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Title

  • Confessio amantis.

Names

  • Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
  • Huth, Henry, 1815-1878, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • John Boyd Thacher Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Westminster, William Caxton, 2 Sept. 1493 [i.e. 1483]

Headings

  • -  Christian poetry, English (Middle)
  • -  Love poetry, English (Middle)
  • -  Christian ethics--Poetry--Early works to 1800
  • -  Courtly love--Poetry--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1483

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 565
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, G-329
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 7835
  • -  Duff, E.G. 15th cent. Engl. books, 166
  • -  Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 48; 18
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: prelim. leaves [2-7] and leaves [viii], xlvii, cxxxiiii, clxxxv, clxxxviii, clxxxxiiii, ccvii, ccx, and ccxi supplied in facsimile. Without the 4 blanks.
  • -  LC copy: From the Huth Collection.
  • -  Thacher no. 835

Medium

  • [8], ccxi [i.e. ccxiii], [1] leaves ([1], [8], [9] and the last leaf blank). 30.4 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1483 .G6
  • Incun. 1483 .G6 Copy 2 Copy 2. 27.2 cm. Imperfect: prelim. leaves [2-7] supplied in facsim.; leaves [viii], cxi, cxii, cxxvii, cxxviii, cxlviii, ccx, and ccxi supplied in ms. Without the 4 blanks. Ricci 48; 11.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031309

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Gower, John, 1325?-1408, William Caxton, Henry Huth, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and John Boyd Thacher Collection. Confessio Amantis. [Westminster, William Caxton, 2 Sept. i.e. 1483, 1483] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48031309/.

APA citation style:

Gower, J., Caxton, W., Huth, H., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & John Boyd Thacher Collection. (1483) Confessio Amantis. [Westminster, William Caxton, 2 Sept. i.e. 1483] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48031309/.

MLA citation style:

Gower, John, 1325?-1408, et al. Confessio Amantis. [Westminster, William Caxton, 2 Sept. i.e. 1483, 1483] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48031309/>.