duplicate sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 18 May 1818 and
following days.]
Tully (p. 27, n. 577): to Lepard.
The British Museum also disposed in 1819 of
Pylgremage, I f. : exchanged for some coins with Lord
Spencer.
John Broadley's sale.
[London, Evans, 12-14 July 1832.]
Dictes I (p. 1 8, n. 324): to Thorpe for Heber,
then Bohn, Bliss, Corser, Craufurd, Amherst;
the MacCarthy copy.
John Trotter Brockett's sale.
[London, Sotheby, 8 December 1823 and following
days.]
Tully (p. 30, n. 782): to Jones, then Watson
Taylor, Halliwell, now Huth; the Raw-
linson-Askew-Willett-Blandford copy.
Gower (p. 48, n. 1321): to Bandinel; the
Willett copy.
Sir Thomas Brooke (
of Armitage Bridge House, Huddersfield.
There is a good printed catalogue of the library.
Boecius : from the Br. Mus. ; St. Albans copy.
Polycronicon (I, p. 251): the (Stevens ?-)Tite
copy, bought from Ellis.
John Carter Brown.
Bequeathed his library to the John Carter Brown
University at Providence, U.S.A., q. v.
Anthony Browne.
Fayttes : given by him to Vatis and Duchetti,
then Douce ; now Bodleian.
Jacoh Bryant.
Recuyell, i f., inserted in following :
Recueil : presented to King George III, now
Windsor (Ames' copy).
Doctrinal : presented to King George III, now
Windsor.
Anthony Brygham.
Gower : then Ratcliffe, (Daly ?), Spencer, now
Rylands.
The Duke of Buccleuch's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 25 March
1889 and following days.]
Cronicles I (p. 13, n. 285): to Quaritch for
Lord Carysfort; the Roberts-Milner-Higgs
copy.
Cronicles II (p. 14, n. 286): to Quaritch.
Discripcion (p. 29, n. 603) : to Quaritch,
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Roberts (P)-Milner (?)-Higgs copy.
Dictes I (p. 27, n. 563) : to Quaritch for Lord
Carysfort.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 30, n. 621): to
Quaritch.
Ryall book (p. 44, n. 961): to Quaritch, for
Lord Carysfort.
The Duke of Buckingham's sale.
[London, Sotheby, 8 January 1849 an< ^ following days.
Catalogue of the library removed from Stowe
House.]
Golden legend I (p. 133, n. 2365) : to Willis,
resold 1883, now Hoe.
Benjamin Buckler.
Gower : now All Souls, Oxford ; the Smison
copy.
George Surge's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 16 aad
18 July 1864.]
Ryall book (p. 45, n. 713): to Lilly; the
Ratcliffe - Brander - [Black ?] copy (then
Brown, now Providence?).
J 53
x
[William Cecil, Lord Burleigh's] sale.
[London, Bentley and Walford, 21 November 1687.
The catalogue bears the title : ' Bibliotheca illustris :
sive catalogus variorum librorum in quavis lingua
& facultate insignium ornatissimje bibliothecse
viri cujusdam prsenobilis ac honoratissimi, olim
defuncti . . .']
Fay ties (p. 71, n. 108).
Thomas Burns.
Dictes II : (then Towneley ?) now Devonshire.
William Burton (1606).
Tully : then Spencer, Jolley, now Bibl.
nationale ; the Benese-Price copy.
The Marquess of Bute's collection.
Polycronicon.
Samuel Butler, Bishop of Lichfi eld's sale.
[London, Christie and Manson, 1840.]
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 16, n. 235): then
Grenville, now Br. Mus. ; the Edwards-
Roxburghe-Towneley copy.
Sir Robert Jacob Buxton's collection
Shadwell Court, Norfolk.
His library now belongs to Mrs. Maud Buxton, of
Icklingham, Mildenhall, Norfolk.
Canterbury tales II.
P. de Cardonell's sale.
[6 June i6Sr.]
Caton.
Thomas Cardyffe.
Dictes I : then Maskell, now Br. Mus.
Elizabeth Carew.
Recuyell : now College of Physicians.
The Earl of Carlisle (1817)
Naworth Castle.
Polycronicon.
Robert Gary's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 29 April 1792 and
following days.]
Golden legend I (p. 15, n. 486).
The Earl of Carysfort's collection
Elton, Peterborough.
Cronicles I: from the Buccleuch sale; the
Roberts-Milner-Higgs copy.
Tully: from the Van Antwerp sale; the
Beck (P)-Locker Lampson copy.
Dictes I : from the Buccleuch sale.
Polycronicon: from the Aylesford sale (the
Pickering copy ?).
Ryall book : from the Buccleuch sale.
Henry Cavendish.
Lyf of saynt Katherin : now Devonshire ; the
Harleian copy.
Earl Cawdor.
Cronicles II: given by him in 1860 to Br.
Mus.
[Lord Charlemont's] sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, n August
1865. 'Catalogue of some highly important and
valuable books and MSS. of a Nobleman . . .']
Polycronicon (p. 35, n. 209): to Toovey.
Dr. Charles Chauncy's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 15 April 1790 and
following days.]
Dictes I or II or III (p. 61, n. 1675).
Myrrour I (p. 61, n. 1674): to Lord Spencer,
now Rylands.
Francis Child.
Bought in 1756 the library of Bryan Fairfax, q, v.
]. Cholmondeley's sale.
[London, Southgate, 6 June 1827 and following days.]
Cronicles I or II (p. 20, n. 562).
Discripcion (p. 20, n. 562).
Mrs. Christie-Miller.
Cf. Miller.
E. Dwight Church's collection
New York.
Tully : the Sears copy.
Nicholas Clarke (i6th-i;th century?).
Caton: then Alford, Willett, now Pierpont
Morgan.
154
Robert C layering
of Felton.
Myrrour II : then Pepys, Glendining, Millais,
(Foster ?) ; the Graham-Palmer-Ranolds-
Coxe-Musgrove copy.
Lord Clifford's collection.
Game of chess II.
Chief Justice Coke (i7th century?).
Godfrey : now Pembroke.
[Constable's] sale.
[London, Sotheby, 16-19 January 1827.]
Golden legend I (p. 31, n. 579) : to Pratt.
The Rev. Thomas Corser's sale
of Stand Rectory, near Manchester.
[Part I, London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
28-30 July 1868; Part III, 6 August 1869 and
following days.]
Speculum vite Cristi II (I, p. 44, n. 470): to
Lilly for Huth, now Beauchamp; the
Ratcliffe-Allen-Spencer-Freeling copy.
Fayttes (I, p. 44, n. 471): to Quaritch, then
Crawford (?) ; probably the Towneley-
Blandford-W. Taylor-Jolley copy.
Tully (I, p. 44, n. 467): to Quaritch, then
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Strettell-Jolley copy.
Dictes I (I, p. 43, n. 466): to Ellis, then
Craufurd, Amherst ; the MacCarthy-
Broadley-Heber-Bohn-Bliss copy.
Knyght of the toure (I, p. 44, n. 468): to
Quaritch, now Lenox; the Blandford-
W. Taylor-Jolley copy.
Lyf of our lady (I, p. 44, n. 469) : to Pickering,
then Irwin, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Gerson - Farmer - Roxburghe - Blandford -
Utterson copy.
Golden legend III (III, p. 6, n. 71): to Ellis,
now Huth ; the Utterson copy.
Edwin Cottingham's sale
of Bexley, Kent.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 15 June 1859 and
following days.]
Golden legend I (p. 31, n. 462) : to Lilly.
William Coxe.
Myrrour II : then Musgrove, Clavering, Pepys,
Glendining, Millais, Foster (?); the Graham-
Palmer-Ranolds copy.
Rev. Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode
(1730-1799).
Bequeathed his library in 1799 to the British Museum.
Boecius: bought in 1781.
Gower: bought in 1784.
Myrrour I : the Ratcliffe copy.
Eneydos: the Ames-Thompson-Ratcliffe (?)
copy, bought in 1776.
Rev. Crane.
Cronicles I: given by him to Ford, then
Rainy, now Br. Mus. ; the Dakin copy.
[Rev. C. H. Crauford's] sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 20-22 February
1854. Catalogue of an important selection of ex-
ceedingly choice, rare, and valuable books.]
Fay ties (p. 17, n. 190) : to Tite, then Quaritch,
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Marlborough-Meigh-Wilkes copy.
He also owned, about A. D. 1870, Dictes I (then
Amherst), the MacCarthy-Broadley-Heber-Bohn-
Bliss-Corser copy.
The Earl of Crawford's collection
Haigh Hall, Wigan.
Polycronicon : perhaps the Jersey copy.
Eneydos : bought from Quaritch.
The Earl of Crawford's sale.
[Part II, London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
19-22 June 1889.]
Fayttes (II, p. 23, n. 259) : to Ellis and Elvey ;
probably the Towneley-Blandford-W. Tay-
lor- Jolley-Corser (?)-Quaritch (?) copy.
Tully (II, p. 22, n. 257): to Barford for
Christie-Miller, the Fairfax-Jersey copy.
Polycronicon (II, p. 23, n. 258) : to Calvert ;
resold 1901.
55 x 2
William Horatio Crawford's sale
of Lakelands, Cork.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 12 March
1891 and following days.]
Myrrour I (p. 56, n. 653) : to Sotheran, now
Rylands.
Golden legend I (p. 272, n. 3296): to Sotheran,
now Rylands : the Jackson-I. B. copy.
John Crosse (1498).
Legenda Sarum : bought from St. Margaret's.
E. A. Crowninshield's sale.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, 13 July 1860 and
following days.]
The following valuable Caxtons were added to this
sale :
Cronicles II (pp. 36-37, n. 478) : to Minton,
then Ashburnham, Bennett; now Pierpont
Morgan.
Tully (p. 152, n. 1867): to Minton, then
Ashburnham (Bennett ? now Pierpont Mor-
gan ?).
Discripcion (pp. 36-37, n. 478): to Minton,
then Ashburnham, Bennett; now Pierpont
Morgan.
Gower, 2 ff. (p. 152, n. 1868): to Minton.
Nathaniel Crynes.
Paruus Catho III >
Cronicles I ,, , , , . .
Discripcion 1 bec l ueathed >7 him 1 745
Polycronicon
Curia sapiencie
Pylgremage
Festial II \ ^ ,, .
n. T r now Bodleian.
Four sermons I )
Eneydos: bequeathed by him in 1745 to St.
John's College (Oxford).
Is he the same as Cryne who owned
Jason: given by him to the Bodleian; the
Marsh copy ?
[Friedrich Culemann's] sale
. of Hannover.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 7 February
1870 and following days. ' Catalogue of a bibliotheca
typographica in the choicest condition.']
Polycronicon, 27 ff. (p. 34, n. 296): to Quaritch.
Four sermons II (p. 34, n. 297) : to Addington,
then Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Hepplewhite copy.
A. * I T^W
to St. John's College
(Oxford).
Thomas and John Culpeper.
Tully : now Pembroke.
H. CunlifFe's collection.
Game of chess I : from Lord Audley's sale ;
the Alchorne-Inglis copy.
Miss Richardson Currer's sale
of Eshton Hall.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 30 July i86a and
following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 101, n. 1282): to Willis;
the Thomas Baker copy.
The Hon. Robert Curzon.
Cf. Zouche.
Margaret Dakin.
Cronicles I: then Crane, Ford, Rainy, now
Br. Mus.
The Right Hon. Denis Daly's sale.
[Dublin, Vallance, i May 1791.]
Book of fame (pp. 14-15, n. 208): to King
George III, now Br. Mus.; the West(?)-
Ratcliffe copy.
Gower (pp. 13-14, n. 207): (then Spencer,
now Rylands; theBrygham-Ratcliffe copy?).
Henry Dana.
Speculum vite Cristi II: then Moore, now
Cambridge.
Danser (1700).
Charles the Great: then Bagford, Harley, West,
Ratcliffe, King George III ; now Br. Mus.
Parys and Vyenne: then Bagford, Harley,
West, King George III ; now Br. Mus.
John Dee.
Indulgence license 1489: now Trinity College,
Dublin.
Thomas Delves (1682).
Game of chess I : then Mainwaring, now
Holford ; (the Smith copy ?).
Awdry Dely (i6th century).
Chastysing ) then Harley (?), now Goettin-
Tretyse of louej gen ; the Newell copy.
156
John Dent's sale.
[Parts I and II, London, Evans, 29 March and 25
April 1827 and following days.]
Recueil (II, p. 74, n. 1242): to Thorpe for
Hanrott (then Ashburnham, Bennett), now
Pierpont Morgan; the Payne-Roxburghe-
Spencer copy.
Dictes I (I, p. 49, n. 838) : to Arch for Miller,
now Christie-Miller ; the Sebright copy.
Polycronicon (II, p. 7, n. 143) : to Arch for
Perkins, then Ives, now Boston; the
[Towneley-Edwards ?]-Sykes copy.
Golden legend III (I, p. 76, n. 1326): to
Thorpe, then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ;
the Ratcliffe-Brander copy.
[The Earl of Devon's] sale
of Powderham.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 25 July 1883
and following days. ' Catalogue of valuable books
and MSS ']
Lyf of our lady (p. 79, n. 1173) : to Quaritch,
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Rawlinson copy.
The Duke of Devonshire's collection
Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
Game of chess I: from R. Wilbraham's
collection.
Recuyell: the Elizabeth Grey-Swinton-Laing
copy from the Roxburghe sale.
Boecius.
Parvus Catho. Magnus Catho II : the Harleian
copy.
Caton : the Seymmer-Harleian-Barnard copy.
Game of chess II: from Willett's sale; the
Pollard-Ames-Ratcliffe copy.
Fayttes : from the Roxburghe sale.
Cronicles I : from the Alchorne sale ; the
Wilkinson copy.
Tully : from the Roxburghe sale (the Ratcliffe-
Allen copy ?).
Dictes II : (from the Towneley sale ?) ; the
Burns copy.
Doctrinal : from the Alchorne sale, a Spencer
duplicate.
Gower : from the Roxburghe sale.
Polycronicon : from Willett's sale ; the Morice-
West copy.
Stans puer : the Harleian copy.
Festial II.
Four sermons II.
Myrrour I: from the Roxburghe sale; the
Lou vain Jesuits copy.
Myrrour II : the Fortescuys copy.
Eneydos.
Vocabulary : a Spencer duplicate.
Golden legend I.
Chastysing.
Tretyse of loue : the Herrington copy.
Lyf of saynt Katherin : the Harleian-Cavendish
copy.
Golden legend III: from the Alchorne sale,
a Spencer duplicate.
The Duke of Devonshire's duplicate sale.
[London, Evans, 29 May 1815 and following days.]
Cronicles I or II (p. 10, n. 263) : to Hutton.
Doctrinal (p. 10, n. 264): to Hutton, then
Turner, Bateman, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan; the Herbert-Towneley copy.
Polycronicon (p. 16, n. 425): to Triphook.
Thomas Frognall Dibdin.
Bought in i8n(?) from the Chapter of Lincoln
Cathedral the following four Caxtons from Dean
Honeywood's bequest and advertised them in the
' Lincolne Nosegay ' (s. I. et a. in-8).
Caton (p. 6) : then Payne and Foss.
Cronicles I or II (p. 5)) , ,
Discripcion (p. 5 f "}*** m one vol.
Dictes I (p. 5).
Thomas Frognall Dibdin's sale.
[London, Evans, February 1814 or 1815. I have not
been able to find the catalogue of this sale.]
Caton : then Payne and Foss.
[Thomas Frognall Dibdin's] sale.
[London, Evans, 26-28 June 1817. 'A catalogue of
the library of an eminent bibliographer . . . ]
Eneydos (p. 33, n. 738): to Triphook.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 34, n. 739): to
Triphook.
Dibdin also owned 2 rT. of 'Statutes' (the Ames-
Herbert copy).
Sir John Dolben (lyth century?)
of Finedon, Northamptonshire.
Godfrey : then Smith, Peterborough, Vernon,
now Holford ; the Edward IV (P)-Thorney-
Wellborne copy.
157
Sir William Dolben's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 13-14 December 1815.]
Cronicles I or II (p. 6, n. 127): to Triphook.
Francis Douce.
Bequeathed in 1834 to the Bodleian (q. z>.) his library
containing 17 Caxtons, including fragments (Esope,
If it plese . . ., Game of chess II, Canterbury tales I,
Fayttes, Discripcion, Doctrinal, Godfrey, Gower,
Polycronicon, Horae I, Curia sapiencie, Lyf of our
lady II, Eneydos, Vocabulary, Golden legend I-II,
Book of curtesye II). The following Caxton from
his collection is not in the Bodleian :
Pylgremage : (owned by him about 1790).
He also owned some leaves of Golden legend I, given
to him by Sir Francis Palgrave, and which he
presented to Lord Spencer.
Sir William Drury.
Faytes : then Gyll, Harley, now Goettingen.
Gulielmo Duchetti.
Cf. Vatis.
Jane Dudley.
Troylus and Cresede: then Harley, West,
King George III ; now Br. Mus.
E. Gordon Duff's collection
Liverpool.
Caton, 8 ff.
William Henry Dutton's sale
of Hewcroft, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 8 December
1903.]
Boecius, 2 ff. (p. 1 8, n. 177): to Quaritch,
then Van Antwerp ; from Blades' collection.
Polycronicon, n ff. (p. 18, n. 176): to
Quaritch.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. (p. 18, n. 177): to
Quaritch, then Van Antwerp ; from Blades'
collection.
F. W. von Duve.
Bequeathed his library in 1782 to the Goettingen
University.
Dictes II: now Goettingen; the Harleian
copy.
Myrrour I: now Goettingen; the Spensar-
Harleian copy.
The Earl of Dysart's collection >
Ham House, Surrey.
Divers ghostly matters : fromParisBenedictines;
perhaps the Harleian copy [part of it, stolen
before 1858, then Ashburnham, now Br.
Mus.].
Canterbury tales I.
Tully : the Harleian copy.
Cordyale : the Harleian-Osborne-Brereton
copy.
Godfrey : the Brereton copy.
Gouernayle of helthe : the J. M. copy.
Polycronicon.
Jason : the Harleian-Osborne copy.
Myrrour I : the Harleian-[Osborne ?] copy.
Eneydos : the Harleian copy.
Eneydos : the Brereton copy.
Lyf of sayntWenefryde: the Harleian-Osborne-
Brereton copy.
Sir F. Eden.
Festial II: bought at T. Allen's sale (1795).
King Edward IV (?).
Godfrey : then Thorney, Wellborne, Dolben,
Smith, Peterborough, Vernon, now Holford.
Bridgett Edwardes.
Cordyale : then Harrys, Johnson, Bennett.
James Edwards, bookseller at London.
Catalogue 1787.
Speculum vite Cristi (n. 680).
Curial (n. 565).
'To Herbert, then
Festial I (n. 68 1) Farmer, Spencer,
Four sermons I (n. 68 1)" now Rylands; the
( Ratcliffe copy.
Catalogue 1790.
Caton (n. 1118).
Pylgremage (n. 1324).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (n. 1119).
A catalogue of a very select collection of books . . .
London 1794 in-8.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 73, n. 1209) : to the
Duke of Roxburghe, then Towneley, Butler,
Grenville ; now Br. Mus.
158
James Edwards' sale.
[London, Evans, 5 April 1815 and following days.]
Recuyell (pp. 7-8, n. 164) : to Longman, then
Inglis, now Bibl. nationale : the Stevens'
copy.
Polycronicon (p. 23, n. 450) : to Arch ; [? then
Sykes, Dent, Perkins, Ives, now Boston;
the Towneley copy ?] or then Bateman ?
Thomas Edwards' sale
of Llandaff Honse.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 13 April
1871 and following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 28, n. 510): to Quaritch,
now Peckover.
The Earl of Ellesmere's collection
Bridgewater House.
Polycronicon : the Kempe- Woode-Bostok copy.
Ellis and White, booksellers.
Doctrinal (Cat., December 1869, n. 225) : then
Ashburnham, now Br. Mus.
Gower (Cat. 1872 (?), p. 18, n. 155): now
Rothschild; the J. U.-Stratford-Harleian-
Barnard-Peachey-Harcourt-Selsey copy.
Polycronicon (Cat. 36 (November 1875), p. 17,
n. 106): now Brooke; the (Stevens?-)
Tite copy.
Polycronicon (Cat. 39 (June 1877), p. 24,
n. 149): now Brooke; the (Stevens?-)
Tite copy.
Golden legend III (Cat. 1874, p. 14, n. 107):
now Providence (?).
Gilbert IrTord Ellis' sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 28 October
1902 and following days.]
Golden legend I, i f. (p. 62, n. 602): to
Denham (then Sotheran ?).
Thomas (?) Elyott (i6th century?).
Gower : then Maylard, now Hereford.
Thomas Enybon.
Tully : then Moore, now Cambridge.
John Erskine's sale.
[London, Evans, 24-27 November 1817.]
Jason (p. 26, n. 832) : to Triphook, for Watson
Taylor, then Heber, Ashburnham, Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Harleian- West-
Ratcliffe copy.
Chastysing (p. 26, n. 833) : to Knell.
Tretyse of loue (p. 26, n. 833); to Knell.
These three Caxtons were apparently added to the sale.
John Estcourt.
Polycronicon : then Poyntz, Porbery, Furney,
Haslam, Jolley, Ashburnham, Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Elizabeth Estey.
Pylgremage : thenTennant,Thoresby(Sloane ?),
now Br. Mus.
J- F.
Book of curtesye I : then ArundeD, Moore,
now Cambridge.
Thomas Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron
(1611-1671).
Recuyell : then Bryan Fairfax, Child, Jersey,
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
Tully: then Newcome, now St. John's College,
Cambridge.
Bryan Fairfax' collection.
[References to the sale catalogue, London, Prestgate,
26 April 1756 and following days.]
Recuyell (p. 59, n. 2026): Thomas Fairfax'
copy.
Moral proverbs (p. 59, n. 2025) : the Harleian
copy.
Fayttes (p. 59, n. 2017).
Cronicles II (p. 59, n. 2020).
Tully (p. 59, n. 2023).
Dictes I (p. 59, n. 2025) : the Harleian copy.
Gower (p. 59, n. 2015).
Polycronicon (?).
Morte d' Arthur (p. 59, n. 2022) : the Bernard-
Rawlinson-Harleian copy.
Myrrour I (p. 59, n. 2024).
Eneydos (p. 59, n. 2021): the Jackson copy.
The whole library was bought by Francis Child,
whose granddaughter married the Earl of Jersey :
further details on each volume will be found on
referring to the paragraph describing the Earl of
Jersey's Caxtons.
John Fals.
Boecius : then Ratcliffe, now Br. Mus.
159
Rev. Richard Farmer's sale.
[London, King, 7 May 1798 and following days.]
Game of chess II (p. 286, n. 6211).
Lyf of our lady (p. 286, n. 6223): then Rox-
burghe, Blandford, Utterson, Corser, Irwin,
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Gerson copy.
Festial I (p. 286, n. 6222): to Earl Spencer,
now Rylands ; the Ratcliffe-Edwards-Herbert
copy joined to another Ratcliffe copy.
Four sermons I (p. 286, n. 6222): to Earl
Spencer, now Rylands ; the Ratcliffe-
Edwards-Herbert copy joined to another
Ratcliffe copy.
Myrrour II (p. 286, n. 62 23): thenWodhull(?),
Blandford, Hibbert, Fuller Russell, Quaritch,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Golden legend I (p. 286, n. 6212).
He also owned :
If it plese ony man . . . : then Spencer, now
Rylands.
Dictes I, second issue: then Spencer, now
Rylands.
Horae I, 4 ff. : then Douce, now Bodleian.
Vocabulary, 2 ff. : then Douce, now Bodleian ;
the Ames copy.
John Fawler.
Stans puer : then Moore, now Cambridge.
Sir John Fenn's album.
Belonged toB. Quaritch (Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97, n. 1056) ;
then in William C. Van Antwerp's sale (March 1907,
p. 24, n. 102) ; bought in ; subsequently purchased
by Tregaskis, and resold to a private collector.
Blanchardin, i f.
Game of chess II, if.
Tully, i f.
Gower, i f.
Infancia Saluatoris, i f.
Samuel Graeme Fenton's sale
of Keswick.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, n April 1864 and
following days.]
Myrrour II (p. 95, n. 1685): to Lilly (then
Perkins, now Huth ?).
T. Fitzroy Fenwick's collection
Thirlestaine House, Cheltenham, heir of
Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Recuyell : bequeathed by Phillipps.
Earl Ferrers
of Chartley.
Fayttes : then Grenville, now Br. Mus.
George Fferrers.
The horse the ghoos and the sheep I : then
Moore, now Cambridge.
John Finch (1697).
Golden legend I-II : the three last ff. are added
to the Hunter- Glasgow copy.
Earl Fitzwilliam's collection
Wentworth.
Canterbury tales I : the Ratcliffe copy.
Tully : the Laxton copy.
Doctrinal : the Ratcliffe copy.
Myrrour I : the Lumley copy.
Rev. Charles Fletcher's sale.
[July 1850.]
Golden legend I (n. 1073): the Roxburghe-
Lysons copy, from a sale in 1835.
William Fletewode's sale.
[London, S. Paterson, 5 December 1774 and following
days.]
William Fletewode was Recorder of London and
died 1594; with his books was sold the conventual
library of Missenden Abbey in Buckinghamshire.
Caton (p. 65, n. 1174): to Alchorne, then
Blandford, Wilkes, Nobleman (1899),
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Tully (p. 65, n. 1173): to Payne.
Cordyale (p. 70, n. 1257): to Alchorne, then
King George III, now Br. Mus.
Doctrinal (p. 70, n. 1256).
Golden legend I (p. 69, n. 1250) : to Johnson.
Dr. Ford
Chester.
Cronicles I : then Rainy, now Br. Mus. ; the
Dakin-Crane copy.
Forster's sale.
Golden legend I (n. 968).
Matthew Forster (f 1646).
Recuyell : now Sion College, London.
1 60
Anne Fortescuys (1532).
Myrrour II : now Devonshire.
Birket Foster's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 11-14 June
1894.]
Myrrour II (p. 5, n. 35): to Sotheran (the
Graham - Palmer - Ranolds-Coxe-Musgrove -
Clavering-Pepys-Glendining-Millais copy ?).
W. Fothergill (1565).
Polycronicon : then Scott, now Quaritch.
Robert Foxe
of Borham.
Fifteen oes, 4 ff. \
Horae IV (a set-off) I then Gifford, now Bristol.
Myrrour II J
Archibald Fraser of Lovat's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 9 February 1852
and following days.]
Ordre of chyualry (p. 18, n. 244): to Boone
for Lord Ashburnham, then Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Sir Francis Freeling's sale.
[London, Evans, 25 November 1836 and following
days.]
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 24, n. 420): to Rodd
for Corser, then Huth, now Beauchamp;
the Ratcliffe- Allen- Spencer copy.
Moral proverbs (p. 49, n. 885): to Thorpe
for W. H. Miller ; the Grenville copy.
Polycronicon (p. 77, n. 1335) : to Andrews.
Vincent Frodscham.
Godfrey : then Osborne, now Goettingen.
Richard Furney (1660).
Polycronicon : then Haslam, Jolley, Ashburn-
ham, Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Estcourt-Poyntz-Porbery copy.
Sir Thomas Gage's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 25-26 June
1867.]
Gower, i f. (p. 53, n. 456) : to Toovey, then
Slade.
Polycronicon, 3 ff. (p. 53, n. 456) : to Toovey,
then Slade (?).
John Dunn Gardner's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 6 July 1854 and
following days.]
Boecius (p. 56, n. 650): to Upham, then
Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont Mor-
gan.
Caton (p. 42, n. 463): to H. Stevens for
Lenox, now New York ; the Inglis copy.
Jason (pp. 40-41, n. 460) : to H. Stevens for
Lenox, now New York; the Blandford-
Higgs-Wilkes copy.
Reynart I (p. 41, n. 461): to Boone for the
Duke of Newcastle; said to be the Inglis
copy.
Golden legend I (p. 42, n. 462) : to Boone
for the Due d'Aumale, now Chantilly; the
Fleming (and Blandford ?) copy.
Chastysing (p. 55, n. 648) : to Lilly for Huth ;
the Ratcliffe - Spencer - Alchorne - Inglis -
Valentine-Lilly copy.
The copy of Cronicles I or II in the Sewall sale was
said to be the Gardner copy.
Samuel John Gerson.
Lyf of our lady : then Farmer, Roxburghe,
Blandford, Utterson, Corser, Irwin, now
Pierpont Morgan.
W. Geyffe (1498-1500).
Legenda Sarum : five copies, bought from
St. Margaret's.
A. Gifford.
Bequeathed his library hi 1784 to Baptist College,
Bristol.
Fifteen oes, 4 ff. : Foxe's copy.
Godfrey : the Thurner-Hearne-Herbert copy
Polycronicon : from Ames' sale.
Horae IV (a set-off) : Foxe's copy.
Myrrour II : Foxe's copy.
John and Mary Gifford.
Canterbury tales I : now Huth.
Octavius Gilchrist.
Lyf of our lady : then Spencer, now Ry lands.
Glasse sale.
[July 1892.]
Polycronicon (n. 1943): resold 1896; then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ?
161
Robert Glendining
of Portsea.
After his death (1864) hisCaxtons were bought by Lilly.
Polycronicon : then Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Blake copy.
Myrrour II : then Millais (then Foster ?) ; the
Graham-Palmer- Ranolds-Coxe-Musgrove-
Clavering-Pepys copy.
Golden legend: now Lord Aldenham; the
Towneley copy.
Dorothy Godbold (i6th century).
Ryall book : then Martin ; the Bolton copy.
John Godolphin and Owen Phillips' sale.
[London, William Cooper, n November 1678.]
Boecius (Engl. books, p. 25, n. 101).
John Louis Goldsmid's sale.
[London, Evans, n December 1815 and following
days.]
Ryall book (p. 29, n. 728): to Dibdin(?),
then Blandford, Hibbert.
Mathew Goodwin (1650).
Godfrey: then RatclifFe, Hunter, now Glasgow.
Dr. John Gott, Bishop of Truro.
[His books were offered for sale by Sotheran in Cat.
671 (1907) under the title of Bibliotheca pretiosa, and
those unsold in 1908 were disposed of by auction.
London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 20-21
March 1908.]
Golden legend I (pp. 13-14, n. 58 = Bibl.
pret., p. 28, n. 151): to Quaritch;
Richard Gough's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 5 April 1810 and
following days.]
Myrrour I (p. 112, n. 2480): toBagster; the
West copy.
James Graham.
Myrrour II: then Palmer, Ranolds, Coxe,
Musgrove, Clavering, Pepys, Glendining,
Millais, (Foster ?).
Granger.
Game of chess I : now Pembroke.
Granville sale
of Calwich Hall, 1844.
Myrrour II : to Rodd, then Hurt, Tite, Lenox,
now New York.
Anne Greasbrooke.
Myrrour II : then Barnesley, Ratcliffe, Hunter,
now Glasgow ; the Trustanes-Botelar copy.
The Right Hon. Thomas Grenville
Bequeathed in 1846 to the British Museum (q. v.) his
library containing 13 Caxtons (Game of chess I,
Boecius, Canterbury tales I and II, Troylus, Fayttes,
Gower, Polycronicon, Reynart I, Statutes, Eneydos,
Lyf of saynt Katherin, Siege of Rhodes).
He also owned at some time :
Moral proverbs : then (by exchange) Freeling,
now Miller.
Queen Elizabeth Grey
wife of King Edward IV.
Recuyell : then Swinton-Laing-Roxburghe ;
now Duke of Devonshire.
Sir G. Grey.
His library is now at Capetown.
Polycronicon : now Capetown library.
Eneydos: bought from E. Jeans in 1859.
Samuel Grice (1721).
Festum transfigurationis: then Oldham, Wilson,
Congregational library, now Br. Mus.
Alexander Gyll.
Fayttes: then Harley, now Goettingen; the
Drury copy.
William Henry Haggard's sale
of Bradenham Hall, Norfolk.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
ag June 1867.]
Gower (p. 17, n. 225): to Quaritch.
[J. O. Halliwell's] sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 15 December
1857 and following days. ' Catalogue of a valuable
assemblage of rare and curious books and MSS.']
Tully (p. 9, n. 116): to Lilly for Huth;
the Ra wlinson - Askew - Willett - Blandford-
Brockett-W. Taylor copy.
The Hamilton Palace sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
1-9 May 1884.]
Boecius (p. 23, n. 303) : to Quaritch.
P. A. Hanrott's sale.
[London, Evans, 16 July and 5 August 1833 ; 20
February, 15 and 22 March 1834 and following
days.]
Recueil (III, p. 113, n. 2063): to Payne for
the Earl of Ashburnham (then Bennett), now
Pierpont Morgan; the Payne-Roxburghe-
Spencer-Dent copy.
Canterbury tales I (I, p. 101, n. 1704*): to
Thorpe.
Fayttes (I, p. 152, n. 2497): to J. Bohn, then
Botfield ; the Hibbert copy.
Dictes I or II (I, p. i37,n. 2322): to H. Bohn;
the Hibbert copy.
Polycronicon (II, p. 79, n. 1522): to Pickering.
Eneydos(IV, p. 82, n. 1459) : to Thorpe, then
Bohn, then Auckland, Holland, now Huth.
Mrs. L. Vernon Harcourt.
Gower: then Selsey, now Rothschild; the
J. U. - Stratford - Harley - Barnard - Peachey
copy.
Harding & Co., booksellers at London.
Golden legend I (1825).
Harding and Lepard, booksellers at
London.
The following Caxtons are offered in their 1829
catalogue :
Boecius : then Pickering.
Gower : then Pickering, Ashburnham ; the
Inglis copy.
Lyf of our lady: then Tite, Sandars, now
Cambridge ; the West-Herbert copy.
Golden legend (I ?).
The Earl of Hardwicke's sale
of Wimpole Hall.
[London, Christie, 29 June 1888.]
Game of chess I (p. 14, n. 115): to Quaritch,
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Tully (p. 15, n. 1 1 6): to Quaritch.
Myrrour I (p. 15, n. 116): to Quaritch.
The library had been collected about 1 730 by
Lord Chancellor Hardwicke.
Robert Harley.
Cf, the Earl of Oxford.
W. Harrison (1877).
Ryall book.
Richard Harrys.
Cordyale : then Johnson, Bennett ; the
Edwardes copy.
John Harward's sale
of Stonrbridge.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, December 1858.")
Fayttes (p. 34, n. 498): to Lilly for Solar,
then Seilliere, now Bibl. Nationale; the
Heber-Pigott-Rodd-Pickering copy.
John Haslam's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 5 July 1816 and
following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 40, n. 1165): to Jolley,
then Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Estcourt-Poyntz-Porbery-
Furney copy.
The Marquess of Hastings' sale (1868).
Polycronicon : to Bachelin (two copies).
Kateryn Hastyng.
Lyf of saynt Katherin: then Thott, now
Copenhagen.
Rev. Havergeel.
Golden legend I-II: the Bodenham-Marrott
copy.
General Rush C. Hawkins' collection
Providence, U.S.A.
Gower: the Woodhouse - Spelman - Milmay
copy.
John Sidney Hawkins' sale.
[London, Fletcher, 8 May 1843 and following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 45, n. 1101).
Thomas Hayes, bookseller at Manchester.
Lyf of our lady (Cat. 8, January 1878 ?, p. 26,
n - 455): then Sandars, now Cambridge;
the West-Herbert-Tite copy.
Thomas Hearne's sale (1695-1735).
[London, Osborne, 16 February 1735-1736 and
following days.]
Dictes I or II or III (p. 23, n. 1001).
A curious catalogue of Hearne's library has been
published (partly) by Beriah Botfield : ' Bibliotheca
Heameiana. Excerpts from the catalogue of the
library of Thomas Hearne, A.M.' (London 1848,
in-8). In it are mentioned :
Cronicles I or II (p. 34).
Godfrey (p. 24): cf. infra.
163
Y 2
The MS. of this catalogue belonged to Beriah Botfield.
From it R. E. Graves noted in 1865 the following
Caxtons, showing that Botfield's account of the
library is by no means complete: [I hear from
E. G. Duff that the original MS. was presented in
1907 to the Bodleian by G. Dunn.]
Gower (n. 379).
Golden legend III (n. 659) : cf. infra.
Godfrey (n. 974): cf. infra.
Cronicles I or II.
Game of chess (n. 1271).
The following from Hearne's collection, but not in his
sale, are still in existence :
Recuyell, 2 ff. : given by Bagford, now
Bodleian.
Godfrey : then Herbert, Gifford, now Bristol ;
Thurner's copy.
Pylgremage, i f. : now Bodleian.
Eneydos, 2 ff. : now Bodleian.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. : given by
Bagford, now Bodleian.
Golden legend III: given by Bagford, now
Bodleian.
Richard Heber's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Son, 1834-1837, 13 sales.
There were Caxtons in parts I (10 April 1834 an d
following days), IV (8 December 1834 and following
days), and IX (n April 1836 and following days).]
Canterbury tales I (IV, p. 115, n. 815): to
Pickering for Bright, then Ashburnham,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Canterbury tales II (IV, pp. 115-116, n. 816) :
to Payne for Lord Ashburnham, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; J. Brand's
copy.
Fayttes (IV, p. 161, n. 1230): to Smith for
Pigott, then Rodd, Pickering, Harward,
Solar, Seilliere, now Bibl. nationale; from
a sale in 1821.
Fayttes (IX, p. 37, n. 684): to Payne and
Foss; the Inglis copy.
Dictes I (I, p. 120, n. 2328): to Bohn(?),
then Bliss, Corser, Craufurd, Amherst ; the
MacCarthy-Broadley copy.
Polycronicon (IV, p. 186, n. 1439): to
Pickering; the Tyssen copy.
Jason (IV, p. 235, n. 1836): to Payne, then
Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont Mor-
gan; the Harleian-West-Ratcliffe-Erskine-
W. Taylor copy.
Pylgremage: the Herbert copy; given by
Heber to Spencer and rebought at a Spencer
sale; then:
Pylgremage, same copy (IV, p. 320, n. 2686) :
to Payne, for Miller, now Christie-Miller.
Heber also owned the Brand copy of Statutes.
Robert Hedrington (1577).
Speculum vite Cristi j mentioned only by Blades
Caton ) II, p. 263. Doubtful.
Gower : then Moore, now Cambridge.
Eneydos : then Spencer, Douce, now Bodleian.
Golden legend I : then Spencer, now Rylands.
Golden legend I : then Botfield.
Lyf of saynt Katherin : now Winchester
College.
All the volumes from this library are recognizable by
the curious printed stamp : ' Robert Hedrington, his
Bookes, 1577.' But as this stamp occurs more than
once in the volumes, and as the Rylands and Botfield
Golden legend are doubtless made up, it is improbable
that Hedrington really owned two copies of the
book.
Blades wrongly ascribed to Hedrington the Cambridge
copy of ' Knyght of the toure '.
Francis Hepplewhite's sale.
[Paris, Tross, 29 November 1861 and following days.]
Four sermons II (p. 4, n. 39) : then Culemann,
Addington, Amherst., now Pierpont Morgan.
William Herbert.
Owned according to various authorities the following
Caxtons :
Troylus and Cresede: owned by him in
1 7 74(0' rebought by him at the Ratcliffe
sale ; then Towneley, Blandford, W. Taylor,
Grenville, now Br. Mus.
Pylgremage: then Heber, Spencer, Heber,
now Christie-Miller.
Statutes, 2 ff. : then Dibdin ; the Ames copy.
Golden legend I-II: then Ratcliffe, King
George III, now Br. Mus.
Lyf of saynt Katherin.
A certain number of books from his library are offered
by his son Isaac Herbert in ' A catalogue of books
in various languages . . .' (London 1795, in- 12).
Golden legend III (p. 28, n. 378).
Chastysing (p. 28, n. 380).
Troylus (p. 31, n. 413).
Gower (p. 31, n. 402): Tutet's copy.
Lyf of our lady (p. 31, n. 408): from West's
164
sale ; then anon., Tite, Sandars, now Cam-
bridge.
Canterbury tales I (p. 97, n. 1531) : the Baker-
Bagford-Harley-Ames-Thompson copy.
Canterbury tales II (p. 98, n. 1532): then
Spencer, now Rylands ; the Ratcliffe copy.
Others are offered in a catalogue dated 1796 which
I have not seen.
Canterbury tales II (n. 709) : to Spencer, now
Rylands ; the Raicliffe copy.
Doctrinal (n. 745) : to Farmer, then Towneley,
Devonshire, Turner, Bateman, Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan.
Godfrey (n. 705) : then Spencer, now Rylands.
Festial I (n. 744)
Four sermons I
(n. 744)
to Farmer, then Spencer,
now Rylands ; the Ratcliffe-
Edwards copy.
Golden legend III (n. 686).
Others in another catalogue, also dated 1796: Isaac
Herbert, ' A catalogue of books ancient and modern
in various languages . . .' Part I (London 1796,
in-12).
Troylus (p. 3, n. 15).
Doctrinal (p. 4, n. 28): [cf. the 1798 sale].
Godfrey (p. 5, n. 36) : [same copy as supra,
n. 705].
Golden legend I (p. 5, n. 40): [then Rox-
burghe].
Myrrour I (p. 6, n. 64).
Myrrour II (p. 6, n. 65).
Polycronicon (p. 8, n. 80).
Finally a Caxton appears in :
William Herbert's sale.
[London, Arrowsmith, 21 November 1798 and
following days.]
Doctrinal (p. 14, n. 414): to R. Farmer, then
Towneley, Devonshire, Turner, Bateman,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan (cf. supra).
Lord Herries's collection
Everingham Hall, Yorkshire.
Golden legend I.
Elyzabeth Herrington.
Tretyse of loue : now Devonshire.
Hewett of Ipswich.
Esope : presented by him to King George III,
now Windsor.
Philippe Heyward.
Doctrinal : then T. Beale, now Quaritch.
George Hibbert's sale.
[London, Evans, 16 March 1829 and following days.]
Recuyell (p. 381, n. 6925)1 to Wilkes, then
Utterson, Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pier-
pont Morgan ; the Lloyd copy.
Fayttes (p. 176, n. 3113): to Pickering, for
Hanrott, then Botfield.
Dictes I or II (p. 143, n. 2910) : to Pickering,
for Hanrott.
Ryall book (p. 394, n. 7149): to Payne; the
Goldsmid-Blandford copy.
Myrrour II (p. 307, n. 5663): to Pickering,
then Fuller Russell, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Farmer- Woodhull-Blandford
copy.
Charles Longuet Higgins' sale
of Turvey Abbey, Bedfordshire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
18-23 April 1904.]
Ryall book (p. 134, n. 1186): to Brooks (or
Quaritch ?).
According to some authorities, this book was bought in.
W. Simonds Higgs' sale.
[London, Sotheby, 26 April 1830 and following days.]
Cronicles I (p. n, n. 204): to Payne, then
Buccleuch, now Carysfort; the Roberts-
Milner copy.
Discripcion (p. n, n. 205): to Payne; then
Buccleuch, Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ;
(the Roberts-Milner copy ?).
Jason (p. 21, n. 447) : to Wilkes, then Gardner,
Lenox, now New York ; the Blandford copy.
John Hirst's sale
of Ladcastle, Dobcross.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
14-23 December 1887.]
Cronicles II (p. 71, n. 1097): to Barber, now
Cambridge.
165
Laurence W. Hodson's sale
of Compton Hall, Wolverhampton.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
3-5 December 1906.]
Canterbury tales I, 65 ff. (p. 15, n. in): to
Quaritch.
Canterbury tales I, 33 ff. (p. 15, n. 112): to
Maggs, now Tregaskis; an Ashburnham
copy.
Robert Hoe's collection
New York.
The Caxtons are described in his recent privately
published catalogue of early printed books.
Canterbury tales I.
Gower : the Fairfax- Jersey copy.
Polycrontcon.
Morte d' Arthur: the Bernard-Rawlinson-
Harleian-Fairfax-Jersey-Pope copy.
Golden legend I : the Buckingham copy.
Dr. Holdsworth.
Image of pity I : bequeathed in 1649 to
Cambridge, then Bayntun, George III, now
Br. Mus. ; the Arnold copy.
Image of pity II: bequeathed in 1649 to
Cambridge.
Directorium I: bequeathed in 1649 to Cam-
bridge, then Bayntun, George III, now
Br. Mus. ; the Arnold copy.
Golden legend I: bequeathed in 1649 to
Cambridge.
Major George Lindsay Holford's
collection.
The books were bought by J. Holford about 1840.
Game of chess I : from the Mainwaring sale.
Fayttes,
Godfrey : the Edward IV (P)-Thorney-Wel-
borne-Dolben-Smith-Peterborough-Vernon
copy.
Lancelot and Henry Holland's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 23 July 1860 and
following days.]
Eneydos (p. 40, n. 535) : to Lilly for Huth ;
the Hanrott-Auckland copy.
Henry Holland, bookseller in London.
Boecrus: given by him to Sion College in
1644.
Randle Holme (one of the three
genealogists).
Ordre of chyualry : then Ames, Ratcliffe,
George III, now Br. Mus.
Dean Michael Honeywood.
His library was bequeathed in 1681 to the Chapter of
Lincoln Cathedral, q. v. It contained about 13
Caxtons.
Francis Howard.
Boecius: then A. Niclas, N. Morgan; now
Ripon.
Robert Howsson.
Golden legend III: then Shuttleworth, now
Br. Mus.
Reginald Hughes.
Dictes I : then Leight, Loscombe, Stevens, now
Br. Mus.
William Humfrey (1519).
Myrrour I: then Ames, West, George III,
now Br. Mus.
Alexander Gibson Hunter.
Cf. Queensberry.
Dr. William Hunter (1718-1783).
Bequeathed his entire library in 1783 to the Hunterian
Museum at Glasgow, to which it was transferred in
1807. The only catalogue is a short list published
by J. Laskey, 'A general account of the Hunterian
Museum,' Glasgow (Glasgow 1813, in-8).
He bought at Ratcliffe's sale a Recuyell which is not
at Glasgow.
Charles Hurt's sale
of Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 3 May 1853 and
following days.]
Myrrour II (p. 16, n. 239): to Sir William
Tite, then Lenox, now New York; the
Granville copy.
Henry Huth's collection.
His library now belongs to his son Alfred H. Huth at
Fosbury Manor, Hungerford. The references are
to ' The Huth Library. A catalogue of the printed
books, MSS. . . .' (London, 1880. 5 vols. in-8).
Speculum vite Cristi II (I, pp. 180-181): by
exchange from Cambridge library (1870);
Bishop Moore's copy.
1 66
[Speculum vite Cristi II: now Beauchamp;
the Ratcliffe-Allen-Spencer-Freeling-Corser
copy.]
Game of chess II (I, pp. 288-289) : bought in
1868 from Sotheran.
Canterbury tales I (I, p. 305) : bought in 1860
from Lilly ; J. and M. Gifford's copy.
Fayttes (I, pp. 310-311): from Libri's sale;
Mario's copy.
Tully (I, pp. 3 2 1-3 2 2) : from the Halliwell sale ;
the Rawlinson- Askew - Willett- Blandford-
Brockett-W. Taylor copy.
Dictes I (V, p. 1664): from Laing's sale.
Doctrinal (II, p. 437): by exchange from
Cambridge library (1870) ; Bishop Moore's
copy.
Gower (II, p. 614): bought from Toovey
(1874).
Ryall book (IV, p. 1274); by exchange from
Cambridge library (1862) ; Bishop Moore's
copy.
Myrrour II (III, p. 977): perhaps the Inglis-
Fenton-Perkins copy? bought from Lilly
(1868).
Eneydos (V, p. 1539): from Holland's sale;
the Hanrott-Auckland copy.
Chastysing (I, p. 305) : from Dunn Gardner's
sale; the Ratcliffe-Spencer-Alchorne-Inglis-
Valentine-Lilly copy.
Golden legend III (V, p. 1546) : from Corser's
sale ; the Utterson copy.
[John B. Inglis'] sale.
[London, Sotheby, 9 June 1826 and following days.
'Catalogue of a singularly curious and valuable
selection from the library of a gentleman . . .']
Game of chess I (pp. 40-41, n. 597) : to Lord
Audley, then Cunliffe ; from Alchorne's sale.
Recuyell (p. 77, n. 1220): to Payne for the
Bibl. nationale ; the Pike-Steevens-Spencer-
Edwards copy.
Caton (p. 28, n. 403): to Payne, then Dunn
Gardner, Lenox ; now New York.
Canterbury tales I (p. 40, n. 596): to the
bookseller Harding.
Fayttes (p. 51, n. 791): to Thorpe, then
Heber, Payne and Foss.
Cordyale (p. 41, n. 60 1): to Thorpe, then
Knight ; now Christie-Miller.
Gower (p. 53, n. 804): to Harding, then
Pickering, Ashburnham.
Reynart I (p. 89, n. 1424): to Rodd for
Grenville ; now Br. Mus,
Myrrour II (p. 76, n. 1205): to Payne (now
Huth ?).
Eneydos (p. 105, n. 1661): to Bohn.
"Golden legend I (p. 53, n. 802): to William.
Chastysing (p. 77, n. 1217): to Valentine,
then Lilly, Dunn Gardner, now Huth; the
Ratcliffe-Spencer copy from the Alchorne
sale.
Golden legend III (p. 53, n. 802*) : to
Harding ; the RatclirTe copy (?).
Theodore Irwin
of Oswego, U.S.A.
Sold his entire library to J. Pierpont Morgan. There
is a printed catalogue.
Cronicles II : the Stevens copy.
Lyf of our lady : the Gerson-Farmer-Rox-
burghe-Blandford-Utterson-Corser copy.
Eneydos.
Brayton Ives' sale.
[New York, American Art Galleries, 5 March 1891
and following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 315, n. mi): to Boston
library ; the [Towneley-Edwards ?]-Sykes-
Dent-Perkins copy.
John Ives' sale.
[London, Baker and Leigh, 3 March 1777 and follow-
ing days. Many books were added to this sale from
another library.]
Caton (p. 23, n. 620) : Thane.
Cronicles I or II (p. 23, n. 622) : to Thane.
Golden legend (p. 23, n. 621): to Thane.
George Jackson (1721).
Eneydos : then Fairfax, Child, Jersey, now
Amherst.
Jackson (1757).
Golden legend: sold in 1757 to I. B., then
W. H. Crawford, now Rylands.
Edward Jacob's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 13 February 1789 and
following days.]
Fayttes (p. 30, n. 905) : to Chapman.
Thomas Jacomb's sale.
[London, Edward Millington, 31 October 1687 and
following days.]
Golden legend I (p. 53, n. 179): to Tench.
167
Rev. Edw. James's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 23 November 1854
and following days.]
Festial II (p. 18, n. 332): to Stevens, now
Br. Mus. ; Sexten's copy.
Four sermons II (p. 18, n. 332): to Stevens,
now Br. Mus. ; Sexten's copy.
Jamieson.
Cronicles I : then Nasmyth, White, now
Ithaca ; given to Jamieson in 1 8 1 6 by Earl
Spencer.
The Earl of Jersey's sale
of Osterley Park.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 6-14 May
1885. All the Caxtons were from the Bryan Fairfax
(- Child) library.]
Recuyell (p. 64, n. 967) : to Quaritch, for Lord
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan; the Th.
Fairfax copy.
Moral proverbs (p. 41, n. 591): to Quaritch,
for Lord Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ;
the Harleian copy.
Fayttes (p. 29, n. 427): to Ellis.
Cronicles II (p. 28, n. 402): to Ellis, then
Scott, Quaritch, Van Antwerp.
Tully (p. 30, n. 440): to Quaritch for
Crawford ; now Christie-Miller.
Dictes I (p. 41, n. 591): to Quaritch, for
Lord Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Harleian copy.
Gower (p. 50, n. 738) : to Quaritch; now Hoe.
Polycronicon (p. 55, n. 812): to Quaritch,
now Lord Crawford (?).
Morte d' Arthur (p. 8, n. 97): to Quaritch, for
Abby E. Pope, now Hoe; the Bernard-
Rawlinson-Harleian copy.
Myrrour I (p. 75, n. 1146): to Quaritch, for
Lord Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
Eneydos (p. 129, n. 1935): to Quaritch, for
Lord Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Jackson copy.
Thomas Jett's sale (1731).
Fayttes (n. 552).
Maurice Johnson's sale
of Spalding.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 21-26
March 1898.]
Boecius (p. 95, n. ion): to Tregaskis.
Cordyale (p. 95, n. 1010): to Pickering, for
Bennett ; the Ed wardes- Harrys copy.
Polycronicon, i f. (p. 95, n. 1012): to
Pickering (for Bennett ?).
The Johnsons of Spalding bought their Caxtons in
the first years of the i6th century. Five of them
(bound in one volume) were obtained by Bishop
Moore about 1 700. The others were mentioned by
Ames in 1749, and rediscovered about 1860 by
Henry Bradshaw. In 1898 six of them (also in
one volume) were divided between the British
Museum and Mr. Christie-Miller.
Paruus Catho III ; sold in 1898 to the British
Museum.
Caton: sold in 1898 to Christie-Miller.
Game of chess II: sold in 1898 to Christie-
Miller.
Curial: sold in 1898 to Christie-Miller.
Curia sapiencie: sold in 1898 to British
Museum.
Reynart I: sold in 1898 to Christie-Miller.
N. Johnson
(also of Spalding?).
Cronicles I : now Cambridge.
Descripcion : now Cambridge.
Godfrey
Eneydos
Fayttes
Chastysing
Book of fame ^
R. Johnson, M.D.
(doubtless of Spalding).
bought by him in 1510 ; then
Moore, now Cambridge.
Thomas Jolley's sale.
[Part II, London, Sotheby, 9-15 June 1843.]
Knyght of the toure (II, p. 50, n. 634): to
Rodd, then Corser, now Lenox ; the Bland-
ford- W. Taylor copy.
Eneydos (II, pp. 50-51, n. 635) : to Thorpe;
the Blandford-Perry copy.
[Part III, London, Sotheby, 10 June 1844 and
following days.]
Fayttes (III, p. 124, n. 1633): to Langley,
then Corser (?), Quaritch (?), Crawford (?);
the Towneley-Blandford-W. Taylor copy.
Tully (III, p. 124, n. 1632): to Thorpe, then
Corser, Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan;
the Strettell copy.
168
[Part V, London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 23 June
1851 and following days.]
Tully (V, p. 54, n. 694): to Pickering, for the
Bibl. nationale ; the Benese-Price-Burton-
Spencer copy.
Polycronicon (V, p. 54, n. 695) : to W. B.,
then Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Eslcourt-Poyntz-Porbery-
Furney-Haslam copy.
William Jones (1749).
Tully.
Eneydos.
Rev. W. Kay.
Eneydos, i f. : now Stonyhurst.
Edmund Kempe.
Polycronicon : then Woode, Bostok, now
Ellesmere.
The Earl of Kimberley's collection.
Tully.
Wyndham King's sale.
[May 1890.]
Canterbury tales II, 20 ff. (n. 877) : to
Tregaskis.
Dr. George Kloss' sale
of Frankfurt-am-Main.
[London, Sotheby and Son, 7 May 1835 an< * following
days.]
Myrrour I (p. 204, n. 2845): to Longman.
Edward Knight's sale (1821).
Caton (n. 1 200).
Myrrour I (n. 1410): the Allen copy.
William Knight's sale.
[London, Sotheby, 2 August 1847 and following days.]
Cordyale (p. 79, n. 888): to Thorpe, for
Miller; the Inglis-Thorpe-Bohn copy.
Laing.
Recuyell: obtained by exchange from Major
Swinton, then Roxburghe, now Duke of
Devonshire ; Elizabeth Grey's copy.
[David Laing's] sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 16 June 1856 and
following days. ' A catalogue of a valuable portion
of the rare and curious library of a well-known
eminent collector residing in Scotland . . .']
Dictes I (p. 19, n. 279) : to Lilly, for H. Huth.
John Lane's sale.
[London, Southgate, 3 February 1827.]
Polycronicon (p. 40, n. 1376).
Thomas Lane.
Knyght of the toure ; then Sloane, now Br.
Mus.
Baron de Hochepied Larpent's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 30 January
1895 and following days. No. 1005 was fr m
another property.]
Festial I (p. 70, n. 1005): to Pickering (for
Bennett ? now Pierpont Morgan ?).
Four sermons (p. 70, n. 1005): to Pickering
(for Bennett ? now Pierpont Morgan ?).
La Serna Santander
of Brussels.
Recueil . sold by him to the Paris Library.
Fais de Jason: sold by him (1808) to the
Paris library (Lisken van Banselen's copy).
Due de La Valliere.
Fais de Jason : then de Paulmy, then Comte
d'Artois, now Paris, Arsenal.
Fra. Laxton.
Caton: then Ratcliffe, Hunter, now Glasgow.
Tully : now Earl Fitzwilliam.
Jean Gilles le Fort
Herald of arms at Liege (i?th century).
Recueil : then Puissant, Ne'donchel, now
Pierpont Morgan.
The Earl of Leicester's collection
Holkham Hall, Norfolk.
Russell.
169
Nicholas Leigh.
Tully : now Queen's College, Oxford ; the
Archer copy.
Peter Leigh.
Cronicles I, if.: then Blades, now St. Bride
Institute.
Edward Leight.
Dictes I: then Loscombe, Stevens, now Br.
Mus. ; the Hughes copy.
George Lennold.
Godfrey : then Paris Jacobines, now Sorbonne.
J. Lenox.
Cf. New York.
His library is now merged into the New York Public
Library, Lenox, Astor, and Tilden foundations.
Edward Lhwyd.
Cronicles II : now Bodleian.
Guglielmo Libri's sale.
[' Reserved portion,' London, Sotheby and Wilkinson,
35 July 1862 and following days.]
Fayttes (p. 34, n. 137): to Lilly for Huth;
Mario's copy.
He also owned :
Recueil : stolen by him at Troyes in 1841 and
sold in 1844 to the Br. Mus.
Joseph Lilly, bookseller.
Canterbury tales I (Cat, 1861, p. 7): then
Huth ; the Gifford copy.
Fayttes (1860).
Polycronicon (Cat., 1861, p. 7).
Polycronicon ( 1 8 6 1 ) : another copy.
Golden legend I (Cat., 1861, p. 7) : the
Cottingham copy.
Chastysing (1843): then Dunn Gardner, now
Huth ; the Ratcliffe- Spencer -Alchorne-
Inglis- Valentine copy.
[A. Littledale's] sale.
[London, Sotheby, 8 February 1820 and following
days. ' A catalogue of a very valuable collection
of books . . .']
Caton (p. 46, n. 1286): to B. W. ; russia.
Jason (p. 40, n. i no*) : to M.(?) ; green mor.
Ryall book (p. 12, n. 306): to B.; irnperf.,
red mor.
Myrrour (I?) (p. 30, n. 827) : to B. W.; two
ff. MS., red mor.
Eneydos (p. 46, n. 1285): to Booth.
Golden legend I (p. 40, n. mo): to Booth ;
some ff. MS. ; russia.
I am by no means certain that these volumes really
belonged to A. Littledale, or even that Littledale
had anything to do with this sale.
John Lloyd's sale
[Wygfair, Broster, 15 January 1816 and following
days.]
Recuyell (n. 1469): to Foss for G. Hibbert,
then Wilkes, Utterson, Ashburnham,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Dictes II (n. 1513) : to Triphook.
Lyf of our lady (n. 309) : to Triphook.
Morte d' Arthur (n. 1888): to Lord Spencer,
now Rylands.
The Misses Lloyd (1863).
Fayttes: bequeathed to them by Sir R.Williams
Vaughan.
Locker Lampson's collection
at Rowfant.
(Sold in 1905(1) to Church, who resold part of it to
Dodd, Mead and Co.)
Tully : then Van Antwerp, now Carysfort (the
Beck copy ?).
Longman, bookseller at London.
Game of chess I (Cat., 1817, n. 155): (then
Inglis, Audley,Cunliffe; the Alchorne copy?).
Caton (Cat, 1817, n. 57): (then Inglis, Dunn
Gardner, now Lenox ?).
Fayttes (Cat, 1817, n. 138): (then Inglis,
Heber?).
Myrrour II (Cat, 1817, n. 243).
170
C. W. Loscombe's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 19 June 1854 an ^
following days.]
Dictes (p. 74, n. 1130): to Stevens, now Br.
Mus. ; the Hughes-Leight copy.
The Marquess of Lothian's collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk.
Cronicles I.
Cronicles II : the colophon only.
Discripcion.
Siege of Rhodes.
John E. T. Loveday (1877).
Cordyale.
Thomas Lovelace.
Fayttes : then Warren, Selden, now Bodleian.
Sir John Lumley.
His library probably came in part from the Enrl of
Arundel, Caxton's patron, or from his ancestor, the
son-in-law of King Edward IV.
Fayttes : the two first ff. of which are now in
the Br. Mus.
Myrrour I : now Earl Fitzwilliam.
Samuel Ly sons' sale.
[London, Evans, 5 June 1820 and following days.]
Cronicles I or II (p. 14, n. 449) : to Triphook.
Golden legend I (p. 27, n. 864) : to Triphook,
resold 1835, then Fletcher ; the Roxburghe
copy.
J. M.
Gouernayle of helthe ; now Dysart.
[Comte de MacCarthy Reagh's]
duplicate sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 18 May 1789 and
following days.]
Siege of Rhodes (p. 10, n. 248): to Earl
Spencer, now Rylands.
Comte de MacCarthy Reagh's sale.
[Paris, De Bure, 27 January 1817 and following days.]
Dictes I (I, p. 553, n. 3652) : then Broadley,
Heber, Bohn(?), Bliss, Corser, Crauford,
Amherst.
The Earl of Macclesfield's collection.
Tully.
Myrrour I.
Sir Henry Mainwaring's sale
ofPeoverHall (1837).
Game of chess I (n. 494) : to J. Holford.
Mario (a singer).
Fayttes : sold by him to Libri, now Huth.
The Duke of Marlborough.
Fayttes ; then Meigh, Wilkes, Crauford, Tite,
Quaritch, Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
This provenance is probably due to a mistake.
Thomas Marrott.
Golden legend I-II : then Havergeel ; the
Bodenham copy.
John Marsh
of Bury.
Jason ; then Cryne, now Bodleian.
Walter Marten (1498-1500).
Legenda Sarum : bought from St. Margaret's.
[J. J. Martin's sale]
of Ham Court, Gloucestershire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 29 July
1901 and following days.]
Ryall book (p. 46, n. 586) : to Quaritch (per-
haps for Pierpont Morgan; resold 1902);
the Bolton-Godbold copy.
Thomas Martin.
Boecius: then Blomefield, Sepper, Warner;
now Wadham College.
T. Martin (i8th century).
Jason.
Queen Mary I.
Psalterium now Br. Mus.
171
z a
William Maskell.
Speculum vite Cristi II : sold by him in 1864
to Br. Mus.; S. Pureseye's and Sion nunnery
copy.
Dictes I: sold by him before 1859 to Br.
Mus. ; Cardyffe's copy.
Horae III, 8 ff. : given by him to Br. Mus.
(1858).
Horae IV, 4 ff. : given by him to Br. Mus.
(1858).
George Mason's sale.
[Part IV, London, Leigh and Sotheby, 25-26 April
Blanchardin (IV, p. 19, n. 261): to Payne,
then the Duke of Roxburghe, Spencer,
now Rylands; the Rawlinson-Ratcliffe copy.
Tully (IV, p. 25, n. 330): to Payne; West's
copy.
Mason had bought also West's copies of the Ordre of
ckyualry, of Boecius, and of Moral Proverbs ; this
last was the Rawlinson-Harleian-Ames copy, and
went afterwards either to Spencer, now Rylands, or
to Grenville, then Freeling, now Miller.
George Mason's sale (1807).
Gower (n. 888).
Bernard Mawyd.
Gower : then Saville, Ashburnham.
John May lard (1620).
Gower : then Hereford ; the Elyott copy.
Richard Mead's sale (1673-1755).
[London, Baker, 18 November 1754, and 7 April 1755
and following days.]
Gower (p. 235, n. 1741): to Willett, then
Blandford, Watson Taylor, Brockett.
Polycronicon (p. 138, n. 1312).
[Charles Meigh's] sale.
[London, Evans, 30 March 1831. These were books
added by Evans to Francis Homer's sale.]
Fayttes(p. 17,^446): toWilkes,then Crauford,
Tite, Quaritch, Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Maryborough copy.
William Menzies' sale.
[New York, November 1876. The catalogue bears
the date: New York 1875.]
Polycronicon (p. 187, n. 926).
F. Mercier's collection (about 1870)
Lordship Lodge, Tottenham.
Game of chess I.
Lord Middleton
of Wollaton House, Nottingham.
Godfrey : then Quaritch, Amherst, now
Pierpont Morgan ; the Todd copy.
A. B. Middleton.
Statutes: sold in 1880.
Sir Henry St. John Mildmay's sale
of Dogmersfield, Hampshire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 18-20 April
1907.]
Gower (p. 27, n. 225): to Quaritch, now
Hawkins ; the Woodhouse-Spelman copy.
Golden legend III (p. 70, n. 550) : to Quaritch.
Sir John Millais, the painter.
Myrrour II: then Foster (?); the Graham-
Palmer -Coxe- Musgrove -Clavering-Pepys-
Glendining copy.
Mrs. Christie-Miller's collection
Britwell Court.
The greater portion of the library was collected
(1830-1850) by W. H. Miller.
Caton ]
Game of chess II -the Maurice Johnson copies.
Curial
Moral proverbs : the Grenville copy ; from
the Freeling sale [possibly the Harleian-
West-Mason copy?].
Tully : the Fairfax- Jersey copy from the
Crawford sale.
Cordyale: the Inglis copy, from the Knight
sale.
Dictes I : the Sebright-Dent copy.
Doctrinal.
Pylgremage : the Herbert-Heber-Spencer-
Heber copy, from the Heber sale.
Reynart I : the Maurice Johnson copy.
Myrrour I : the F. Perkins copy.
John Milner's sale.
[London, Evans, 18-20 May 1829.]
Cronicles I (p. 38, n. 801) : to Higgs, then
Buccleuch, now Carysfort; the Roberts
copy.
Discripcion (p. 38, n. 802): to Evans, then
(?) Higgs, Buccleuch, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Roberts copy.
John Moore, Bishop of Norwich and
then Ely (fi7i4).
His library was bought by King George I and presented
to the University of Cambridge. Cf. s.v. Cambridge
the list of his 43 (?) Caxtons.
Nicholas Morgan.
Boecius : now Ripon ; the Howard-Niclas
copy.
J. Pierpont Morgan's collection
New York.
The pages and numbers refer to his catalogue of early-
printed books, volume III (1908). For further
details on some of the Bennett Caxtons see the
special list s. v. Bennett.
Game of chess I (pp. iio-m,n. 635): from
Bennett ; the Hardwicke copy.
Quatre derrenieres choses (p. 112, n. 636):
from Bennett ; the Rouen Celestines copy.
Recuyell (pp. 109-1 10, n. 634); from Bennett ;
the Lloyd - Hibbert -Wilkes - Utterson - Ash-
burnham copy.
Recueil (pp. 112-113, n. 637): from Bennett;
the Payne - Roxburghe - Spencer - Dent -
Hanrott-Ashburnham copy.
Recueil (p. 113, n. 638): from the Ne*donchel
sale ; the Le Fort-Puissant copy.
Boecius (pp. 166-167, n. 676) : from Bennett;
the Dunn Gardner-Ashburnham copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (pp. 180-181, n. 701) :
from Bennett ; the Ashburnham copy.
Divers ghostly matters (p. 182, n. 704): from
Bennett ; the Stuart- Weaver copy.
Caton (p. 173, n. 691): from H. Willett's
sale ; the Clarke-Alford copy.
Caton (p. 173, n. 690): from Bennett; the
Fletewode - Alchorne - Blandford - Wilkes
copy.
Canterbury tales I (not in Cat.) : from Bennett ;
the Barlaston Hall copy.
Canterbury tales I (p. 166, n. 674): from
Quaritch ; the Saunders copy.
Canterbury tales I (p. 166, n. 675): from
Bennett (?) ; the Heber-Bright-Ashburnham
copy, plus the Utterson fragment.
Canterbury tales II (pp. 174-176, n. 693):
from Bennett; the Brand-Heber-Ashburnham
copy.
Cronicles I (not in Cat.).
Cronicles II (p. 172, n. 688): from Irwin;
the Stevens copy.
Cronicles II (p. 172, n. 687): from Bennett;
the Crowninshield-Ashburnham copy.
Tully (pp. 169-170, n. 682): from Bennett;
the Crowninshield-Ashburnham copy.
Tully (p. 170, n. 683): the Reeves copy.
Cordyale (p. 167, n. 677): from Bennett;
the Ashburnham copy.
Discripcion (not in Cat.).
Discripcion (p. 167, n. 678): from Bennett;
the Roberts (?)-Milner (?)-Higgs-Buccleuch
copy.
Discripcion (p. 167, n. 679): from Bennett;
the Crowninshield-Ashburnham copy.
Dictes I (pp. 165-166, n. 673) : from Bennett ;
the Ashburnham copy.
Dictes III (pp. 178-179, n. 700): from
Bennett ; the Fuller Russell copy.
Doctrinal (p. 178, n. 699): from Bennett;
the Herbert-Towneley-Devonshire- Turner-
Bateman copy.
Gower (p. 173, n. 689): from Bennett; the
Perkins copy.
Polycronicon (p. 172, n. 685): from Bennett.
Polycronicon (pp. 171-172, n. 684): from
Bennett ; the Estcourt-Poyntz-Porbery-
Furney-Haslam-Jolley- Ashburnham copy.
Polycronicon (p. 172, n. 686): from Bennett;
the Glasse copy.
Indulgence 1481. I (p. 169, n. 681): from a
sale in 1902 ; the Archer-Bedford copy.
Jason (pp. 163-165, n. 672): from Bennett;
the Harleian - West - Ratcliffe -Erskine - W.
Taylor-Heber-Ashburnham copy.
Lyf of our lady (p. 176, n. 694): from
Bennett ; the Rawlinson-Devon copy.
Lyf of our lady (p. 176, n. 695) : from Irwin ;
the Gerson-Farmer-Roxburghe-Blandford-
Utterson-Corser copy.
Festial I (not in Cat.) : the Larpent copy.
Ordre of chyualry (pp. 173-174, n. 692):
from Bennett ; the Lovat-Ashburnham copy.
173
Four sermons I (not in Cat.): the Larpent
copy.
Ryall book (pp. 177-178, n. 698): from a
sale in 1902 ; the Archer-Bedford copy.
Myrrour I (pp. 168-169, n. 680): from
Bennett ; the Ashburnham copy.
Myrrour II (p. 181, n. 703); from Bennett;
the Farmer - Wodhull - Blandford - Hibbert -
Fuller Russell copy.
Eneydos (p. 181, n. 702): from Irwin.
Golden legend I (pp. 176-177, n. 697): the
Sneyd copy.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. (p. 176, n. 696).
Chastysing (p. 197, n. 722): from Bennett;
the Perkins copy.
Golden legend III (pp. 197-198, n. 723):
from Bennett ; the Wilbraham copy.
Golden legend III (p. 198, n. 724): from
Bennett ; the Ratcliffe-Brander-Dent copy.
Golden legend III (p. 198, n. 725): from
Bennett ; the Ashburnham copy.
Mr. Pierpont Morgan apparently owned from 1901 to
1902 the Martin copy of the Ryall Book.
While this ' Census ' was being printed he acquired
(December 1908) all the Caxtons belonging to Lord
Amherst of Hackney, thus bringing to about 64 the
total number of Caxtons in his library.
Ralph Morice.
Polycronicon : then West, Willett, now Devon-
shire.
John Munro's sale (1792).
Dictes III (n. 1675): to Short.
Myrrour I (n. 1674): to Short.
John Murray's sale
of Sacomb, Hertfordshire.
[London, Charles Corbett, 8 May 1749 and
following days.]
Game of chess I or II (p. 22, n. 689).
Caton (p. 22, n. 705).
Cronicles I or II (p. 22, n. 696).
Polycronicon (p. 22, n. 698).
Myrrour I or II (p. 22, n. 694).
William Musgrove.
Myrrour II : then Clavering, Pepys, Glendining,
Millais (Foster?); the Graham- Palmer -
Ranolds-Coxe copy.
R. Myddleton (i6th century).
Polycronicon: sold in 1901.
Robert Mygchette (1564).
Tully : then Moore, now Cambridge.
Robert Nasmyth's sale
of Edinburgh.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
26-27 February 1874.]
Cronicles I (p. 20, n. 351): to Quaritch, then
White, now Ithaca ; the Spencer-Jamieson
copy.
[Added to]
Count George de Nedonchel's sale.
[Gand, Vyt, 3-6 March 1903.]
Recueil (pp. 36-37, n. 255): to Quaritch for
Pierpont Morgan; the Le Fort-Puissant
copy.
The Duke of Newcastle's collection.
Cronicles I.
Reynart I: from Dunn Gardner's sale; (the
Inglis copy ?).
Golden legend I.
J. Newcome.
Tully: now St. John's College; the T. Fair-
fax copy.
Mary Newell (i6th century).
Chastysing jthen Dely, Harley(?), now
Tretyseoflouej Goettingen.
Lord Newton's collection
Lyme Park, Disley, Cheshire.
Missale Sarum.
Ambrose Niclas.
Boecius : then N. Morgan, now Ripon ;
F. Howard's copy.
Henry Norreys.
Godfrey : then Harley-Ames, now Vienna.
William P. W. Norsworthy.
Golden legend I: then Quaritch, Sandars,
now Cambridge.
174
George Offer's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 27 June
1865 and following days. All the numbers after
315 were burnt in the great fire at Sotheby's,
28 June 1865.]
Speculum vite Cristi (p. 140, n. 1384) [not
burnt] : now Br. Mus. : a Pynson.
Golden legend I (p. 310, n. 3784).
George Oldham (1721).
Festum transfigurationis : then Wilson, Con-
gregational library, now Br. Mus.; the Grice
copy.
Ollit of Downeham (1619?).
Tully: then Wells, King George III, now
Br. Mus.
Craven Ord's sale.
[London, Evans, 25-27 June 1829.]
Golden legend I (p. 16, n. 367): to Fuller
Russell, then Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
Osborne, bookseller at London.
Purchased in 1743 the entire Harleian library.
Boecius (Cat. 1750, p. 24, n. 886 ; Cat. 1751,
I, p. 52, n. 1758): Harleian copy.
Caton(Cat. 1750, p. 24, n. 885; Cat. 1751, II,
p. 24, n. 414; Cat. 1751, 1, p. 52, n. 1755):
one of the two Harleian copies, then West,
Ratcliffe, George III, now Br. Mus.
Cordyale (Cat. 1748, n. 950) : Harleian copy;
then Brereton, now Dysart.
Doctrinal (Cat. 1748, n. 946) : Harleian copy.
Infancia Saluatoris (Cat. 1748-1749, p. 121,
n. 4179): Harleian copy, now Goettingen.
Jason (Cat. 1752, n. 2250): Harleian copy,
then West, Ratcliffe, Erskine, W. Taylor,
Heber, Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan.
Jason (Cat. 1750, p. 41, n. 1445; Cat. 1751,
I, p. 71, n. 2364) : Harleian copy, now
Dysart.
Book of good manners (Cat. 1751, II, p. 24,
n. 428) : then Thott, now Copenhagen.
Morte d' Arthur (Cat. 1748): Harleian copy,
then Fairfax, Jersey, Pope, now Hoe.
Russell (Cat. 1758, I, p. 172, n. 5658): then
Brand, Blandford, Spencer, now Rylands.
Myrrour I or II (Cat. 1750, p. 13, n. 445 ; Cat.
i75> P- *3i n - 459J Cat. 1751, I, p. 57,
n. 1931 and II, p. 23, n. 391): Harleian
copies (now Dy sart,Goettingen, or Rylands ?).
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (Cat. 1748, n. 963):
Harleian copy, then Brereton, now Dysart.
Chastysing (Cat. 1750, p. 13, n. 456, and 1751,
I, p. 57, n. 1957): Harleian copy, then
West, Hunter, now Glasgow.
Tretyse of loue (Cat. 1750, p. 13, n. 456, and
!75i> If P- 57. n - *95l) : Harleian copy,
then West, Hunter, now Glasgow.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (Cat. 1748, n. 954;
Cat. 1750, pp. 12-13, n. 443; Cat. 1751,
I, p. 57. " J 93 and II, p. 17, n. 253):
Harleian copy, then Cavendish, now
Devonshire.
Rev. L. E. Owen's collection
Farndon, Chester.
Golden legend I.
According to a manuscript note on the copy of Blades
in the Reading Room of the Br. Mus.
Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford
(1661-1724).
The references are to the Bibliotheca Harkiana
published from 1743 to 1745 by the bookseller
Osborne who had purchased in 1743 the whole of
Robert Harley's library.
Game of chess I (III, p. 267, n. 4048)) Same
Game of chess I (V, p. 85, n. 1762) J copy.
Recuyell (III, pp. 193-194, n. 2783): then
West, King George III, now Br. Mus.
Arte and crafte (III, pp. 128-129, n. 1576).
Boecius (III, p. 245, n. 3602*) | g
Boecius (V, p. 83, n. 1738) CO P^
Speculum vite Cristi II (III, p. 122, n. 1546) :
then West, Ratcliffe, King George III, now
Br. Mus.
Divers ghostly matters (III, p. 391, n. 6928):
perhaps now Dysart (?).
Parvus Catho. Magnus Catho II (III, pp. 362-
363, n. 6202).
Caton (III, p. 246, n. 3630))
Caton (V, p. 82, n. 1709) }
Caton (III, p. 267, n. 4054)!
Caton (V, p. 83, n. 1718) )
These four references concern two copies ;
it is not known which of the two was after-
wards in the West and Ratcliffe sales and in
the Br. Mus. (King's); the other (which
belonged in 1725 to Alex Seymmer) was
sold to Barnard and is now at Chatsworth.
Charles the Great (III, pp. 180-181, n. 2537):
then West, Ratcliffe, King George III, now
Br. Mus. ; the Danser-Bagford copy.
175
Curial (III, p. 122, n. 1549): then Ames, West,
Ratcliife, King George III, now Br. Mus.
Book of fame (III, p. 242, n. 3542): then
West (?), Ratcliffe, Spencer, now Rylands.
Troylus and Cresede (III, p. 242, n. 3543) :
then West, King George III, now Br. Mus. ;
J. Dudley's copy.
Moral proverbs (III, pp. 124-125, n. 1558):
then Fairfax, Child, Jersey, Amherst, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Moral proverbs (III, p. 238, n. 3907): then
Ames, West, Mason ; then either Spencer, now
Rylands ; or Grenville, Freeling, now Miller.
Fayttes (III, pp. 265-266, n. 4010))
Fayttes (V, p. 84, n. 1750) j
Same copy ; now Goettingen ; the Drury-
Gyll copy.
Tully (III, p. 246, n. 3626)) Same copy, now
Tully (V, p. 80, n. 1668) j Dysart.
Cordyale, V, p. 85, n. 1767) )
Cordyale, III, p. 121, n. 1544)]
Same copy? then either West, Hunter,
now Glasgow; or Osborne, Brereton, now
Dysart.
Dictes I (III, pp. 124-125, n. 1558): then
Fairfax, Child, Jersey, Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan.
Dictes I (III, p. 267, n. 4047))
Dictes I (V, p. 8 1, n. 1697) J
Same copy; then Ratcliffe, Willett, Spencer,
now Rylands.
Dictes II (III, p. 267, n. 4046) : then Duve,
now Goettingen.
Doctrinal (III, p. 123, n, 1552) : then Osborne
(1748).
Godfrey (III, p. 193, n. 2781): then Ames,
now Vienna ; the Norreys copy.
Gower (III, pp. 241-242, n. 3539))
Gower (V, p. 66, n. 1286) j
Same copy; then Barnard, Peachey,
Harcourt, Selsey, now Rothschild; the
J. U.-Stratford copy.
Polycronicon (III, p. 24, n. 369)) ~
Polycronicon (V, p. 79, n. 1639)} S<
Infancia Saluatoris (III, p. 377, n. 6635))
Infancia Saluatoris (V, p. 252, n. 7008) j
Same copy, now Goettingen.
Jason (III, p. 238, n. 3509)^
Jason (V, p. 83, n. 1735) )
Same copy; then West, Ratcliffe, Erskine,
W. Taylor, Heber, Ashburnham, Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan.
Jason (III, pp. 237-238, n. 3504) : now
Dysart.
Book of good manners (III, p. 268, n. 4060))
Book of good manners (V, p. 78, n. 1628) )
Same copy; then Thott, now Copenhagen.
Curia sapiencie (III, p. 229, n. 3313)) Same
Curia sapiencie (V, p. 84, n. 1746) [copy.
Lyf of our lady (III, p. 122, n. 1545).
Pylgremage (III, p. 126, n. 1565).
Stans puer (III, pp. 362-363, n. 6202) : now
Devonshire.
Morte d'Arthur (III, p. 25, n. 372): then
Fairfax, Jersey, Pope, now Hoe; the
Bernard- Rawlinson copy.
Ordre of chyualry (III, p. 368, n. 6370) : then
Spencer, now Rylands.
Parys and Vyenne (III, p. 238, n. 351 1) : then
West, George III, nowBr. Mus. ; the Danser-
Bagford copy.
Myrrour I or II (III, p. 180, n. 2532)]
Myrrour I or II (V, p. 79, n. 1650)
Myrrour I or II (V, p. 84, n. 1753)
First edition: two copies; now Dysart and
Duve -Goettingen (the Spensar copy).
Second edition : one copy (?), then West,
Willett, Spencer, now Rylands.
Eneydos (III, p. 245, n. 3603)) Same copy;
Eneydos (V, p. 85, n. 1760) j now Dysart.
Golden legend I (?), i f. (Ill, p. 128, n. 1574) :
R. Smith's copy.
Golden legend I (III, pp. 133-134, n. 1661).
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (III, p. 29, n. 411))
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (V, p. 80, n. 1667))
Same copy ; then Brereton, now Dysart.
Chastysing (V, p. 82, n. 1701*): then West,
Hunter, now Glasgow.
Tretyse of loue (V, p. 82, n. 1701*): then
West, Hunter, now Glasgow.
Tretyse of loue (V, p. 85, n. 1761).
Lyf of sayntKatherin(III,pp.i 25-1 26^.1562))
Lyf of saynt Katherin (V, p. 78, n. 1619) j
Same copy ; then Cavendish, now Devon-
shire.
Canterbury tales I (not in Bibl. Harl. ?) : then
Ames, Thompson, Tutet, Herbert; the
Baker-Bagford copy.
Chastysing and Tretyse of loue (not in Bibl.
Harl. ?) : now Goettingen ; the Newell-Dely
copies.
Siege of Rhodes (Harl. MS. 1632) : now Br.
Mus.
176
The following are in John Bagford scrap
books, now Br. Mus.:
Recuyell, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 199).
Blanchardin, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 6).
Book of fame, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 7).
Polycronicon, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 149).
Pylgremage, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, n. 190).
Morte d'Arthur, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, f. 101).
Directorium II, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919, f. 2).
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde, i f. (Harl. MS. 5919,
f.8).
Sir William Knight Paddy, physician
to James I.
Canterbury tales II } given or bequeathed by
Troylus and Cresede { him to St. John's
Four sermons I j College, Oxford.
John Moore Paget (1877)
of Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
Myrrour I.
Sir Francis Palgrave.
Golden legend I (fragment) : given to Douce,
who gave them to Lord Spencer for his
copy.
James Palmer (1651).
Myrrour: then Ranolds, Coxe, Musgrove,
Clavering, Pepys, Glendining, Millais,
Foster (?); the Graham copy.
Archbishop Parker.
Saona : bequeathed by him to Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge.
Parker.
Tully: then Baker, now St. John's College,
Cambridge.
Lister Parker.
Vocabulary : then Spencer, now Rylands.
Marquis de Paulmy.
Fais de Jason: then d'Artois, now Paris,
Arsenal (the La Valliere copy).
Thomas Payne, bookseller at London.
'A catalogue of valuable books . . .' London 1794, in-8.
Recueil (p. 31, n. 799): to the Duke of
Roxburghe, then Spencer, Dent, Hanrott,
Ashburnham, Bennett,now Pierpont Morgan.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 48, n. 1193): to
the Duke of Roxburghe, then Spencer, now
Rylands.
Another catalogue (1773).
Fayttes (n. 209): to King George III, now
Br. Mus.
Another catalogue (1799).
Curia sapiencie : then Spencer, now Rylands ;
the Rawlinson-Willett-Pegge copy.
Payne and Foss, booksellers at London.
Caton (Cat. 1840, p. 313, n. 5746): the
Honeywood-Lincoln-Dibdin copy.
Fayttes (Cat. 1837, n. 372); the Inglis-Heber
copy.
Ryall book (Cat. 1830); the Goldsmid-
Blandford-Hibbert copy.
Sir John Peachey (1778).
Gower : then Harcourt, Selsey, now Rothschild ;
the J. U.-Stratford-Harleian-Barnard copy.
John Pearson, bookseller at London.
Horae I.
Jonathan Peckover
Polycronicon : bequeathed to his brother, Lord
Peckover ; the Edwards copy, bought from
Quaritch.
Lord Peckover of Wisbech's collection
Wisbech.
Polycronicon : the Edwards- J. Peckover copy.
Rev. Samuel Pegge's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 29 March 1798
and following days.]
Curia sapiencie (p. 17, n. 544): to Stace,
then Spencer, now Rylands ; the Rawlinson-
Willett copy.
The Earl of Pembroke's collection
Wilton.
Game of chess I : the Granger copy.
Recuyell.
Game of chess II.
Tully : the Culpeper copy.
Dictes III.
Godfrey : the Coke copy.
Polycronicon.
Festial II.
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A a
Samuel Pepys.
Cf. Cambridge, Pepysian library.
William Hasledine Pepys' sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 3 December
3856 and following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 52, n. 818): to Lilly.
Myrrour II (p. 17, n. 280): to Lilly; the
Graham -Palmer- Ranolds-Coxe-Musgrove-
Clavering copy.
Both returned as wrongly described and resold in :
William Hasledine Pepys' second sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson,
25-26 February 1857.]
Polycronicon (p. 47, n. 737): to Willis.
Myrrour II (p. 48, n. 739): to Lilly for
Glendining, then Millais (then Foster ?).
Frederick Perkins' sale
of Chipstead.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
10-17 J u ty 1889.]
Myrrour I (p. 23, n. 384): to Barford for
Christie-Miller.
Chastysing (p. 23, n. 385) : to Quaritch, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
He is also stated to have possessed :
Myrrour II : now Huth ; the Fenton copy.
Henry Perkins' sale.
[Hanworth Park, Gadsden, Ellis and Co., 3 June
1873 and following days.]
Gower (p. 51, n. 429): to Quaritch, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Polycronicon (p. 66, n. 593): to Quaritch,
then Ives, now Boston; the [Towneley-
Edwards?]-Sykes-Dent copy.
Dyson Perrins' collection
Malvern.
Polycronicon.
James Perry's sale.
[Part IV, London, Evans, 21 February 1823 and
following days.]
Eneydos (IV, p. 29, n. 645): to Jolley; the
Blandford copy.
The Earl of Peterborough (1682).
Godfrey: then Vernon, now Holford; the
Edward IV (?)-Thorney-Wellborne-Dolben
copy from R. Smith's sale.
[Lord Petre's] sale.
[London, Pnttick and Simpson, 16 December 1886,
' Catalogue of rare and valuable books from an old
Essex library . . .']
Game of chess I (p. 8, n. 66) : to Quaritch
for Lord Amherst ; now Pierpont Morgan.
Sir Thomas Phillipps
formerly of Middlehill, then at Thirlestaine House,
Cheltenham.
Bequeathed in 1872 to T. Fitzroy Fenwick, Esq.
There are several parts existing of a ' Catalogue of
printed books at Middlehill' (s. I. et a.).
Recuyell (Suppl. V, p. 89, n. 6012).
Owen Phillips.
Cf. Godolphin.
Stephen Whitney Phoenix.
Presented to Columbia University, New York, his
library containing only one Caxton :
Fayttes.
William Pickering, bookseller.
' Catalogue of biblical, classical and historical manu-
scripts and of rare and curious books' (London,
1834, in-i6).
Boecius (p. 49, n. 477).
Gower (p. 134, n. 1426).
Lyf of our lady (p. 192, n. 2059): then Tite,
Sandars, now Cambridge ; the West-Herbert
copy.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 177, n. 1886).
William Pickering's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 20 March and
7 August 1854 and following days.]
Fayttes (I, p. 32, n. 472): to Lilly, then
Harward, Solar, Seilliere, now Bibl. nationale ;
the Heber-Pigott-Rodd copy.
Gower (II, p. no, n. 1650): to Toovey for
the Earl of Ashburnham ; the Inglis copy.
Polycronicon (I, p. 68, n. 969): to Upham
(then Aylesford, now Carysfort ?).
Polycronicon (II, p. 130, n. 1952): to Lilly.
Polycronicon (II, p. 130, n. 1953): to Lilly.
Polycronicon (II, p. 130, n. 1954): to Lilly.
Polycronicon (II, p. 130, n. 1955): to Lilly.
Golden legend III (I, p. 32, n. 73): to Lilly.
178
John Hugh Smyth Pigott's sale
of Brockley Hall, Somerset.
[London, Sotheby, 3 May 1847 and following day.]
Fayttes (p. 7, n. 67) : to Rodd, then Pickering,
Harward, Solar, Seilliere, now Bibl. na-
tionale ; the Heber copy.
Dictes III (p. 9, n. 103): to Thorpe.
Thomas Pike.
Recuyell: then Steevens, Spencer, Edwards,
Inglis, now Bibl. nationale.
Moses Pitt, bookseller at London.
In one volume, given by
him in 1680 to the
Bodleian. This lot
had been bought in at
a sale held by Pitt,
25 November 1678.
Esope
Boecius
Caton
Knyght of the toure
Raphe Pollard.
Game of chess II: then Ames, Ratcliffe,
Willett, now Devonshire.
Abby E. Pope.
His widow sold his library to Robert Hoe.
Morte d' Arthur: from the Jersey sale; the
Bernard-Rawlinson-Harleian-Fairfax copy.
Anthony Porbery or Porter (1655).
Polycronicon : then Furney, Haslam, Jolley,
Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont Mor-
gan ; the Estcourt-Poyntz copy.
Charles Septimus Portal's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 24 April 1816 and
following days (to which were added books from
various sources).]
Dictes I (p. 49, n. 1267): to W. Russia.
Thomas Potter.
Festial II : now Cambridge.
Festial II: then Roxburghe, Spencer, now
Rylands.
Four sermons II : now Cambridge.
Four sermons II : then Roxburghe, Spencer,
now Rylands.
Thomas Pownall (1750).
Golden legend III : then Way, Quaritch.
Poyntz.
'Polycronicon : then Porbery, Furney, Haslam,
Jolley, Ashburnham, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Estcourt copy.
John Price (1606).
Tully: then Burton, Spencer, Jolley, no\v
Bibl. nationale ; the Benese copy.
Rev. T. Price (about 1840)
of Llanfihangel, Cwmdu, near Crickhowel.
Polycronicon.
Mrs. Ulrica Dahlgreen Price.
Golden legend.
C. L. Prince (1880)
Crowborongh Beacon, Tunbridge Wells.
Cronicles I.
Polycronicon : the Purde-Tutet- Austen copy.
Abbe Puissant.
Recueil : then Ne'donchel, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Le Fort copy.
William Purde (i5th century).
Polycronicon : bought from Caxton ; then
Tutet, Austen, Prince.
Susan Pureseye.
Speculum vite Cristi II: then Sion nunnery,
Maskell, now Br. Mus.
Bernard Quaritch
owned when this list was printed.
Doctrinal : the Heyward-Beale copy.
Doctrinal : the Whitley Beaumont copy.
Polycronicon : the Fothergill- Scott copy.
Ryall book : the Whitley Beaumont copy.
Myrrourl: the Sneyd-Bishops Stortford copies,
combined.
In his catalogues are offered the following Caxtons.
(This list is not by any means complete.)
Game of chess I (Cat., 1874, pp. 510-511,
n. 5246, and Sept. 1875, n. 163): now
Lenox.
179
A a
Game of chess I (Cat., 1898): then Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan.
Quatre derrenieres choses (Odd vol. misc. 10,
p. 20, n. 16; Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2113,
n. 21839; Cat., 1887, pp. 397-399>
n. 37900): then Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Rouen Celestines copy.
Blanchardin, i f. (Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97, n.
1 056) : then Van Antwerp (Sir John Fenn's
album).
Boecius (Cat, 1886, n. 21840): then Amherst,
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Westmoreland
copy.
Boecius (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2114, n. 21840) :
from the Hamilton sale.
Boecius, 2 ff. (Cat. 243, 1905, p. 24, n. 159):
then Van Antwerp, now Tregaskis; the
Blades copy from Button's sale.
Game of chess II, i f. (Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97,
n. 1056): then Van Antwerp (Sir John
Fenn's album).
Canterbury tales I (Cat. 175, 1897, pp. 2 7~
271,^556); now Pierpont Morgan; bought
at Saunders' sale.
Fayttes (Rough list 2 1, August 1 8 74, p. 7, n. 77 ;
Cat, 1875-1877, p. 24, n. 165 ; Cat, 1880,
p. 1275, n. 12652; Cat. 355, 1884, pp;
2116-2117, n. 21847 ; Cat, 1887, 1, p. 643,
n. 7358): then Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Marlborough-Meigh-Wilkes-
Crauford copy from Tite's sale.
Fayttes (Cat, 1880, p. 1275, n. 12651).
Fayttes (Odd vol. misc. 10, p. 21, n. 21) : then
Crawford (?) ; probably the Towneley-
Blandford-W.Taylor-Jolley-Corser (?) copy.
Cronicles II (Cat. 246, 1906, pp. 16-17,
n. 129): then Van Antwerp; the Jersey
copy from Scott's sale.
Tully (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2114, n. 21841):
then Locker-Lampson, Van Antwerp, now
Carysfort ; the Beck (?) copy.
Tully, i f. (Cat 237, 1905, p. 97, n. 1056):
then Van Antwerp (Sir John Fenn's album).
Dictes I (Cat 175, 1897, pp. 269-270,^555):
now Pierpont Morgan ; bought at the Ash-
burnham sale.
Dictes III (Cat, 1 887, p. 3910,^37905): then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the Fuller
Russell copy.
Godfrey (Cat. 355, 1884, pp. 2114-2115,
n. 21842): then Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Todd-Middleton copy.
Gower(Cat, 1874, pp. 1490-1491, n. 18446;
Cat, 1880, pp. 1274-1275, n. 12560; Cat.
355, 1884, pp. 2115-2116, n. 21844;
Cat, 1887, pp. 3909-3910, n. 37902 ; Odd
vol. misc. 10, p. 21, n. 19): then Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Perkins copy.
Gower (Cat, 1907, p. in, n. 1189): now
Hawkins ; the Mildmay copy.
Gower (Cat. 355, 1884, p. 2116, n. 21845 an d
1887, p. 3910, n. 37903): now Boyd
Thacher ; the Beauclerk copy from Way's
sale.
Gower, i f. (Cat 237, 1905, p. 97, n. 1056) :
then Van Antwerp (Sir John Fenn's
album).
Polycronicon (Cat., 1874, pp. 1489-1490, n.
18445); Cat, 1880, pp. 1273-1274, n.
1264; Cat 355, 1884, p. 2115, n. 21843);
then Ives, now Boston; the Towneley-
[Edwards ?] - Sykes - Dent copy from the
Perkins sale.
Polycronicon (Cat, 1880, p. 2166, n. 21809) :
then Scott, now Quaritch; the Fothergill
copy.
Polycronicon (Cat, 1874, p. 511, n. 5247):
now Peckover ; the Edwards copy.
Infancia Saluatoris, i f. (Cat. 237, 1905, p. 97,
n.io56): then Van Antwerp (Sir John Fenn's
album).
Knyght of the toure (Cat, 1874, pp. 51 1-512,
n. 5248): now Lenox; the Blandford-W.
Taylor- Jolley-Corser copy.
Lyf of our lady (Cat 355, 1884, p. 2116, n.
21846; Odd vol. misc. 10, p. 21, n. 20):
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Rawlinson copy from Earl Devon's sale.
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. (Cat. 243, 1905,
p. 24, n. 159) : then Van Antwerp, now
Tregaskis ; the Blades copy from Dutton's
sale.
Myrrour I (Cat, 1874, p. 1489, n. 18444) :
then W.-H. Crawford, now Rylands.
Myrrour II (Cat, 1887, p. 3911, n. 37906):
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Farmer- Wodhull-Blandford-Hibbert copy,
from the Fuller Russell sale.
Myrrour II (Rough list 21, August 1874, p. 7,
n. 78): now Lenox; the Granville-Hurt-
Tite copy.
Eneydos (Cat, 1875-1877, p. 648, n. 8401;
Cat, 1880, pp. 1275-1276,^12653): now
Lord Crawford.
1 80
Golden legend I (Cat., 1883, p. 1162, n.
12262): then Sandars, now Cambridge ; the
Norsworthy copy.
Golden legend III (Cat., 1887, pp. 391 1-391 2,
n. 37908) : the Pownall copy from Way's
sale.
The Duke of Queensberry's sale.
[Edinburgh, Ballantyne, November 1813. Part of
the books sold were from the library of Alexander
Gibson Hunter of Blackness.]
Polycronicon.
Golden legend I.
Rainy's sale.
[Bathi883(?)]
Cronicles I : now British Museum ; the Dakin-
Crane-Ford copy.
William Ranolds.
Myrrour II : then Coxe, Musgrove, Clavering,
Pepys, Glendining, Millais, (Foster?); the
Graham-Palmer copy.
R. Ranshaw's collection
Newton, Warren Road, Bournemouth.
Canterbury tales I, 2 ff. : given by G. Reid.
John RatclifTe's sale.
[London, Christie, 27 March 1776 and
following days.]
Recuyell (p. 86, n. 1667) : to Dr. Hunter (not
at Glasgow).
Arte and crafte (p. 61, n. 1220): to Brander,
then Blandford, Spencer, now Rylands ; the
West copy.
Arte and crafte (p. 86, n. 1666): to Nicol for
King George III, now Br. Mus. ; the West
copy.
Blanchardin (p. 38, n. 783): to Bernell or
Bernard, then Mason, Roxburghe, Spencer,
now Rylands ; the Rawlinson copy.
Boecius (p. 86, n. 1668) : to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus.; J. Fals'
copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 51, n. 1019): to
Nicol for King George III, now Br. Mus. ;
the Harleian -West copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 86, n. 1664): to
Hunter, now Glasgow.
181
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 73, n. 1424 bis):
to Thane, then Allen, Spencer, Freeling,
Corser, Huth, now Beauchamp.
Caton (p. 51, n. 1016): to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus.; from West's
sale ; one of the two Harleian copies.
Caton (p. 73, n. 1427): to Hunter, now
Glasgow ; the Laxton copy.
Game of chess II (p. 73, n. 1429) : to Willett,
now Duke of Devonshire ; the Pollard- Ames
copy.
Charles the Great (p. 61, n. 1216): to Nicol for
King George III, now Br. Mus.; the
Danser-Bagford- Harleian- West copy.
Curial (pp. 72-73, n. 1422): to Nicol for
King George III, now Br. Mus.; the
Harleian-Ames-West copy.
Book of fame (p. 51, n. 1014): to Nicol, then
Daly, King George III, now Br. Mus.
Book of fame (p. 61, n. 1215): to B. White,
then Spencer, now Rylands ; the Harleian
copy. This copy or the former came to
Ratcliffe from West's sale.
Canterbury tales I (p. 61, n. 1226): to
Shropshire, now Earl Fitzwilliam.
Canterbury tales II (p. 51, n. 1021): to
Herbert, then Spencer, now Rylands.
Troylus and Cresede (p. 73, n. 1424); to
Herbert, then Towneley, Blandford, W.
Taylor, Grenville, now Br. Mus. ; perhaps
belonged in 1774 to W. Herbert.
Fayttes (p. 61, n. 1221): to M . . ., then T.
Allen, then Egerton.
Cronicles I or II (p. 71, n. 1393) : to
Payne.
Cronicles II (p. 51, n. 1022): to Nicol for
King George III, now Br. Mus.
Tully (p. 51, n. 1018): to Thane for T.
Allen (then Roxburghe, Devonshire ?).
Tully (p. 73, n. 1428): to Willett, then
T. Allen (?).
Deathbed prayers (p. 61, n. 1220) : to Brander,
then Blandford, Spencer, now Rylands ; the
West copy.
Dictes I (p. 6 1, n. 1217): to Willett, then
Spencer, now Rylands ; the Harleian
copy.
Doctrinal (p. 73, n. 1426) : to Shropshire, now
Fitzwilliam.
Doctrinal (?) (p. 86, n. 1661): to Brander,
then Douce, now Bodleian (?).
Godfrey (p. 61, n. 1224): to Nicol, then
Hunter, now Glasgow; the Goodwin
copy.
Gower(p.6i,n. 1225): to Nicol, then (Daly?)
Spencer, now Rylands ; the Brygham copy.
Polycronicon (p. 86, n. 1669): to Hunter,
now Glasgow.
Polycronicon (p. 51, n. 1023) : to Downs.
Polycronicon (p. 86, n. 1662): to Thane.
Polycronicon (another) (p. 86, n. 1662) : to
Thane.
Jason (p. 86, n. 1665): to Nicol, thenErskine,
W. Taylor, Heber, Ashburnham, Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Harleian-West
copy.
Lyf of our lady (p. 61, n. 1218): to Hunter,
now Glasgow.
Pylgremage (p. 61, n. 1220): to Brander, then
Blandford, Spencer, now Rylands ; the
West copy.
Festial I (p. 73, n. 1430) : to Thane, then
Edwards, Herbert, Farmer, Spencer, now
Rylands.
Festial I (p. 51, n. 1020): to Nicol, then
Farmer, Spencer, now Rylands.
These two copies are now merged into
one.
Ordre of chyualry (p. 38, n. 782): to Nicol
for King George III, now Br. Mus. ; the
Randle Holme- Ames copy.
Four sermons I (p. 73, n. 1430) : to Thane,
then Edwards, Herbert, Farmer, Spencer,
now Rylands.
Four sermons I (p. 51, n. 1020): to Nicol,
then Farmer, Spencer, now Rylands.
These two copies are now merged into
one.
Reynart I (p. 61, n. 1223) : to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus.
Ryall book (p. 86, n. 1661) : to Brander (then
Black-Burge-Brown, now Providence ?).
Myrrour I (p. 30, n. 639); to Conant for
Cracherode, now Br. Mus.
Myrrour II (p. 51, n. 1017): to Hunter,
now Glasgow, the Trustanes-Botelar-
Greasbrooke-Barnesley copy.
Myrrour II (p. 6r, n. 1222) : to B. White.
Eneydos (p. 51, n. 1015): to Payne.
Eneydos (p. 61, n. 1214): to Durham for
(?) Marchmont.
Eneydos (p. 73, n. 1423): to Nicol.
One of these copies came from West;
another from Ames-Thompson (?) ; the
latter of these was bought by Cracherode
(now Br. Mus.) (?).
Golden legend I-II (p. 52, n. 1024) : to Nicol
for King George III, now Br. Mus.; the
Herbert copy.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (p. 73, n. 1422*):
to Nicol for King George III, now Br.
Mus. ; the West copy.
Chastysing (p. 86, n. 1663) : to Nicol, then
Spencer, Alchorne, Inglis, Valentine, Lilly,
Dunn Gardner, now Huth.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 61, n. 1219): to
Nicol for King George III, now Br. Mus.
Golden legend III (p. 86, n. 1670): to
Brander, then Dent, Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan.
Richard Rawlinson (1717).
Canterbury tales II: then French Protestant
Church [Ashburnham?].
Richard Rawlinson's sale.
[London, S. Baker, 21 March 1756.]
Fayttes (p. ir, n. 395).
Tully (p. 8 1, n. 3131) ' to Askew, then
Willett, Blandford, Brockett, W. Taylor,
Halliwell, Huth.
Curia sapiencie (p. 151, n. 5825): to R.
Willett, then Pegge, Spencer, now Rylands.
Thomas Rawlinson's sales.
I owe a list of the Caxtons in this exceptional
collection to the kindness of E. G. Duff.
Recuyell (VIII, 1726, p. 50): (then Harley,
West, George III, now Br. Mus. ?).
Arte and crafte (IX, 1727, p. 109): (now
Br. Mus. or Paris ?).
Blanchardin (XV, 1732, p. 135): then Rat-
cliffe, Mason, Roxburghe, Spencer, now
Rylands.
Paruus Catho, Magnus Catho (IX, 1 727, p. 26):
(then Harley, West, now Devonshire ?).
CatonfVIII, 1726, p. 36).
Curial (X, 1727, p. 81).
Book of fame (IX, 1727, p. 41).
Canterbury tales (X, 1732, p. 69).
Moral proverbs (IX, 1727, p. 34): then Harley,
Ames, West (now Rylands or Miller ?).
182
Fayttes (X, 1727, p. 15).
Tully(IX, 1727, p. 55).
Tully(X, 1727, p. 25).
Dictes (VIII, 1726, p. 107).
Doctrinal (XV, 1732, p. 58).
Gower (VIII, 1726, p. 24).
Polycronicon (X, 1727, p. 8 1).
Polycronicon (XV, 1732, p. 58).
Lyf of our lady (VIII, 1726, p. 35): then
Earl Devon, Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Morte d' Arthur (IX, 1727, p. 34): then
Harley, Fairfax, Jersey, Pope, now Hoe;
the Bernard copy.
Festial (XIV, 1729, p. 77).
Four sermons (XV, 1732, p. 75).
Myrrour (XV, 1732, p. 84).
Eneydos (IX, 1727, p. 26).
Eneydos (XIV, 1729, p. 28).
Golden legend (VIII, 1726, p. 18).
Golden legend (XII, 1728, p. 9).
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (IX, 1727, p. 41):
then Harley, now Dysart.
Chastysing (VIII, 1726, p. 94).
Chastysing (X, 1727, p. 16).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (X, 1727, p. 15).
T. Rawlinson also owned :
Temple of glass (VIII, 1726, p. 71) : probably
a Wynkyn de Worde.
Book of arts and sciences (XI, 1728, p. 71) :
a very fine copy.
According to E. G. Duff the Caxtons were chiefly
bought by Harley, Crynes and R. Rawlinson.
Walter Rea's sale.
[London, William Cooper, 19 June 1682 and
following days.]
Eneydos (p. 28, n. 188).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 28, n. 176).
Reed (about 1780).
Golden legend III.
Joshua Robert Reeve's sale
of Carlton, Cleveland ; and then of Southampton.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, i August
1884 and following days.]
Tally (p. 17, n. 204): to Emerson, resold
26 May 1904, now Pierpont Morgan.
J. R. Reeve's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
26-28 May 1904.]
Tully (p. 63, n. 806): to Quaritch, now
Pierpont Morgan. Same copy as above.
George Reid.
Canterbury tales I, 2 ff . : given by him to
Ranshaw.
John Rennie's sale.
[London, Evans, 13 and 20 July, 1829 and
following days.]
Chastysing (I, p. 27, n. 567) : to Hering (now
Huth ?).
Tretyse of loue (II, p. 41, n. 907): to R.
Wilkes (then Spencer, now Rylands ?).
Dr. Richardson of Byerley (1753).
Polycronicon : bought from Ames.
J. Roberts' sale.
[London, Evans, 6 March 1815 and following days.]
Caton (p. 21, n. 639) : to Woodburn.
Canterbury tales I (p. 21, n. 633): withdrawn.
Cronicles I (p. 21, n. 636): to John Milner,
then Higgs, Buccleuch, now Carysfort.
Discripcion (p. 21, n. 637): to John Milner,
then (?) Higgs, Buccleuch, Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 46, n. 1420): to
Dibdin for Earl Spencer, now Rylands.
Thomas Rodd's sale.
[Part I. London, Sotheby and Wilkinson,
19 November 1849 and following days.]
Fayttes (p. 30, n. 475): to Lilly, then Pickering,
Harward, Solar, Seilliere, now Bibl. nationale ;
the Heber-Pigott copy.
Baron James de Rothschild.
His library now belongs to his widow Baroness James
, de Rothschild, in Paris. It has been elaborately
described by E. Picot, ' Catalogue des livres com-
posant la bibliotheque de feu M. le baron James de
Rothschild,' vol. I (Paris 1884, in-8), also vol. II,
III and vol. IV (the last not yet published).
Gower (I, pp. 666-667, n - I0 55) : bought
from Ellis; the J. U.-Stratford-Harleian-
Barnard-Peachey-Harcourt-Selsey copy,
Samuell Rowley.
Fayttes, the two first IT. are now added to the
Amherst-Pierpont Morgan copy.
183
The Duke of Roxburghe's sale.
[London, Evans, 18 May 1812 and following days.]
Recuyell (p. 175, n. 6350): to Ridgway for
the Duke of Devonshire; the Elizabeth
Grey-Swinton-Laing copy.
Recueil (p. 170, n. 6201): to Earl Spencer
(then Dent, Hanrott,Ashburnham, Bennett),
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Payne copy.
Blanchardin (p. 1 76, n. 6360) : to Earl Spencer,
now Rylands; the Rawlinson-Ratcliffe-
Mason copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 7, n. 212): to
Triphook for Earl Spencer, now Rylands ;
the Payne copy.
Fayttes (p. 175, n. 6348): to Nornaville for
the Duke of Devonshire.
Tully (p. 38, n. 1276): to Nornaville for the
Duke of Devonshire (the RatclifFe-Allen
copy ?).
Gower (p. 94, n. 3240): to Payne for the
Duke of Devonshire.
Lyf of our lady (p. 95, n. 3257) : to Triphook,
then Blandford, Utterson, Corser, Irwin,
now Pierpont Morgan ; the Gerson-Farmer
copy.
Festial II (p. 3, n. 90) : to Earl Spencer, now
Rylands ; the Potter copy.
Four sermons II (p. 3, n. 90) : to Earl
Spencer, now Rylands ; the Potter copy.
Myrrour I (p. 51, n. 1752): to Nornaville for
the Duke of Devonshire; the Louvain
Jesuits copy.
Golden legend I (p. 7, n. 215): to Arch.
Golden legend I (p. 7, n. 216): to Lysons,
then Fletcher.
Chastysing (p. 3, n. 91): to Earl Spencer,
now Rylands.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. -7, n. 232): to
Clarke for Towneley, then Butler, Grenville,
now Br. Mus. ; the Edwards copy.
Rudge (1823).
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. : then Douce, now
Bodleian.
Rev. John Fuller Russell's sale.
[Part I. London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
26 June 1885 and following days.]
Dictes III (p. 32, n. 360): to Quaritch, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
Myrrour II (p. 74, n. 806) : to Quaritch, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the Farmer-
Wodhull-Blandford-Hibbert copy.
Golden legend I (p. 116, n. 1246): toQuaritch,
then Lord Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ;
the Craven Ord copy.
William Ryoll (1496-1497).
Legenda Sarum : two copies, bought from
St. Margaret's.
Samuel Sandars.
Bequeathed part of his library in 1894 to the
University library at Cambridge.
[Cronicles II : the Hirst copy ; given in 1891
to Cambridge.]
Cronicles II.
[Lyf of our lady : the West-Herbert-anon.-Tite
copy given in 1891 to Cambridge.]
Golden legend I : the Norsworthy-Quaritch
copy.
Fayttes.
Saunders' sale.
[1818?]
R. E. Saunders' sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 18 June
1896 and following days.]
Canterbury tales I (p. 100, n. 1182): to
Quaritch, now Pierpont Morgan.
Sir Henry and Sir John Saville's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 19-20 December
1860.]
Gower (p. 51, n. 476): to Lilly for the Earl
of Ashburnham ; the Mawyd copy.
John Scott's sale
of Halkshill, Largs, Ayrshire.
[London, Sotheby, 27 March 1905 and
following days.]
Cronicles II (p. 43, n. 409) : to Quaritch, then
Van Antwerp ; the Fairfax-Jersey copy.
Polycronicon (p. 43, n. 410): to Quaritch;
the Fothergill copy.
James E. Scripps (f 29 May 1906)
598 Trumbull Avenue, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.
Polycronicon, 2 ff.
184
Sears.
Tully : now Church.
Sir John Sebright's sale
of Beechwood, Herts.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 6 April 1807 and
following days.]
Dictes I (p. 32, n. 792) : then Dent, now
Christie-Miller.
Baron Achille S[eilHere's] sale
of the Chateau de Mello.
[Paris, Porquet, 5-14 May 1890.]
Fayttes (p. 65, n. 227) : to the Bibl. nationale ;
theHeber-Pigott-Rodd-Pickering-Harward-
Solar copy.
Selden.
Bequeathed his library to the Bodleian, q. v.
Lord Selsey's sale
of Westdean, Sussex.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 20 June
1872 and following days.]
Gower (pp. 56-57, n. 879): to Walford, then
Ellis, now Rothschild; the J. U.-Stratford-
Harleian-Barnard-Peachey-Harcourt copy.
John Sepper.
Boecius: then Warner, now Wadham Coll.;
the Martin-Blomefield copy.
Sewall's sale
[New York, November 1896.]
Cronicles I or II (n. 667): said to be the
Gardner copy.
Sexten.
Festial II I then James, now Br. Mus.
Four sermons II)
Alex Seymmer.
Caton : sold by him (24 May 1725) at Edin-
burgh, then Harley, Barnard, now Duke of
Devonshire.
Dr. Shorton.
Quatre derrenieres choses : now Br. Mus.
Meditacions sur les sept pseaulmes peniten-
ciaulx : now Br. Mus.
Thomas Shuttleworth.
Golden legend III: now Br. Mus.; the
Howsson copy.
J. Simes
of Brighton. His books were sold in
N. P. Simes' sale
of Strood Park, Horsham.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 9 July
1886 and following days.]
Polycronicon (p. 67, n. 1053): to Bull.
Felix S lade's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 3 August
1868 and following days.]
Gower, i f. (pp. 94-95, n. 1135): the Gage
copy.
The same lot also perhaps contained :
Polycronicon, 3 ff. : the Gage copy.
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1752).
Most of his books, if not all, are in the British
Museum.
Tully: now Br. Mus. (Is the provenance
certain ?)
Knyght of the toure: now Br. Mus.; the
Lane copy.
Pylgremage: now Br. Mua. ? (the Estey-
Tennant-Thoresby copy ?).
Parys and Vyenne : (then West, King
George III, now Br. Mus.; the Harleian
copy ?).
Ryall book.
A. A. Smets sale.
[New York, May 1868.]
Polycronicon (n. 1812).
The same volume is described on pp. 25-27 of the
'Catalogue raisonne of curious manuscripts, early
printed and other rare books, composing part of
the library of Mr. A. A. Smets' (Savannah, 1860,
in-8).
Thomas Smison.
Gower : then Buckler, now All Souls, Oxford.
Richard Smith's sale (1590-1675).
[London, Chiswel, 15 May 1682 and following days.]
Game of chess I (p. 275, n. 92): to Raven-
shaw.
Caton (p. 275, n. 89): to Darby.
85 Bb
Cronicles I or II (p. 274, n. 83) : to G. Walker.
Godfrey (p. 275, n. 94): to the Earl of
Peterborough, then Vernon, now Holford ;
the Edward IV(?)-Thorney-Wellborne-
Dolben copy.
Knyght of the toure (p. 274, n. 84): to
Bernard.
Jason (p. 275, n. 86): to Bernard.
Book of good manners (p. 275, n. 88):
to Darby.
Pylgremage (p. 275, n. 90): to Hill.
Myrrour I (p. 275, n. 85): to Morgan.
Eneydos (p. 275, n. 91) : to Millington.
Chastysing (p. 275, n. 90): to Hill.
Smythe (i6th century)
of Chester.
Polycronicon : then Wryght, now Wynne ;
the Chester copy.
Thomas Snell.
Tully : then Moore, now Cambridge ; the
Tanner copy.
Rev. Walter Sneyd's sale
of Keele Hall, Staffordshire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
16-19 December 1903.]
Myrrour I (p. 23, n. 170): to Quaritch.
Golden legend I (p. 23, n. 171) : to Quaritch ;
bought by Sneyd in 1848.
FeUix Solar's sale.
[Paris, Techener, 19 November 1860 and
following days.]
Fayttes (p. 487, n. 2948): to Porquet for an
English bookseller; returned and resold
to Techener; then Seilliere, now Bibl.
nationale; the Heber-Pigott-Rodd-Picker-
ing-Harward copy.
C. H. H. Sotheby (1863).
Cronicles I or II.
Discripcion.
Henry Sotheran, bookseller.
Indulgence 1481. I (Cat., 641, April 1907,
p. 29, n. 152) : now Br. Mus. ; the Archer-
Bedford copy, from a sale in 1902.
Lyf of our lady (Cat. 193, 26 July 1880, p. i)j
Lyf of our lady (Cat., November 1881) )
Then Sandars, now Cambridge; the
West-Herbert-Tite copy.
Ryall book (Cat., May 1879, p. n, n. 167) :
now Providence ?
Golden legend I (Cat. 641, April 1907, p. 28,
n. 151): the Gott copy.
Golden legend I, i f. (Cat. 641, April 1907,
pp. 28-29, n - J 5 2 ) : tne Ellis copy?
Henry Spelman (1576).
Gower : then Mildmay, now Hawkins ; the
Woodhouse copy.
Polycronicon : then Spencer, now Rylands.
Earl Spencer.
Earl Spencer's admirable library described in Dibdin's
Bibliotheca Spenceriana and bought in 1892 by
Mrs. Rylands for the John Rylands library contained
no less than 58 Caxtons of which a full list is given
supra under the word Manchester. Besides the
duplicates sold in the 1800, 1811, 1815, 1821 and
1823 sales and four volumes in the Alchorne sale
(1813) the following Caxtons have been at one time
the property of Earl Spencer :
Recuyell: then Edwards, Inglis, now Bibl.
nationale ; the Pike-Steevens copy.
Speculum vite Cristi II : from Ratcliffe (?) and
Allen's sale ; then Freeling, Corser, Huth,
now Beauchamp.
Cronicles I (given in 1816 to Jamieson); then
Nasmyth, White, now Ithaca.
Ryall book.
Eneydos: then Douce, now Bodleian; the
Hedrington copy.
Vocabulary : now Devonshire.
Golden legend I : given by him before 1815
to Wilbraham.
[Earl Spencer's] duplicate sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 26 May 1800. ' A cata-
logue of the duplicates of a Nobleman's library . . .']
Tully (p. 5, n. 162): to Ewen.
Tully (p. 6, n. 163): to Payne, then Jolley,
now Bibl. nationale ; the Benese-Price-
Burton copy.
1 86
[Earl Spencer's] duplicate sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 16 May 181 1. 'A Cata-
logue of the valuable duplicate books of a Nobleman's
library.']
Cronicles I or II (p. 9, n. 165) : to Wilbraham.
[Earl Spencer's] duplicate sale.
[London, Evans, 9 May 1815 and following days.
' A catalogue of the valuable duplicates of a
Nobleman's library.']
Canterbury tales I (p. n, n. 355): to Long-
man.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 12, n. 387): to
' Hutton.
Earl Spencer's duplicate sale.
[London, Evans, I March i8ai and following days.]
Pylgremage (p. 29, n. 226) [ = Dibdin n. 853] :
to Lister for Heber, now Christie-Miller;
the Herbert-Heber copy.
[Earl Spencer's] duplicate sale.
[London, Evans, 5 June 1823 and following days.
' Catalogue of rare books, curious antient manu-
scripts . . .']
Recueil (p. 5, n. 120): to Knell for Dent
(then Hanrott, Ashburnham, Bennett), now
Pierpont Morgan; the Payne-Roxburghe
copy.
Including duplicates Earl Spencer must have owned
at various times no less than seventy-six Caxtons !
Roberte Spensar (1525).
Myrrour I : then Harleian, Duve, now Goet-
tingen.
The Marquess of Stafford's collection.
Festial I.
Four sermons I.
Frank Hall Standish (11840)
of Duxbury Hall.
Bequeathed his library to Louis-Philippe, King of the
French; it was subsequently purchased by Due
d'Aumale (February 1851).
Golden legend III : then Blades, Amherst, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Thomas Staunton [and Ibbott's] sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 25 April 1785 and
following days.]
Boecius (p. 73, n. 2652): to Alchorne (then
Spencer), now Rylands.
Fayttes (p. 54, n. 2140): to Alchorne, then
(1860) Lilly.
Cronicles I or II (p. 73, n. 2646) : to Robson.
Godfrey (p. 54, n. 2141): to J. Edwards.
Jason (p. 54, n. 2142): to J. Edwards, now
Vienna.
Knyght of the toure (p. 65, n. 2399): to
Baynes.
George Steevens' sale.
[London, King, 13 May 1800 and following days.]
Recuyell (p. 70, n. 1150): to Payne, then
Spencer, J. Edwards, Inglis, now Bibl.
nationale ; the Pike copy.
W. F. Stevenson (1863)
Ripon.
Myrrour I.
Laurence Sterne.
Game of chess II : then Spencer, now Rylands.
[H. Stevens] sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 20 August 1857
and following days. ' Catalogue of a very impor-
tant collection of Early English Bibles . . .']
Polycronicon (p. 43, n. 517): to Nixon (then
Tite, now Brooke ?).
H. Stevens, bookseller.
Cronicles II (1862) : then Irwin, now Pierpont
Morgan.
Anthony M. Storer
of Purley Park, near Reading.
Fais de Jason] Bequeathed by him m ^
ilSLj't to Eton College.
Reynart I )
[Lord Strangford's] sale.
[London, Sotheby, 12 August 1831, and following
day. ' Catalogue of a valuable and singularly rare
collection of books, the property of a Nobleman . . .']
Siege of Rhodes (p. 26, n. 411): to Thorpe
for Grenville, now Br. Mus.
187 B b 2
Dr. William Stratford (1721)
Canon of Christ Church.
Gower, then Harley, Barnard, Peachey,
Harcourt, Selsey, now Rothschild; the
J. U. copy.
Amos Strettell's sale.
[London, Evans, 29 February 1820 and following
days.]
Tully (p. 29, n. 826): to Jolley, then Corser,
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
Robert L. Stuart.
Gower, 2 if.: bequeathed in 1892 to the
Lenox library.
William Stuart's sale
of Aldenham Abbey, Herts.
[London, Christie, 6 March 1895.]
Divers ghostly matters (p. n, n. 80): to
Nicholls, then H. B. Weaver, Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan.
William Stukeley's sale.
[London, Samuel Paterson, 28 April 1766 and
following days.]
Speculum vite Cristi (p. 13, n. 254).
With this were sold ' 2 more imperfect by Caxton,
and i the Customes of London '.
Doctrinal (p. 12, n. 236): (wrongly described
as of 1476).
The Rev. Dr. Sumner's sale.
[London, Evans, 16 May 1814 and following days.]
Golden legend III (p. 13, n. 379): to Arch.
The Duke of Sussex' sale.
[Part VI. London, Evans, 11-14 August 1845.]
Caton (p. 15, n. 224): to Pickering.
Major Swinton.
Recuyell : then Laing, Roxburghe, now Duke
of Devonshire.
Sir Mark Masterman Sykes' sale.
[London, Evans, n and 28 May and 21 June 1824
and following days.]
Polycronicon (I, p. 91, n. 1650) : to Triphook
for Dent, then Perkins, Ives, now Boston
(the Towneley- [Edwards ?] copy?).
Myrrour I (II, p. 27, n. 419): to Triphook.
Lord de Tabley's collection.
Now belongs to Lady Leighton Warren.
Myrrour II.
Bishop Tanner.
[His books are since 1 736 in the Bodleian Library.]
Ars moriendi : now Bodleian.
Gouernayle of helthe : now Bodleian.
Thomas Tanner.
Tully : then Snell, Moore, now Cambridge.
George Watson Taylor's sale.
[London, Evans, 20 March and 14 April 1823 and
following days.]
Recueil (II, p. 52, n. 998): to Payne for
Earl Spencer, now Rylands.
Boecius (I, p. 16, n. 306): to Thorpe; the
Spencer-Blandford copy.
Troylus and Cresede (I, p. 25, n. 480): to
Payne for Grenville, now Br. Mus. ; the
Herbert-Ratcliffe-Herbert-Towneley-Bland-
ford copy.
Fayttes (II, p. 28, n. 602): to Jolley, then
Corser (?), Quaritch(?), Crawford (?); the
Towneley-Blandford copy.
Tully (I, p. 32, n. 624): to Thorpe, then
Halliwell, now Huth ; the Rawlinson-
Askew-Willett-Blandford-Brockett copy.
Gower (I, p. 49, n. 965): to Thorpe; the
Mead-Willett-Blandford copy.
Knyght of the toure (II, p. 28, n. 596): to
Evans for Jolley, then Corser, now Lenox ;
the Blandford copy.
Jason (II, p. 21, n. 455): to Thorpe for
Heber, then Ashburnham, Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan ; the Harleian-West-
Ratcliffe-Erskine copy.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (II, p. 21, n. 459): to
Thorpe.
1 88
John Tennant.
Pylgremage: then Thoresby (Sloane?), now
Br. Mus. ; the Estey copy.
John Boyd Thacher's collection.
. Albany, New York, U. S. A.
Gower : bought from Quaritch ; the Beauclerk-
Way copy.
John Thane's sale.
[London, Sotheby, 21 December 1818 and following
days.]
Polycronicon (p. 6, n. 172): to Bohn.
Serjeant Thompson's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, n August
1865.]
Eneydos (p. 43, n. 246) : to Pickering.
Sir Peter Thompson (1749 and 1760).
Canterbury tales I : then Tutet, Herbert ; the
Baker-Bagford-Harley-Ames copy.
Tully.
Dictes.
Eneydos: Ames' copy; then Ratcliffe (?),
Cracherode, now Br. Mus.
None of these appear in his grandson's sale (London,
Evans, 1815).
Thoresby.
Pylgremage: (then Sloane?) now Br. Mus.;
the Estey-Tennant copy.
Roger Thorney (about 1510)
a friend of Wynkyn de Worde.
Godfrey: then Wellborne, Dolben, Smith,
Peterborough, Vernon, now Holford;
Edward IV's copy (?).
Sir John Hayford Thorold's sale
of Syston Park, Lincolnshire.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
12 December 1884 and following days.]
Myrrour I (p. 47, n. 471): to Quaritch.
Thorpe, bookseller at London.
Boecius (Cat., December 1849, n. 3450):
Priced 105, therefore doubtless perf.
Speculum vite Cristi (Cat., n. 107).
The same copy (Cat., n. 226).
Cordyale (Cat., 1826, n. 109). )
Cordyale (Cat., 1827, II, p. 48, n. 3858))
then Knight, now Miller; the Inglis
copy.
Polycronicon (Cat., 1827, II, p. 48, n. 3856).
Golden legend III (Cat., 1827, II, p. 48,
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Ratcliffe-Brander-Dent copy.
The same copy(?) (Cat., 1835, n. 852).
Lyf of saynt Katherin (Cat., 1826, n. 1223).
Count de Thott
Bequeathed his early printed books in 1795 to the
Royal library, Copenhagen.
Book of good manners : now Copenhagen ;
the Harleian copy.
Lyf of saynt Katherin : now Copenhagen ;
the Hastyng copy.
Samuel Thurner (1650).
Godfrey : then Hearne, Herbert, Gifford, now
Bristol.
Ticke(?) (early I9th century?).
Fayttes.
Sir William Tite's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 18 May
1874 and following days.]
Fayttes (p. 40, n. 577): to Quaritch, then
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan ; the Marl-
borough-Meigh-Wilkes-Crauford copy.
Polycronicon (p. 39, n. 576): to Ellis and
White, now Brooke (the Stevens copy ?).
Lyf of our lady (p. 40, n. 579) : to Hayes,
then Sandars, now Cambridge ; the West-
Herbert copy, from a sale in 1859.
Myrrour II (p. 40, n. 578): to Quaritch, then
Lenox, now New York ; the Granville-Hurt
copy.
Rev. H. J. Todd (circa 1810).
Godfrey : then Middleton, Quaritch, Amherst,
now Pierpont Morgan.
Lord Tollemache of Helmingham's
collection.
Game of chess II.
J. Towneley's sale.
[London, Evans, 8 June 1814 and following days.]
Troylus and Cresede (p. 20, n. 436): to
Triphook for the Marquess of Blandford,
then W. Taylor, Grenville, now Br. Mus. ;
the Herbert-Ratcliffe-Herbert copy.
Fayttes (p. 30, n. 650) : to Longman for the
Marquess of Blandford, then W. Taylor,
Jolley, Corser (?), Quaritch (?), Crawford (?).
Cordyale (p. 20, n. 433): to Longman.
Discripcion (p. 25, n. 539): to Nicol for
King George III, now Br. Mus.
Dictes II (p. 25, n. 541): to Ridgway (for
the Duke of Devonshire ? the Burns copy ?).
Doctrinal (p. 25, n. 542): to Ridgway for the
Duke of Devonshire, then Turner, Bateman,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the Herbert
copy.
Polycronicon (p. 30, n. 655) : to Arch, then
[Edwards?] Sykes, Dent, Perkins, Ives,
now Boston (?), or perhaps Pepys.
Golden legend I (p. 30, n. 654) : to Hutton,
then Glendining, now Lord Aldenham.
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 36, n. 772): to
Stace, then Butler, Grenville, now Br. Mus. ;
the Edwards-Roxburghe copy.
James Tregaskis, bookseller.
Boecius, 2 ff. (Cat. 652, 1908, p. 13, n. 98):
the Blades-Dutton-Van Antwerp copy.
Canterbury tales I (Cat. 652, 1908, p. 13,
n. 99) : the Ashburnham (?)-Hodson copy.
Gower, i f. (Cat. 570, 1905 ; also 581, 1905,
pp. 19-20, n. 273).
Lyf of our lady II, 2 ff. (Cat. 652, 1908, p. 13,
n. 98) : the Blades-Dutton-Van Antwerp
copy.
Lord Trevor's collection.
Polycronicon.
Nicolas Trotter.
Boecius : now Bodleian.
H. Trougton.
Game of chess I : then Petre, Amherst, now
Pierpont Morgan.
John Trustanes (1516).
Myrrour II: then Botelar, Greasbrooke,
Barnesley, Ratcliffe, Hunter, now Glasgow.
Sir Gregory Osborne Page Turner's sale.
[Battlesden House (Wotmrn), Christie, 19 October
1824, and following days.]
Golden legend I (p. 140, n. 2076).
Blades notes this by error as a copy of the Cronicles.
Dawson Turner's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 7 March 1853
and following days.]
Doctrinal (p. 52, n. 777) : to Pasmore (bought
in); cf. 1859 sale.
Dawson Turner's second sale.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, 16 May 1859 an ^
following days.]
Doctrinal (p. 39, n. 529) : to Bateman, then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Herbert-Towneley-Devonshire copy, bought
in at D. Turner's previous sale.
Mark Cephas Tutet's sale.
[London, Gerard, 15-18 February 1786.]
Recuyell (p. 30, n. 487): to Austen, then
Spencer, now Rylands.
Arte and crafte (p. 19, n. 329): to Payne,
now Bibl. nationale.
Canterbury tales (p. 20, n. 362): to Herbert;
the Baker-Bagford-Harleian-Ames-Thomp-
son copy.
Cronicles I or II (p. 29, n. 485) : to Wilbraham.
Gower (p. 20, n. 363) : to I. Herbert.
Polycronicon (pp. 28-29, n. 479): to H. E.
Austen, then Prince ; the Purde copy.
Samuel Tyssen's sale
of Narborough Hall, Norfolk.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 7 December 1801 and
following days.]
Cronicles I or II (p. 19, n. 626): to Baines.
Polycronicon (p. 31, n. 1048): to Heber.
J. U. (1715) [perhaps Urry].
Gower: then Stratford, Harley, Barnard,
Peachey, Harcourt, Selsey, now Rothschild.
190
Edward Vernon Utterson's sale.
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 19 April 1852
and following days.]
Recuyell (p. 35, n. 482) : to Lord Ashburnham,
then Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Lloyd-Hibbert-Wilkes copy.
Canterbury tales I, 9 ff. (p. 36, n. 487) : to
Lord Ashburnham, then Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan.
Lyf of our lady (p. 87, n. 1 200) : to Pickering
for Corser, then Irwin, now Pierpont
Morgan; the Gerson-Farmer-Roxburghe-
Blandford copy.
Golden legend III (p. 36, n. 483) : to Pickering
for Corser, now Huth.
Rev. William Valentine's sale.
[London, Evans, 16 April 1842 and following days.]
Chastysing (p. 29, n. 552): to Pickering,
then Dunn Gardner, now Huth ; the
Ratcliffe-Spencer-Alchorne-Inglis copy.
Dr. Valpy's sale (1832).
Cordyale : to Bohn (then Knight, now Miller ;
the Inglis copy ?).
Ferdinand Vanderhaeghen
Librarian of the University Library, Ghent.
Commemoracio : given by him to the Ghent
library.
Thomaso Vatis and Gulielmo Duchetti.
Fayttes : then Douce, now Bodleian ; A.
Browne's copy.
Sir R. Williams Vaughan.
Fayttes: bequeathed by him to the Misses
Lloyd.
Lord Vernon.
Godfrey: now Holford; the Edward IV(?)-
Thorney - Wellborne -Dolben - Smith - Peter-
borough copy.
Dr. Vincent's sale.
[London, Evans, 15 March 1816 and following days.]
Dictes III (p. 35, n. 1176): to Singer, now
Bodleian.
Godfrey (pp. 34~35,n. 1 1 75) : to Singer, for the
Marquess of Blandford (?) [now Holford ?].
R. Warner (1770) of Woodford, Essex.
Boecius : now Wadham College ; the Martin-
Blomefield-Sepper copy.
John Warren.
Fayttes: then Selden, now Bodleian; Love-
lace's copy.
Lady Leighton Warren's collection.
She now owns Lord de Tabley's library.
Myrrour II.
T. Warton.
Gower: sold at Sotheby, 1886.
Watkis, a bookseller.
Gower : now Shrewsbury.
Gregory Lewis Way's sale.
[June 1881.]
Gower (n. 162): to Quaritch, now Boyd,
Thacher ; the Beauclerk copy.
Golden legend III : to Quaritch.
Harold Baillie Weaver's sale.
[London, Christie, 29-31 March 1898.]
Divers ghostly matters (p. 16, n. 114): to
Pickering for Bennett, now Pierpont Mor-
gan ; the Stuart copy.
Robert Wellborne (i6th century?).
Godfrey : then Dolben, Smith, Peterborough,
Vernon, now Holford ; the Edward IV (?)-
Thorney copy.
Nathanael Wells.
Tully : then King George III, now Br. Mus. ;
the Ollit copy.
James West's sale.
[London, Langford, March, 1773.]
Game of chess I (p. 131, n. 4090): to Nicol
for King George III, now Br. Mus.
Recuyell (p. 209, n. 4090): to Payne for
King George III, now Br. Mus.
Arte and crafte (p. 114, n. 1876) : to RatclifFe,
then King George III, now Br. Mus.
191
Arte and crafte (p. 1 14, n. 1874) : to Ratcliffe,
then Brander, Blandford, Spencer, now
Rylands.
Boecius : to Mason.
Speculum vite Cristi II (p. 114, n. 1870) : to
Ratcliffe (then King George III), now Br.
Mus. ; the Harleian copy.
Caton (p. 64, n. 1151): to Ratcliffe, now Br.
Mus. or Duke of Devonshire ; one of the
two Harleian copies.
Charles the Great (p. 209, n. 4092) : to
Ratcliffe, then King George III, now Br.
Mus. ; the Danser-Bagford-Harleian copy.
Curial (p. 131, n. 2284): to Ratcliffe, then
King George III, now Br. Mus.; the
Harleian- Ames copy.
Book of fame (p. 130, n. 2281): to Ratcliffe.
This may be either the Harleian-Spencer-
Rylands copy or the Daly-King' s-Br. Mus.
copy.
Canterbury tales I (p. 130, n. 2274): to Nicol
for King George III, now Br. Mus. ; from
a sale in 1771.
Troylus and Cresede (p. 130, n. 2280): to
Nicol for King George III, now Br. Mus. ;
the Dudley-Harleian copy.
Moral proverbs (p. 131, n. 2283): to George
Mason, then, either Spencer, now Rylands,
or Grenville, Freeling, now Miller; the
Rawlinson-Harleian-Ames copy.
Fayttes (p. 140, n. 2481): to Gulston (alii
to Payne).
Tully (p. 64, n. 1150): to George Mason.
Cordyale (p. 114, n. 1873): to Hunter, now
Glasgow; the Harleian copy.
Deathbed prayers (p. 114, n. 1874): to Rat-
cliffe, then Brander, Blandford, Spencer,
now Rylands.
Dictes II (p. 131, n. 2288) : to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus.
Four sons of Aymon (p. 141, n. 2483): to
Ratcliffe, then Spencer, now Rylands.
Godfrey (p. 209, n. 4093) : to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus.
Gower (p. 131, n. 2297): to Nicol for King
George III, now Br. Mus.
Polycronicon (p. 209, n. 4091): to Willett,
now Duke of Devonshire ; the Morice copy.
Jason (p. 140, n. 2480): to Ratcliffe, then
Erskine, W. Taylor, Heber, Ashburnham,
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan; the
Harleian copy.
Lyf of our lady (p. 113, n. 1862) : to Herbert,
then anon., Tite, Sandars, now Cambridge.
Pylgremage (p. 114, n. 1874): to Ratcliffe,
then Brander, Blandford, Spencer, now
Rylands.
Ordre of chyualry (p. 103, n. 1656): to
G. Mason.
Parys and Vyenne (p. 141, n. 2482): to
Nicol for King George III, now Br. Mus. ;
the Danser-Bagford-Harleian copy.
Reynart I (p. 140, n. 2479): to Herbert
(was it really Caxton's edition ?).
Ryall book (p. 114, n. 1875): to Payne, then
King George III, now Br. Mus.
Myrrour I (p. 140, n. 2469): to Nicol for
King George III, now Br. Mus.; the
Humfrey-Ames copy.
Myrrour I (p. 22, n. 336): to R. Gough.
Myrrour II (p. 140, n. 2470): to Willett, then
Spencer, now Rylands (the Harleian
copy ?).
Eneydos (p. 65, n. 1190): to Ratcliffe.
Golden legend I (p. 1 14, n. 1865) : to Hunter,
now Glasgow.
Lyf of saynt Wenefryde (p. 113, n. 1864):
to Ratcliffe, then King George III, now
Br. Mus.
Chastysing (p. 114, n. 1871) : to Hunter, now
Glasgow ; the Harleian copy.
Tretyse of loue (p. 114, n. 1871): to Hunter,
now Glasgow ; the Harleian copy.
He also owned at one time a copy of :
Paruus Catho. Magnus Catho (II ?).
Festial I or II.
Golden legend III, then Alchorne, Spencer,
now Rylands ; the Ames copy.
[The Earl of Westmoreland's] sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 13-15 July
1887. 'Catalogue of a portion of the valuable
library of a Nobleman . . .']
Boecius (p. 17, n. 310): to Quaritch, then
Amherst, now Pierpont Morgan.
Baron Westreenen de Tiellandt.
Bequeathed his library to the Museum Meermanno-
Westreenianum at the Hague.
Cordyale, the Le . . . -Rowe copy.
Joseph Whatley.
Caton: then Ashburnham, Bennett ; the Baker
copy.
Andrew D. White.
Cronicles II : given by him in 1891 to Cornell
University; the Spencer-Jamieson-Nasmyth
copy.
B. White, bookseller at London.
Book of fame (Cat. 1777, n. 1080).
Godfrey or Gower? (Cat. 1780, n. 1150).
Sale of a library from Whitley Beaumont,
Yorkshire.
[London, Hodgson, 23 November 1906.]
Doctrinal (n. 188): to Quaritch.
Book of good manners (n. 188): to Quaritch
for the Br. Mus.
Ryall book (n. 188): to Quaritch.
Roger Wilbraham's collection.
He parted with many books during his lifetime.
Game of chess I : now Duke of Devonshire.
Golden legend I : a Spencer duplicate.
Tretyse of loue : then Spencer, now Rylands.
Roger Wilbraham's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
20-22 June 1898.]
Golden legend III (p. 53, n. 644): then
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan.
[J. Wilkes'] sale.
[London, Sotheby, 12 March 1847 and following
days. 'Catalogue of the library of an eminent
collector . . .']
Recuyell (p. 128, n. 2101): to Payne for
Utterson, then Ashburnham, Bennett, now
Pierpont Morgan ;. the Lloyd-Hibbert copy.
Caton (p. 45, n. 682): to Pickering, then
Nobleman (1899), Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Flete wode- Alchorne-Blandford
copy.
Fayttes (p. 46, n. 694) : to Boone for Crauford,
then Tite, Quaritch, Amherst, now Pierpont
Morgan ; the Marlborough-Meigh copy.
Jason (p. 87, n. 1409); to Rodd for Dunn
Gardner, then Lenox, now New York;
the Blandford-Higgs copy.
[Rev. Wilkinson's] sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 3 April 1797 and
following days. 'A Catalogue of the genuine,
elegant and valuable library of a clergyman,
deceased . . .']
Cronicles I (p. 13, n. 352) : to Bingham, then
Alchorne, now Duke of Devonshire.
Discripcion (p. 13, n. 352): to Bingham, then
Alchorne (?).
Henry Willett's sale
of Arnold House, Brighton.
[London, Christie, 5 July 1905.]
Caton (pp. 7-8, n. 23) : to Quaritch for
Pierpont Morgan ; the Clarke-Alford copy.
Ralph Willett's sale
of Merly, Dorset.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 6 December 1813
and following days.]
Divers ghostly matters (p. 68, n. 1777): to
Earl Spencer, now Rylands.
Game of chess II (p. 23, n. 604): to the
Duke of Devonshire; the Pollard- Ames-
Ratcliffe copy.
Tully (p. 24, n. 612): to Singer for the
Marquess of Blandford, then Brockett-W.
Taylor-Halliwell,nowHuth; the Rawlinson-
Askew copy.
Dictes I (p. 29, n. 754) : to Earl Spencer, now
Rylands ; the Harleian-Ratcliffe copy.
Gower (p. 40, n. 1059): to the Marquess of
Blandford, then Watson Taylor ; the Mead
copy.
Polycronicon (p. 45, n. 1195): to the Duke
of Devonshire ; the Morice- West copy.
Myrrour II (p. 64, n. 1672): to Longman,
Hunt and Co., then Spencer, now Rylands ;
the Harleian (?)- West copy.
He also owned Curia sapiencie bought by him at the
Rawlinson sale (then Pegge, Spencer, now Rylands).
Watkyn Williams.
Speculum vite Cristi I : now Watkyn Wynne.
John Wilson.
Game of chess I : then West, now Br. Mus.
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Joshua Wilson
of Tunbridge Wells.
Bequeathed in 1831 his books to the Congregational
library, Blomfield Street, London.
Festum transfigurationis : now Br. Mus. ; the
Grice-Oldham copy.
Lea Wilson.
Golden legend (?).
Michael Wodhull's sale.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1 1 January
1886 and following days. The library then be-
longed to J. E. Severne, of Thenford House,
Banbnry, Northamptonshire.]
Tully (p. 58, n. 730) : to Ellis.
[Michael Wodhull's] duplicate sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 24 March 1803 and
following days. ' A catalogue of a very valuable
collection of books, the duplicates of a distinguished
collector's library . . .']
Myrrour II (p. 41, n. 1030): to B. Powes,
probably the Farmer copy, then Blandford,
Hibbert, Fuller- Russell, Quaritch, Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan ?).
Guy Woode.
Polycronicon : then Bostok, then Ellesmere;
the Kempe copy.
Francis Woodhouse (about 1500).
Gower: then Spelman,Mildmay, now Hawkins.
Francis Wrangham
Archdeacon of Cleveland.
There is a privately printed catalogue of his library
(1826, in-8).
Divers ghostly matters.
Wryght (i6th century)
of Chester.
Polycronicon: now Wynne; the Chester-
Smythe copy.
Th. Wryothsley.
Game of chess I : then West, now Br. Mus.
The Right Hon. C. W. Williams
Wynne's sale.
[February 1851.]
Golden legend I (n. 761).
W. E. Watkyn Wynne's collection
Towin, Merionethshire.
Speculum vite Cristi I: Watkyn Williams' copy.
Polycronicon : the Chester-Smythe- Wryght
copy.
Edward Wynne's sale.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 6 March 1786 and
following days.]
Caton (p. 46, n. 1365): to Ashby.
Myrrour I (p. 46, n. 1367) : to Ashby. Title
in MS.
Bishop Wynne's collection.
Game of chess I : then Rev. Edward Bankes.
Lord Zouche's collection
Parham.
Formed by his father the Hon.* Robert Curzon.
Lyf of saynt Katherin.
Golden legend III.
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ANONYMOUS SALES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
[London, Baker, 3 May 1771.]
Canterbury tales I : to West, then George III,
now Br. Mus.
Fayttes : to Jos. Gunston.
[London, Leigh and Sotheby, 15 April 1814 and
following days. ' A catalogue of a very fine
collection of miscellaneous books . . .']
Fayttes (p. 43, n. 1537) : to W.
[London, December 1817.]
(I have not been able to discover the catalogue of this
sale.)
Recueil.
[London, Sotheby, 8 March 1821 and following days.
'A Catalogue of the very interesting library of
a gentleman deceased.']
Fayttes (p. 24, n. 546): to Heber, then
Pigott, Rodd, Pickering, Harward, Solar,
Seilliere, now Bibl. nationale.
[London, Sotheby, 17 June 1823 and following days.]
Caton (p. 33, n. 1032): to Triphook.
Polycronicon (p. 50, n. 1467): to Triphook.
[London, Evans, 10 January 1827. 'Catalogue of
a valuable collection of books and maps . . .']
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 27, n. 695): to
Payne, then Butler, Grenville, now Br.
Mus.; the Edwards-Roxburghe-Towneley
copy.
[London, Evans, 28 May 1832. ' Catalogue of curious,
rare, and valuable books from the library of
a collector . . .*]
Lyf of saynt Katherin (p. 48, n. 1259): to
N. Bohn.
[London, Evans, 18-20 May 1835. 'Catalogue of a
portion of the library of a distinguished collector . . .']
Speculum vite Cristi (p. 12, n. 227): to
Thorpe.
Golden legend I (p. 25, n. 499): to Thorpe;
said to be the Towneley copy, then Fletcher ;
the Roxburghe-Lysons copy.
Polycronicon (p. 25, n. 500): to Pickering;
the Edwards copy (then Bateman ?).
[London, Evans, 21 July 1838 and following days.
' Catalogue of a very valuable portion of a
gentleman's library ..." To this were added the
MSS. having belonged to the late Bishop of
Durham.]
Four sermons (II?) (p. 13, n. 267): to
Pickering (then Hepplewhite, Culemann,
Addington 5 Amherst,nowPierpont Morgan?).
Polycronicon (p. 13, n. 255): to Pickering.
[London, Hodgson, 1843.]
Statutes: to Lilly, then Grenville, now Br.
Mus.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, I July 1856 and
following days.]
Cronicles I or II (p. 22, n. 319) : to Sheffington
(thenSewall?).
[London, Sotheby and Wilkinson, 22-23 March
1859. ' Catalogue of valuable and important books
from the library of a Gentleman.']
Lyf of our lady (p. 40, n. 575): to Tite, then
Sandars, now Cambridge ; the West-
Herbert copy.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, November 1861.]
Arte and crafte (p. 68, n. 1593) ' ( not Caxton's
edition).
[London, Puttick and Simpson, 14 July 1862 and
following days.]
Festum transfigurationis (p. 162, n. 2005) :
to Boone for the Br. Mus.; the Grice-
Oldham- Wilson-Congregational copy.
[London, Wilkinson and Hodge, 8-9 May 1868.
' Catalogue of a valuable and important collection
of rare, curious, and standard books and MSS. . . .']
Golden legend I-II (p. 23, n. 262): to
Sotheran, then Quaritch and Lilly, then
(?) Havergeel.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1880.]
Statutes : to Wilson, the Middleton copy.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 29 April
1880 and following days.]
Cronicles I (p. 16, n. 273) : to Quaritch.
195
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1516,
June 1880.]
Cronicles II (p. 18, n. 247): to Hirst, then
Sandars, now Cambridge.
Golden legend III (p. 42, n. 589) : to Young.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 1883.]
Golden legend I (n. 227): to Sabin, now
Hoe; the Buckingham copy.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 18-21
June 1886. ' Catalogue of valuable books and
MSS. consisting of the library of a collector and
other properties.*]
Gower (p. 60, n. 921): to Jackson ; War/ton's
copy.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, 2 March 1887.]
Polycronicon (n. 276): to Westell.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, 12 October 1887.]
Cronicles I or II, 3 ff. (n. 646) : to Jarvis.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 24 February
1896. (The Barlaston Hall Library ?).]
Canterbury tales I (p. 49, n. 687) : to
Quaritch, then Bennett, now Pierpont
Morgan.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 19-21
March 1896. 'Catalogue of a portion of the
library of a collector in failing health . . .']
Polycronicon (p. 12, n. 171): to Pickering
for Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan (the
Glasse copy ?).
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 27 February
1899 and following days.]
Caton (p. 144, n. 1818): to Pickering for
Bennett, now Pierpont Morgan ; the
Fletewode - Alchorne - Blandford - Wilkes
copy.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
24-27 April 1899.]
Polycronicon (p. 34, n. 443) : to Tregaskis.
[London, Hodgson, 16 June 1899.]
Golden legend III (n. 1139): (then Bennett,
now Pierpont Morgan ?).
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
26 February 1900 and following days.]
Polycronicon, i f. (p. 46, n. 468) : to Sherratt.
[New York, Bangs, 7 June 1900.]
Canterbury tales I, i f. (n. 108).
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 25 February
1901 and following days.]
Canterbury tales I, i f. (p. 50, n. 590) : to
Tregaskis.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 6-9 May
1901.]
Polycronicon (p. 97, n. 929) : to Tregaskis ;
the Crawford copy.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson, and Hodge,
2-7 December 1901.]
Polycronicon (p. 44, n. 403): to J. Bayley;
. R. Myddleton's copy.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
17-21 March 1902.]
A volume belonging to the Bedfordshire general
library and formerly Thomas Archer's consisted of
the following items.
Indulgence 1481. I (p. no, n. 985): to
Quaritch for Pierpont Morgan.
Indulgence 1481. I (p. in, n. 986): to
Sotheran, now Br. Mus.
Ryall book (p. in, n. 987): to Quaritch for
Pierpont Morgan.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge,
28-30 July 1902.]
Ryall book (pp. 65-66, n. 771): to Quaritch;
the Bolton-Godbold-Martin copy.
[London, Hodgson, 16-18 November 1904.]
Myrrour I (p. 26, n. 555) : to Quaritch ; from
a collection at Bishops Stortford.
[London, Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 31 May
and i June 1907.]
Golden legend I (p. 42, n. 335) : to C. Davis.
[London, Puttick and Simpson, to December . . .]
Myrrour II (p. 12, n. 130).
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