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Book/Printed Material The recuyell of the historyes of Troye.

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Title

  • The recuyell of the historyes of Troye.

Names

  • Lefèvre, Raoul, active 1460.
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator.
  • Sparling, H. Halliday (Henry Halliday), editor.
  • Morris, William, 1834-1896, printer.
  • Appleton, Daniel F. (Daniel Fuller), 1826-1904, former owner.
  • Kelmscott Press.
  • William Morris and Kelmscott Press Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Hammersmith : Kelmscott Press ; [London] : Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892.

Headings

  • -  Troy (Extinct city)--Legends
  • -  Trojan War

Genre

  • Bookplates (Provenance)--DLC

Notes

  • -  "New edition of William Caxton's Recuyell of the historyes of Troy, done after the first edition, corrected for the press by H. Halliday Sparling, and printed by me William Morris"--Colophon.
  • -  Limited edition of 300 copies printed on paper, 5 on vellum. Cf. Peterson.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2008
  • -  Peterson, W.S. Bibliography of the Kelmscott Press, A8
  • -  Morris, Wiliam and S.C. Cockerell, Kelmscott Press, 1898, 8
  • -  LC copy has bookplate of D.F. Appleton.
  • -  LAC knj 2019-10-29 no edits (3 cards)
  • -  LAC ecr 2019-11-04 review
  • -  LAC ael 2021-05-06 no edits (3 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-04-26 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 2 v. ; 30 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ1570.A7 E5 1892
  • PQ1570.A7 E5 1892 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2008. Original limp vellum binding.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 03015410

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Lefèvre, Raoul, Active 1460, William Morris, Daniel F Appleton, Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The recuyell of the historyes of Troye. editeds by Sparling, H. Halliday, translateds by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492 [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press ; London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03015410/.

APA citation style:

Lefèvre, R., Morris, W., Appleton, D. F., Kelmscott Press, William Morris And Kelmscott Press Collection & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Sparling, H. H., ed. (1892) The recuyell of the historyes of Troye. Caxton, W., trans [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press ; London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/03015410/.

MLA citation style:

Lefèvre, Raoul, Active 1460, et al. The recuyell of the historyes of Troye. ed by Sparling, H. Halliday, trans by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492 [Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press ; London: Sold by Bernard Quaritch, 1892] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/03015410/>.