Rudimentum novitiorum [French] La Mer des histoires
Publisher: Pierre Le Rouge for Vincent Commin
Published: 1488
Place of publication: Paris
Language: frm
Other titles: Incunabula (Collection of Distinction)
Notes: In two parts, dated: I) July 1488; II) Feb. 1488/89. BMC and Sheppard describe a variant setting of quire a of I. Woodcuts and 2 maps

Neveu corrects Polain's description

Neveu and Frasson-Cochet report variants

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, R346

Incunabula short title catalogue, ir00346000

condition reviewed 20180614 cletizia

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.402.51 pf leaf dimensions: 390 x 283 mm. Ruled in red and blue. Woodcuts hand-colored. First leaf of vol. 1 wanting and replaced in C19 pen facsimile. Ca. 18th-/19th-century calf, with armorial super-ex-libris on both covers. Vol. 2 rubricated in red and blue, but without hand-coloring. Acquired Oct., 1957.

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