Research Catalog

Title

Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue, of Diues & paup., that is to say, The riche & the pore : fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]mandmentes ...

Publication

At the Temple Barre, of London : Emprynted by me Richarde Pynson ..., [5 July 1493]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Parker, Henry, -after 1504
• Pynson, Richard, -1530

Description

[488] pages; 27 cm (fol.)

Summary

A dialogue on the Ten Commandments, composed in the early 15th century, with an introductory section entitled "Of holy pouertie." The first edition.

Alternative Title

• Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue, of Dives et pauper, that is to say, The riche and the pore
• Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue, of Dives and pauper, that is to say, The riche and the pore
• Diues & paup.
• Dives et paup.
• Riche and the pore
• Rich and the poor
• Riche and pore haue like cumynge into this worlde, & lyke outgoyng
• Riche and pore have like cummynge into this worlde, and lyke outgoyng
• And his grynding stone
• Of holy pouertie.
• Of holy povertie.
• Of holy poverty.

Subjects

• Dialogues (Literature)
• Ten commandments > Early works to 1800
• Dialogues, English (Middle)
• Conduct of life > Early works to 1800
• Poverty > Religious aspects > Christianity > Early works to 1800
• English language > Middle English, 1100-1500 > Texts
• Incunabula > England > London

Genre/Form

• Dialogues (Literature)
• Incunabula – England – London.

Note

• Title from colophon, which continues: ... fynisshed the v. day of Iuyl. the yere of oure Lord God, MCCCClxxxxiii. Emprentyd by me Richarde Pynson at the Temple Barre, of London. Deo gracias.
• Contents, page [3], begins: Riche and pore haue like cu[m]mynge into this worlde, & lyke outgoyng, but their liuying in this worlde is vnlike ... Page [5]: ... and his grynding stone.
• The traditional attribution to the Carmelite Henry Parker (see Dictionary of National Biography and Cambridge bibliography of English literature) was refuted by H.G. Richardson in Notes and queries, series 11, v. 4 (1911), pages 321-323. For further discussion, see Richardson, H.G. "Dives and pauper," in The library, v. 15, no. 1 (June 1934), pages 31-37; Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, v. 11, page 272.
• Gothic type (Proctor 9782); 2 columns (except table of contents), 36-37 lines. With headlines, initial indicators, ornamental initials in several sizes and signature marks; without catchwords and foliation.
• Signatures: [superscript pi]a-b⁶, a-v⁸ A-I⁸. Leaves [superscript pi]a1 and a1 blank; leaves c1-4 wrongly signed c2-5.
• The last leaf bears Pynson's device. Ornamental woodcut initials.

Indexed In (note)

• Incunabula short title catalogue
• Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries
• Duff, E.G. Fifteenth century English books
• Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum
• Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum
• Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
• Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)
• English short title catalogue
• Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
• Pollard, A.W. Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram fourth earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, now forming portion of the library of J. Pierpont Morgan
• Harman, M. Incunabula in the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (1979)

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on microfilm and online (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy) via Early English books, 1475-1640 (138:11) and Early English Books Online.
• Also available online (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy) via MDZ/BSB.

Call Number

*KC+ 1493 (Parker, H. [Dives and Pauper])

OCLC

17595854

Title

Here endith a compendiouse treetise dyalogue, of Diues & paup., that is to say, The riche & the pore : fructuously tretyng vpon the x. co[m]mandmentes ...

Publisher

At the Temple Barre, of London : Emprynted by me Richarde Pynson ..., [5 July 1493]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Additional Formats

Also available on microfilm and online (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy) via Early English books, 1475-1640 (138:11) and Early English Books Online.

Also available online (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek copy) via MDZ/BSB.

Indexed In:

Incunabula short title catalogue, ip00117000 http://data.cerl.org/istc/ip00117000

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, P-117

Duff, E.G. Fifteenth century English books, 339

Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 6109

Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6109

Catalogue of books printed in the fifteenth century now in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, P-032 http://incunables.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/record/P-032

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 19212

English short title catalogue, S109783

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M29464 http://www.gesamtkatalogderwiegendrucke.de/docs/M29464.htm

Pollard, A.W. Catalogue of manuscripts and early printed books from the libraries of William Morris, Richard Bennett, Bertram fourth earl of Ashburnham, and other sources, now forming portion of the library of J. Pierpont Morgan, 752

Harman, M. Incunabula in the University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign (1979), 721

Local Note

Imperfect: Leaves 1 and 13 (blank) and 244 (with printer's mark on verso) wanting, sig. a2-b1, e4-5 and G4-5 inlaid, v3-4 and J4-6 mutilated and repaired.

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Place of Publication

England London.

Added Author

Parker, Henry, -after 1504, attributed name.

Pynson, Richard, -1530, printer.

Added Title

Of holy pouertie.

Of holy povertie.

Of holy poverty.

Research Call Number

*KC+ 1493 (Parker, H. [Dives and Pauper])