04347cam a2200721 a 4500 6009456 20250607230835.4 981217s1478 enk 000 0 enm 6009456 7 cbc premver 2 ncip 19 y-genrareb he11 2021-07-28 he11 2021-07-28 TW situational he18 2025-05-08 NEW INPUT LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-644 47043568 (DLC) 47043568 DLC eng DLC DLC dcrmb enm lat lat PR1859 .A2 1478 Boethius, -524, author. De consolatione philosophiae. English (Middle English) Boecius de consolacione philosophie De consolacione philosophie [Westminster, London, England] : William Caxton, [about 1478] [188] p. ; 29 cm (fol.) text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier 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. 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. DLC 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 Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. 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. DLC 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. DLC Incunabula. rbmscv Boethius, -524. De consolatione philosophiae. Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, translator. Surigonus, Stephanus. Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer. Greene, Belle da Costa, associated name. DLC Brooke, Thomas, Sir, 1830-1908, former owner. DLC St. Albans School, former owner. DLC Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC England London. Page view rbc0001 2019rosen0557 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/Rosenwald.0557 PR1859.A2 1478 Copy 1 formerly marked Incun. X .B65. he18 2025-05-08 rbc/scd rbc/rosendgt rbc/rosen rbc/digital/rosen rarebk enh c-RareBook Incun. X .B65 Copy 1 Rosenwald Coll PREM