This book is intituled Confessio amantis, that is to saye in Englysshe, The confessyon of the louer / maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...
Gower, John, 1325?-1408. author.; ffawkes, Richard, former owner.; Swallowe, Christopher, active 16th century, former owner.; Swallowe, Dorothy, active 16th century, former owner.; Lumley-Savile family, former owner.; Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878, former owner.; Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
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This book is intituled Confessio amantis, that is to saye in Englysshe, The confessyon of the louer / maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...
Uniform title
Confessio amantis
Created/published
Enprynted at Westmestre : By me Willyam Caxton, and fynysshed the ij day of Septembre the fyrst yere of the regne of Kyng Richard the Thyrd, the yere of our lord a thousand, CCCC, lxxxxiij, [1493, i.e. 1483]
Description
[444] p. ; 31 cm (fol.)
Associated name
Gower, John, 1325?-1408. author.
ffawkes, Richard, former owner.
Swallowe, Christopher, active 16th century, former owner.
Swallowe, Dorothy, active 16th century, former owner.
Lumley-Savile family, former owner.
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878, former owner.
Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
ffawkes, Richard, former owner.
Swallowe, Christopher, active 16th century, former owner.
Swallowe, Dorothy, active 16th century, former owner.
Lumley-Savile family, former owner.
Ashburnham, Bertram Ashburnham, Earl of, 1797-1878, former owner.
Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
Note
In English verse.
Title from opening words of text, pi2r.
"And fyrst the auctor nameth thys book Confessio amantis, that is to say The shryfte of the louer"--p. [3].
Imprint from colophon. "The dates in the colophon are contradictory; the regnal year there given is presumed to be the correct one, i.e. 1483"--Pforzheimer catalogue.
Leaves pi, pi8, a1 and C6 are blank.
Signatures: pi⁸ [a]⁸ b-z⁸ [et]⁸ A-B⁸ C⁶; pi2-4 signed ij, iij and iiij respectively.
Capital spaces with guide letters.
Title from opening words of text, pi2r.
"And fyrst the auctor nameth thys book Confessio amantis, that is to say The shryfte of the louer"--p. [3].
Imprint from colophon. "The dates in the colophon are contradictory; the regnal year there given is presumed to be the correct one, i.e. 1483"--Pforzheimer catalogue.
Leaves pi, pi8, a1 and C6 are blank.
Signatures: pi⁸ [a]⁸ b-z⁸ [et]⁸ A-B⁸ C⁶; pi2-4 signed ij, iij and iiij respectively.
Capital spaces with guide letters.
ESTC staff note
RPM 10/16/96
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 12142
Duff, 166
Hain-Copinger, 7835
Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 66
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 420
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106556
Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 48.30
Duff, 166
Hain-Copinger, 7835
Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 66
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 420
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106556
Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 48.30
Genre/form
Annotations.
Made-up copies.
Made-up copies.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- Westminster.
Item Details
Call number
STC 12142
Folger-specific note
HH98/27. Imp: lacking t.p. (supplied by facs.) and pi1(blank), pi4-5, pi8(blank), a1(blank), a2, a8, r7, [et]8 and gatherings A-C(last leaf blank). Made-up copy?: cf. leaves h8, o1, r8, s8 and quires z and et. Initials rubricated. Early manuscript notes in several hands, including a deed and verses; some corrections in text and crossing out of each occurence of the word "pope"; a few initials pencilled in red in prologue. Cropt, affecting early autographs and manuscript notes. Wormed, aff. txt. Hole in pi6r mended, aff. txt. Leaves l3v and l4r stained, aff. txt. Provenance: early autographs reading: "Richarde ffawkes" (on leaves k5v and r6v) with other names; deed envolving "Christofer Swallowe and Dorithe his wife", with short chronicle of years 1553-1560 in several hands on leaves i3v-i4r, s3v-s4r, and uiv ; Lumley-Savile family library copy (no. 476 in Sotheby sale catalog of Sir Henry and John Savile's library, Dec. 1860); Ashburnham family library copy (no. 1777 in Sotheby sale catalog, Dec. 1897); bookplate of Michael Tomkinson (no. 437 in the Sotheby sale catalog of his library, April 1922); Sir R. Leicester Harmsworth copy; shelfmark "29. D." handwritten in red ink on front pastedown; purchased in 1938.