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La genealogie auecques les gestes [greek character] nobles faitz darmes du trespreux et renomme prince Godeffroy de boulion : et de ses cheualereux freres Baudouin et Eustace : yssus [greek character] descēdās de la tresnoble [greek character] illustre lignee du vertueux cheualier au cyne : Auecques aussi plusieurs au tres cronicques [greek character] hystoires miraculeuses, tant du bon roy sainct Loys come de plusieurs ...

Accession number
PML 551
Published
Paris : Michel Lenoir, 1504.
Credit line
Purchased with the Bennett collection; 1902.
Notes
An ed. of the same day and year was printed for Jean Petit and has his mark on verso of last leaf--(Brunet II, 1636). This may have been printed by Le Noir for Petit--(Cf. Murray, Cat. ... French books, I, no. 198).
First French ed.(?).
Not in Brunet, Graesse, British Museum.
Printer's device on A1 recto.
The editor, Pierre Desrey de Troyes, in his Prologue dated 1499 states his work is in part translated from the "Speculum historiale" (Book XXVI, Chapter 96 and following) of Vincent de Beauvais.
This is the ed. translated into English by Robert Copland and printed by Wynkyn de Worde in 1512 (unique copy in British Museum).
Description
160 leaves : ill. ; 28 cm (folio)
Provenance
With the bookplate of William Morris and ex-libris of Richard Bennett.
Classification
Department