WIGB - Watermarks in Incunabula Printed in Great Britain

Reference number: 721 Watermark description: letter y, latin cross, tail left Bernstein description: letters/digits - one letter - letter y - latin cross - tail left Mainclass IPH: W Maingroup description: letter y Position: left Identical watermarks: BMC XI 419: Caxton 114; BMC XI 420: Caxton 136, 139, 140, 142; BMC XI 421: Caxton 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 167, 168, 169, 170, 172, 174, 175, 177, 178, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187 Reproduction: beta-radiograph Depository: Library of Congress, Washington DC, U.S.A. Place of printing: [Westminster] Date deduced: [about 1486] Year: 1486 -1486 Printer: [William Caxton] Shelfmark: LC Rosenw. 568 Folio: g2 Papersize: chancery Size: fo Number of leaves: 162 Number of sheets: 81 Bibliographic references: Duff 366

The research was conducted by Paul Needham (Princeton, Scheide Library). The project was funded by the Bibliographical Society (London). The data were inserted in the database by Janneke Verdijk under supervision of Gerard van Thienen, with advisory support of Marieke van Delft (TheHague, KB). The web presentation was implemented by Emanuel Wenger (Vienna, ÖAW).