Godefrey of Boloyne (Caxton): Edition Description
Summary:
- Author: Heraclius
- Title: Godefrey of Boloyne, or The siege and conquest of Jerusalem, or Eracles
- Other Authors: Translated from French to English by William Caxton
- Place: Westminster
- Printer/Publisher: Caxton, William
- Date: [20 November 1481]
- Edition / Issue: 1st edn
- Main Language: English
- Contents:
- Item
1: Caxton's Prologue
[sig. 2a- sig 4a]
Incipit: The hye couragyous faytes / And valyaunt actes of / noble Illustruous and vertuous personnes
- Item
2: Table of Contents
[sig. 4a- sig 10a]
- Item
3: Godefrey of Boloyne
[sig. 12a- sig. 143a]
Incipit: Here begynneth the boke Intituled Eracles / and also of Godefry of Boloyne
- Item
4: Caxton's Epilogue ad colophon
[sig. 143b- sig. 144a]
Incipit: ... Which book I present vnto the mooste Cristen kynge. kynge Edward the fourth.
Physical Description:
Object Description:
Form: Codex
Format: F°
Ideal collation: a6 b4 ; 1-168 176. 144 leaves, 1, 11 blank.
Signatures: Signed to the fold with arabic numerals with the exception of the two preliminary quires, which are signed with letters.
Layout description:
- Columns:
- Written Lines: 40
- Locus: All
- Layout:
Type:
- Number of types: 1
- Type: 4:95B
Decoration Description:
Initials: Initial spaces with guide-letters (with a few exceptions).
Woodcut Illustration: None.
Printer's Device: None.
Colour Printing: None.
List of Copies:
- Copies
Bibliography:
- BMC XI,
124
- Bod-inc, G-164
- Cx,
48
- DeR(C),
46
- Duff(R),
164
- ISTC,
ig00316000
- (R)STC,
13175
Administration Information:
- Initial data entry by Caroline Bardell and Jamil Teja (Feb 2014). Updated 21/03/2015, 16/05/2015 by Lauren MacDougall.