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Title

  • Boecius de consolacione philosophie

Other Title

  • De consolacione philosophie

Names

  • Boethius, -524, author
  • Boethius, -524
  • Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, translator
  • Surigonus, Stephanus
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer
  • Greene, Belle da Costa, associated name
  • Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908, former owner
  • St. Albans School, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Westminster, London, England] : William Caxton, [about 1478]

Headings

  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula

Notes

  • -  Title from caption, leaf [1]2.
  • -  Translated by Geoffrey Chaucer. Cf. leaf [12]5 verso: "Maister Geffrey Chaucer hath translated this sayd werke oute of latyn in to our usual and moder tonge. Followyng the latyn as neygh as is possible to be understande."
  • -  Printer's name from leaf [12]5 verso: "I William Caxton have done me debuoir & payne tenprynte it in forme as is here above made."
  • -  Approximate date of publication from ISTC.
  • -  Signatures: [1-11]⁸ [12]⁶ ([1]1 blank)
  • -  "Epitaphiu[m] Galfredi Chaucer. per poetam laureatu[m] Stephanu[m] surigonu[m] Mediolanense[m] in decretis licenciatu[m]": leaf [12]6.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-813
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3399
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 3399
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4576 (variations)
  • -  Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, volume 11, page 111 (lB. 55018)
  • -  Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00813000
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 557
  • -  Boethius's Latin text typographically distinguished from Chaucer's translation.
  • -  Capital spaces with guide letters.
  • -  LC copy: many leaves repaired; leaf [80] ([11]1), is a facsimile, with a true copy (supplied from the Morgan Library) mounted to a modern leaf afterwards.
  • -  LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Rosenwald notes in pencil on the front free endpaper: "There is only 1 facsimile (leaf 80). An original of leaf 80 (furnished by Miss Greene from the Earl of Ashburnham copy) has been inserted after the facsimile." "Miss Greene" is Belle da Costa Greene, a Black woman who began working as J.P. Morgan's personal librarian in 1905, and became director of the Morgan Library when it transitioned from a personal collection to a public institution.
  • -  LC copy: Bookplate of Thomas Brooke, FSA, Armitage Bridge, on front pastedown. A pencilled note on the front pastedown states that this is the "St. Albans Grammar School copy." See also De Ricci's Census of Caxtons, 8;8.
  • -  PR1859.A2 1478 Copy 1 formerly marked Incun. X .B65. he18 2025-05-08

Medium

  • [188] p. ; 29 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR1859 .A2 1478

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043568

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Boethius, -524, Author, -524 Boethius, Stephanus Surigonus, William Caxton, Belle Da Costa Greene, Thomas Brooke, Former Owner St. Albans School, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Boecius De Consolacione Philosophie. translateds by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 [Westminster, London, England: William Caxton, about, 1478] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/47043568/.

APA citation style:

Boethius, -., Boethius, -., Surigonus, S., Caxton, W., Greene, B. D. C., Brooke, T. [...] Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1478) Boecius De Consolacione Philosophie. Chaucer, G., trans [Westminster, London, England: William Caxton, about] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/47043568/.

MLA citation style:

Boethius, -524, Author, et al. Boecius De Consolacione Philosophie. trans by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400 [Westminster, London, England: William Caxton, about, 1478] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/47043568/>.