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Promptorium puerorum — Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.


Provenance: Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire. Cistercian abbey of St Mary the Virgin.
Location: Morgan Library and Museum, New York (NY, USA)
Shelfmark: 757
Author/Title: Promptorium puerorum
Type of evidence: e: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution
Notes on evidence:

Below the colophon: 'Iste liber pertinet ad monasterium beate marie bytlesdene ex donis dompni Iohannis byssetus et dompni henrici halderton'.

'This copy was, until recently, bound with some other books, among them a copy of Caxton's Royal Book' (Cat. (1907), 3. 227 (no. 757)). Bound by Rivière.

Date: London, A.D. 1499
Printed Book