Accession number:
PML 198081
Published:
[Paris] : Impressit ... chalcographus Thilma[n]nus keruer in Inclyto Parrisiorum gymnasio, impensis optimi bibliopolae Iohannis parui, Anno a natalis christiano .M.quinge[n]tesimoseptimo. Ad idus ianuarias [13 January 1507].
Credit:
Purchased on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, 2018.
Description:
[16], cccxii leaves ; 18 cm (8vo)
Notes:
Xylographic title page incorporating Kerver's device with pair of unicorns; adapted from that used by Kerver for his folio 1500 edition of Gaguin.
Imprint from colophon, with date expressed in Latin words.
Petit's woodcut device (Silvestre 25)--at end.
Signatures: a⁸ aa⁸; b-z⁸ A-R⁸
Woodcut initials; printed marginal notes.
Includes index.
Binding:
Contemporary Parisian calf with blind panel stamp of Toussaints Denis, over thin wooden boards, likely repaired. 2 clasps, with clasps signed "W".
Inscriptions/Markings:
Printed initial Q with added gold leaf (leaf b1r). Contemporary inscription "153" on bottom edge and title page, probably a former shelf mark.
Variant Title:
Compendium super Francorum gestis
Provenance:
Morgan Library & Museum, purchased from Bruce McKittrick Rare Books on the Lathrop C. Harper D-1 Fund, Sept. 2018.
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