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Title

  • Chronicles of England

Names

  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer
  • Leighton, John, 1822-1912, binder
  • Freeling, Francis, Sir, 1764-1836, former owner
  • Carysfort, William Proby, Earl of, 1836-1909, former owner
  • Smith, W. Roy (William Roy), 1876-1938, former owner
  • Smith, Marion Parris, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Incunabula Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Westminster, William Caxton, 10 June 1480.

Headings

  • -  Great Britain--History--To 1485--Sources
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1480
  • Bookplates (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  A version of the popular English chronicle Brute of England, continued to the year 1461. Cf. F.W.D. Brie. Geschichte und Quellen der mittelenglischen Prosachronik The Brute of England oder The Chronicles of England. Marburg, 1905.
  • -  LC copy: initials and paragraph marks supplied in red.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 561
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-477 (pt. 1) (variations)
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5000 (pt. 1)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6670 (pt. 1) (variations)
  • -  Duff, E.G. Fifteenth century English books, 97
  • -  LC copy 1: Provenance: Book-plate: Freeling, Francis. Has bookplate of Earl of Carysfort, Elton Hall, 1889, 1894 mounted on front paste-down. Signed binding by Leighton. For binding and and other provenance, cf. Ricci. Census of Caxtons, 29; 2.
  • -  LC copy 2: One leaf only; recto begins "When King Philipp of Fraunce herde this tydyng..." Issued in leather portfolio titled "An original Caxton leaf," with: Jackson, Holbrook. William Caxton. London : William H. Robinson Limited, 1933 (LCCN 96173765). Bookplate of William Roy Smith and Marian Parris Smith.
  • -  LAC ael 2021-05-20 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [182] leaves (the first leaf (wanting) and leaf [9] (supplied) blank). 24.9 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1480 .C5
  • Incun. 1480 .C5 Copy 2

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48033232

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492, Printer, John Leighton, Francis Freeling, William Proby Carysfort, W. Roy Smith, Marion Parris Smith, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, John Davis Batchelder Collection, and Incunabula Collection. Chronicles of England. Westminster, William Caxton, 10 June, 1480. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48033232/.

APA citation style:

Caxton, W., Leighton, J., Freeling, F., Carysfort, W. P., Smith, W. R., Smith, M. P. [...] Incunabula Collection. (1480) Chronicles of England. Westminster, William Caxton, 10 June. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48033232/.

MLA citation style:

Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492, Printer, et al. Chronicles of England. Westminster, William Caxton, 10 June, 1480. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48033232/>.