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Les faintises du monde.

Accession number
PML 50737
Creator
Alexis, Guillaume, -1486?
Object title

Les faintises du monde.

Published

[Paris] : [Antoine Caillaut], [approximately 1490]

Description

[20] leaves ; 19.5 cm (4to)

Credit line
Purchased in 1960.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
Imprint from ISTC. Date from PML Checklist.
Printed in Caillaut's type 14:112G.
Signatures: a⁸ b-c⁶: 20 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery quarto.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 18.9 x 13 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: a1.8, replaced in manuscript.
Binding
18th/19th-century marbled paper over paper boards (19.5 x 14 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Marbled paper pastedowns and plain paper endleaves.
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Michael de Barisey, inscriptions: "Cest a M bariseÿ" and "Cest a Michul de bariseÿ," 15th/16th century (leaves c5r and c6v); Jean-Nicolas Beaupré (1795-1869), "Bibliotheque de Mr. Beaupré, Conseiller à la Cour de Nancy" bookplate (front pastedown); Theodore L. De Vinne, bookplate (rear pastedown); his auction, Anderson, 12 Jan. 1920; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from S.R. Shapiro, Feb. 1960.
Classification
Century
Department