Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Early print collection
General material designation
- Textual record
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title supplied by collection contents.
Level of description
Collection
Reference code
CA MRUASC C0001
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
Physical description area
Physical description
17 leaves
2 v.
1 bifolium
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Custodial history
Scope and content
Collection illustrates the early development of movable type printing in Europe. Collection consists of printed books including a book of hours and a collection of Chaucer's works, as well as leaves from Bibles, hagiographies, liturgical texts, and works of history, literature, canon law, and botany.
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Most items were purchased from antiquarian book dealers in 2018-2019. Items 0086-02, 0225-02, 0225-03, and PR1850 1598 were donated by Diana Patterson in 2018-2019.
Arrangement
Language of material
- English
- Latin
Script of material
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
There are no restrictions on access.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Finding aids
Full description available at: https://archives.mtroyal.ca/ca-mruasc-c0010
Associated materials
Accruals
Alternative identifier(s)
Standard number area
Standard number
Access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Level of detail
Language of description
- English