hEre begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye, composed and drawen out of dyuerce bookes of latyn in to frensshe by the ryght venerable persone and worshipfull man. Raoul le ffeure. preest and chapelayn vnto the ryght noble gloryous and myghty prynce in his tyme Phelip duc of Bourgoyne of Braband [et]c in the yere of the incarnacion of our lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and foure, and translated and drawen out of frenshe in to englisshe by Willyam Caxton mercer of ye cyte of London, at the comau[n]deme[n]t of the right hye myghty and vertuouse pryncesse hys redoubtyd lady. Margarete by the grace of god. Duchesse of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband [et]c., whiche sayd translacion and werke was ... fynysshid in the holy cyte of Colen the. xix. day of septembre the yere of our sayd lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and enleuen [sic] [et]c ...
Contributors: Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1209:16.
Publisher: Printed by William Caxton and, probably, Colard Mansion
Published: 1473
Place of publication: [Bruges
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 704
Subjects: Troy (Extinct city) -- Romances -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Recueil des histoires de Troye.; and zeland and thus whan alle thyse thynges cam.
Work titles: Recueil des histoires de Troie.
Notes: A translation of: Recueil des histoires de Troye.

Title from ¹[A]2r, which is printed in red.

Imprint from STC and Needham; see also Lotte Hellinga, "Caxton in focus", p. 38-9, 48.

Signatures: [A-O¹⁰ P; A-I¹⁰ K L⁶; A-K¹⁰].

In three books.

The first leaf is blank.

[A]3r text begins: and zeland and thus whan alle thyse thynges cam ..

The last leaf contains 14 lines of Latin verse beginning: Pergama flere volo. fata danais data solo ..

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

STC (2nd ed.) 15375.

Duff 242.

Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx4.

Hain-Copinger 7048.

Available electronically as part of Early English books online.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1970. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1209:16).