Accession number
PML 40646
Creator
Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431.
Published
[London] : Imprynted be me Robert Wyer, dwellyng in S. Martyns paryshe, at charyng Crosse. at the sygne of s. Ioh[a]n Euangelist besyde the Duke of Suffolkes place, [1549?]
Notes
105 woodcuts; printer's mark.
A translation (in verse, with prose commentary) by R.W. [i.e Robert Wyer] of Christine de Pisan's: Epître d'Othéa à Hector, ordinarily referred to since the 15th century as "Cent histoires de Troie".
Imprint from colophon (leaf U8v); publication date suggested by STC.
Signatures: A-U⁸.
The English title is a word-for-word translation/transcription of that of the Paris, Le Noir, 1522 edition (PML 41003).
A translation (in verse, with prose commentary) by R.W. [i.e Robert Wyer] of Christine de Pisan's: Epître d'Othéa à Hector, ordinarily referred to since the 15th century as "Cent histoires de Troie".
Imprint from colophon (leaf U8v); publication date suggested by STC.
Signatures: A-U⁸.
The English title is a word-for-word translation/transcription of that of the Paris, Le Noir, 1522 edition (PML 41003).
Description
[160] leaves : illustrations (woodcut) ; 14 x 9 cm (8vo)
Provenance
Narcissus Luttrell, inscription "N.L. 1693" and stamp (leaf A1r); Nestor B[??], signature (leaf U8v); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from E.P. Goldschmidt & Co., Feb. 1949.
Binding
17th-century English brown calf.
Classification
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