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Book/Printed Material Speculum vite Cristi ... the booke that is cleped The myrroure of the blessyd lyf of Jhesu Cryste.

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Title

  • Speculum vite Cristi ... the booke that is cleped The myrroure of the blessyd lyf of Jhesu Cryste.

Names

  • Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274, attributed name
  • Love, Nicholas, active 1410, translator.
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
  • Bishop, Cortlandt F. (Cortlandt Field), 1870-1935, former owner.
  • Huth, Henry, 1815-1878, former owner.
  • Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Westminster] William Caxton [ca. 1490]

Headings

  • -  Jesus Christ--Biography--Meditations
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1490

Notes

  • -  Title extracted from incipit (leaf [2a]).
  • -  Translated by Nicholas Love.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 572
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-903
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3564 (variations)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke 4764 (variations)
  • -  Includes two anonymous works: A short treatise of the sacrament of Christ's blessed body (leaves [137b-147a]) and A short devote prayer to Jesus Christ (leaf 147a-b).
  • -  LC copy: a number of leaves repaired, some supplied from other copies; printer's device mounted on last leaf.
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: bookplates of Henry Huth, Cortland Field Bishop. Se De Ricci (Census of Caxtons, 10; 3) for imperfections and earlier provenance.
  • -  LC copy: Brown morocco by F. Bedford.

Medium

  • [148] leaves (the first blank, wanting). woodcuts: illus., initials, printer's device. 27.8 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. X .B72

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043535

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, Approximately , Attributed Name, William Caxton, Cortlandt F Bishop, Henry Huth, Francis Bedford, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Speculum vite Cristi ... the booke that is cleped The myrroure of the blessyd lyf of Jhesu Cryste. translateds by Love, Nicholas, Active 1410 [Westminster William Caxton, 1490] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47043535/.

APA citation style:

Bonaventure, S., Caxton, W., Bishop, C. F., Huth, H., Bedford, F. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1490) Speculum vite Cristi ... the booke that is cleped The myrroure of the blessyd lyf of Jhesu Cryste. Love, N., trans [Westminster William Caxton] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47043535/.

MLA citation style:

Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, Approximately , Attributed Name, et al. Speculum vite Cristi ... the booke that is cleped The myrroure of the blessyd lyf of Jhesu Cryste. trans by Love, Nicholas, Active 1410 [Westminster William Caxton, 1490] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47043535/>.