Le premier [-quart] volume de Froissart des croniques de France, dAngleterre, dEscoce, de Spaigne, de Bretaigne, de Gascongne, de Flandres et lieux circunvoisins..
Froissart, Jean,1338?-1410?
Verard, Antoine,-approximately 1513,printer.
[Paris] : Imprime po[u]r Anthoine Verard ... demourant a Paris ...,
[ca. 1499].
The first part of the title on each title page is a woodcut; the remainder of the title is type-set.
The woodcut portion of the title is printed from the same block in each volume, the appropriate ordinal being let into the block as required--BM 15th cent.
Imprint from colophon to volume 1.
ISTC and Goff give date as: [ca. 1499]. GW and Polain give date as: [ca. 1495].
Woodcuts: historiated initials, printer's device.
Engraved title vignettes.
Colophons: v. 1. Cy finist le premier volume de Messire Iehan Froissart sur les croniques de Fra[n]ce [et] da[n]gleterre et lieux voisins. Imprime po[u]r Anthoine Verard marchant libraire de mourant a Paris sur le Pont Nostre Dame a Lymage Saint Iehan leuangeliste ou en la sale du palais du premier pillier deuant la chappelle ou lon cha[n]te la messe de messeigneurs les presidens. v. 2. Cy finist le second volume de Messire Iehan Froissart sur les croniques de France, da[n]gleterre, Escoce, Espaigne, Bretaigne et Flandres et lieux voisins. Imprime a Paris pour Anthoine Verard marchant libraire demourant a Paris sur le Pont Nostre Dame a Lymage Saint Iehan leuangeliste ou en la salle du palais au p[re]mier pillier deuant la chappelle ou lon chante la messe de messeigneurs les presidens. v. 3. Cy finist le tiers volume de Messire Iehan Froissart sur les croniques de France ... Imprime a Paris pour Anthoine Verard marchant libraire demourant a Paris sur le Pont Nostre Dame a Lymage Saint Iehna leuangeliste ou en la salle du palais au premier pillier deua[n]t la chappelle ou lon chante la messe de messeigneurs les presidens. v. 4. Cy finist le quart volume de Messire Iehan Froissart sur les croniques de France ... Imprime a Paris pour Anthoine Verard marchant libraire demourant a Paris sur le Pont Nostre Dame a Lymage Saint Iehan leuangeliste ou a la salle du palais au premier pillier deuant la chappelle ou lon chante la messe de messeigneurs les presidens.
Signatures: v. 1. a-z⁸ [et]⁸ aa-ll⁸ v. 2. AA⁸ B-E⁸ F¹⁰ G⁶ H-X⁸ AA-PP⁸ v. 3. aaa⁶ bbb-zzz⁸ [et et et]⁸ [con con con]⁸ aaaa-eeee⁸ v. 4. pi² AAA-LLL⁸ MMM¹⁰ NNN⁶ OOO⁸.
The leaves of quire MMM are signed, respectively, MMM, MMMi-MMMiiii.
Printer's device at end of each volume.
Vol. 1: 280 leaves, the last blank (wanting in this copy); leaves 9-279 numbered fueillet i-cclxxi.
Vol. 2: 288 leaves, the last blank; leaves 9-287 numbered fueillet i-CClxxix.
Vol. 3: 238 leaves, the last blank; leaves 7-237 numbered fueillet i-CCxxxi.
Vol. 4: 114 leaves, the last blank (wanting in this copy); leaves 3-113 numbered fueillet i-Cxi.
Errors in foliation.
In 2 columns, 46 lines. Types: 119 B., type-set portions of titles; 106 B., text.
With manuscript annotations.
Goff
ISTC
Copinger
Pellechet
BM 15th cent.,
BM STC French, 1470-1600,
Proctor
Macfarlane, J. Antoine Verard,
GW
Rhodes, Oxford Colleges,
Madsen
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Acquired by the Advocates Library sometime in the 19th century.
19th-century leather with gilt and blind stamped border and large central Bibliotheca Advocatorum stamp on front and back boards, spine with five raised bands forming five gilt tooled compartments and one with gilt stamped title, double fillet gilt rolled board edges, gilt rolled turn-ins, gilt edges and marbled pastedowns and endpapers.
Valois, House of
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453
France Paris.
Premier volume de froissart des croniques de France.
Second volume de froissart des croniques de France.
Tiers volume de froissart des croniques de France.
Quart volume de froissart des croniques de France.