Watermark sketched in ink on title page verso. Inscription on title page: L. van Ess Marienmünster 1798. Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps from Van Ess in 1824, with his shelfmark "517" on spine and front pastedown. Inherited by Thomas FitzRoy Fenwick, Phillipps' grandson, in 1872. Purchased by A.S.W. Rosenbach from Fenwick in 1923 and sold to Henry Huntington.