Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes

Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes: Edition Description

Summary:

    Author: Lefèvre, Raoul
    Title: Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes
    Place: [Ghent?; also recorded as Bruges]
    Printer/Publisher: [Colard Mansion; or David Aubert for William Caxton]
    Date: [about 1474; or 1474-75]
    Main Language: French
    Note: Blades 1861-63 described it as printed in Bruges, in William Caxton's type I, but probably executed by his partner Colard Mansion, after Caxton had left Bruges for England. According to Hellinga 2001, however, probably printed by David Aubert for William Caxton.
    Contents:
      Item 1: [fol. 2r-]

        Incipit: Cy commence le volume Intitule

      Item 2: [fol. 121r-]

        Incipit: Cy commence le second liure

      Item 3: [fl. 207r-]

        Incipit: ES deux liures pcedens par

      Item 4: [fol. 286v, l.9-]

        Incipit: Le filz de cestui achilles

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Object Description:

Form: Codex

Material: Paper. See watermarks used in this book (from Watermarks in incunabula printing in the Low Countries).

Format:

Ideal collation: a-m10, A-H10 l6, aa-hh10. 286 leaves, 1, 120 blank.

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      Layout:
      • Written Lines: 31

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