Grete thankynges, lawde, & honoure we merytoryously ben bounde to yelde and offre vnto wryters of hystoryes, whiche gretely haue prouffyted oure mortal lyf, that shewe vnto the reders and herers by the ensamples of thynges passyd, what thynge is to be desyred.
Alternate Title(s):
Prohemye grete thankynges lawde and honoure we merytoryously ben boundto yelde and offre vnto wryters of hystoryes
Rare Books and ManuscriptsLeaf Collection no. 0327Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BEIN 1978 1412: Imperfect: single leaf xlvi, signature 6.7.BEIN 1978 1412: Provenance: Latin manuscript annotation.BEIN 1978 1412: 27 cm, in container 28 cm. Was previously thought to be a leaf from Caxton's 1480 Chronicles of England (ISTC ic00477000); this is evident from the title and pencil manuscript notes on container, and the collation slip within. Title of origin identified by consulting Osborn fpa28, and digital surrogates of both titles viewed through Early English Books Online.BEIN Osborn fpa28: Rubricated throughout.BEIN Osborn fpa28: Imperfect: leaves A2-C4, 47.2-7, 49.4-55.7 wanting and supplied in facsimile; leaves a1, 1.1, 1.5, [chi]2, 55.8 (all blank) wanting.BEIN Osborn fpa28: Provenance: Bookseller's description pasted in and dated July 10 1889 in manuscript, with other manuscript notes. Armorial bookplate of Frederick Perkins, Chipstead Place, Kent, with "sale 1889" in manuscript below. Armorial bookplate and book label of the Earls of Warwick. Autographs of John Langely, Robert Saunders, Thomas Blofelde, and Thomas Gatte. Copious manuscript notes throughout in several English secretary hands. From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya.BEIN Osborn fpa28: Binding: Armorial binding of the Earls of Warwick with initials "B.W."BEIN Osborn fpa28: Accompanied by: booksellers' descriptions (5 leaves).BEIN Osborn pa103: Rubricated.BEIN Osborn pa103: Imperfect: single leaf CClxxvi, signature 34.2.BEIN Osborn pa103: Provenance: From the collection of Toshiyuki Takamiya.BEIN Osborn pa103: 23 cm, in container 24 cm.BEIN Osborn pa103: Accompanied by: correspondence from the bookseller, Maggs Brothers of London, to buyer Oliver A. Wallace, Esq. of Grand Rapids, Michigan, with a description of the leaf, dated September 24, 1926 (1 leaf); and a receipt for purchase of this leaf, dated April 9, 1926 (1 leaf).BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 1: Restricted. Permission of curator needed for use. BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 1: Rubricated.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 1: 27 cm. Imperfect: Wants all preliminary matter (signature a-b⁸ c⁴) and leaves 1.1, iii, [iv] blank, vii-viii, xi-xii, xxiv, ccxi, [ccxxvi] blank, cccliii, ccclxxxxi-ccccxxviii, [ccccxxix] blank. Leaves a2-3 supplied in facsimile, leaf xxiv supplied from another copy. At end is bound a leaf containing a facsimile of Caxton's device.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 1: Provenance: Bookplate: Ex libris William Loring Andrews. Autograph: A.A. Smets, Savannah May 28 1836.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 1: Binding: brown levant morocco, blind tooled with gilt edges. Binder's stamp: Bound by F. Bedford.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 2: Rubricated.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 2: Provenance: Previously owned by A.A. Smets. Purchased by William Loring Andrews at the Smets sale, New York, 1868 May. Gift of Andrews.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 2: Issued in: A genuine Caxton leaf (CCCxxxv) from Higden's 'Policronicon' Westminster 1482. (Los Angeles: Dawson's bookshop, [1938?])BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 3: Rubricated.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 3: Imperfect: leaf xliii only.BEIN Zi +9645 Copy 3: Provenance: Manuscript annotations in unidentified early hand. Stamp: St. Bride Foundation, The William Blades Library, 1891. Unidentified shelfmark: 113. Gift of James T. Babb.Yale Med copy is 1 leaf only (number 243) included with Winship, G. William Caxton and the first English Press: New York, 1938.Title from beginning of prologue (a2r); space for initial letter of 1st word of title left blank by printer.Translated and continued by John Trevisa; revised and expanded to 1460 by William Caxton.Imprint from ESTC; colophon (referring to the preparation of the text) reads: ... ended the second day of Iuyll the xxij yere of the regne of kynge Edwardthe [sic] fourth [and] of the Incarnacion of oure lord a thousand foure score and tweyne, fynysshed per Caxton.Signatures: a-b⁸ C⁴ 1-28⁸ [chi]² 29-48⁸ 49⁴ 50⁸ 52-55⁸ (leaves a1, 1.1, 1.5, [chi]2, 55.8 blank; leaf 4.3 signed 3.4, 5.3 signed 5.2, 25.2 signed 5.22, 35.3 signed 35.2)Capital spaces with guide letters.Includes index.Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 12468Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume XI, page 127Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-267Incunabula short title catalogue, ih00267000Proctor, R. Index to the early printed books in the British Museum, 9645Polain, M.-L. Catalogue des livres imprimés au quinzième siècle des bibliothèques de Belgique, 1959Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 8659Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 13438English short title catalogue, S106586Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 49.22Catalogue of the William Loring Andrews Collection of Early Books in the Library of Yale University page 38BAC Leaf Collection no. 0327: Imperfect: leaf CClvii only. From a collection of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century printed leaves compiled by Frederick Werther, with his enumeration stamped in ink.
Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. | World history -- Early works to 1800. | Geography -- Early works to 1800. | Andrews, William Loring, 1837–1920 -- Bookplate. | Blofelde, Thomas -- Autograph. | Cushing, Harvey, 1869–1939 -- Ownership. | Gatte, Thomas -- Autograph. | Langely, John -- Autograph. | Perkins, Frederick, 1780–1860 -- Bookplate. | Saunders, Robert -- Autograph. | Smets, A. A. -- Autograph. | Takamiya, Toshiyuki -- Ownership. | Wallace, Oliver A. -- Ownership. | Greville family -- Bookplate. | Greville family -- Binding. | Warwick Castle (Warwick, England) -- Bookplate. | St. Bride Foundation Institute. William Blades Library -- Stamp. | Werther, Frederick, 1881– -- Ownership. | Incunabula in Yale Library. | Incunabula in Yale Library -- Single leaves.