Henry VII, King of England: Statuta Angliae.
[Westminster]: Wynkyn de Worde, [1496]
Fol. A8 B-E6. [32] leaves.
Woodcut on A1v showing the arms and appurtenances of Henry VII; woodcut printer’s device on E6v; woodcut initial on A3r.
ISTC is00705000; GW M43529; Goff S705; BMC XI 200 (IB. 55195); STC 9354; Duff 385
| GIP number: | S52 |
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Bv.2.18 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Provenance: | London, British Museum: on A1v two stamps in dark green ink “MVSEVM || BRITAN || NICVM” within an octagonal frame, and “DUPLICATE || FOR SALE 1769”; lot 817(?) “A Parcel of statutes of Henry VIIth and VIIIth, &c. printed by Winkyn de Worde”; sold for £0.12.0 to Dr. Gifford (but his name scored through) according to the annotated BL copy of the sale catalogue - shelfmark S.C.S.12(5). Andrew Gifford (1700-1784), Baptist minister, numismatist, and from 1757 assistant librarian at the British Museum - see above. John Kent (b. after 1736), son of John Kent of Winterslow and Charlotte, daughter of Thomas, Viscount Windsor: gilt arms (29 x 27 mm) on front cover: A lion passant gardant a chief ermine Supporters Dexter A unicorn and Sinister A panther gardant collared, with motto “QVO FATA VOCANT” (see <https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/node/36033> accessed November 2019). William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate and book label on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Ab.9.15”. |
| Binding: | England, 18th-century mottled calf, covers decorated with a single gold fillet border; gold-tooled spine; armorial stamp in gilt on front cover (see Provenance); marbled endpapers; red-edged leaves; flyleaves have Pro Patria watermark and countermark of crown above initials “G R”; repaired and rebacked by Douglas Cockerell & Son, Feb. 1961 (from evidence of a pencil note on rear free endpaper); remains of original spine compartments put back. Size: 272 x 196 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 268 x 188 mm. |
| Annotations: | None. |
| Decoration: | Armorial woodcut on A1v coloured by hand; some initials and capitals very faintly tinged in yellow. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
