Of Old Age (Caxton): London, British Library, IB.55045
Summary:
Physical Description:
Object Description:
Form: Codex
Material: Paper
Size: 252 mm x 180 mm (dimensions of all - size of leaves)
Collation:
- 'Without the first and last blanks.
Rubrication and decorated initials:
- Summary: 'Pages a1b, a4a, and quire i of Part I are rubricated'. (BMC XI, p. 120)
Hand decoration:
Coming soon.
Additions:
Binding Description:
'Bound in 19th-century gold-tooled red morocco before a copy of Tullius de amicicia, in English, [London, William Rastell, c. 1530], STC 5275, a reprint of the corresponding section of Caxton's edition. See: IB.55131. (BMC XI, p. 120)
Accompanying Material:
None.
History:
- Provenance:
- John, Lord Lumley, before 1609.
- Prince Henry, son of James I, 1609, and then the Old Royal Library.
Image Gallery:
Works referred:
Administration Information:
- Images are supplied by Lotte Hellinga, and scanned by LM and CH (2015).
All the information are quoted from BMC XI with kind permission by the editor.
Ed. by TK (2015