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Title

  • Boccace des nobles maleureux, imprime nouuellement

Other Title

  • Des nobles maleureux

Names

  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375
  • Laurent, de Premierfait, -1418, translator
  • Verard, Antoine, -approximately 1513, printer
  • Clermont-Tonnerre, Henri, comte de, -1640, former owner
  • Loménie de Brienne, Etienne Charles de, 1727-1794, former owner
  • Johnes, Thomas, 1748-1816, former owner
  • Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov. 1494.

Headings

  • -  France--Paris

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Paris--1494

Notes

  • -  Translated by Laurent de Premierfait.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 427
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, B-714
  • -  Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum, 3344
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum 1079
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 4435 (variation)
  • -  LC copy on vellum. Only a few of the 10 large woodcuts illustrating the paper copies are printed; the 10 spaces, whether containing woodcuts or blank, are covered by 10 miniatures with subjects in most cases unrelated to the obliterated woodcuts; 79 smaller miniatures in spaces filled by chapter headings in paper copies; chapter headings in manuscript in margins. Capitals and paragraph marks supplied in gold on red or blue, underlines and marginal rulings in red. Old green velvet, metal corners.
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Given 1611 by Henri, comte de Clermont-Tonnerre to the Minimes of Tonnerre; Cardinal de Loménie; M. Paris; Thomas Johnes of Haford; Duke of Newcastle. Cf. Rosenwald.

Medium

  • [9], ii-ccc [i.e. cccv], [1] leaves ([cclxviii] and last leaf blank). woodcuts: illus. 41.7 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1494 .B62 PQ4274.D2
  • Incun. 1494 .B62 Copy 2 39.3 cm. On paper. Provenance: C. Fairfax Murray.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 47043784

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, Antoine Verard, Henri Clermont-Tonnerre, Etienne Charles De Loménie De Brienne, Thomas Johnes, Charles Fairfax Murray, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Boccace Des Nobles Maleureux, Imprime Nouuellement. translateds by Laurent, De Premierfait, -1418 Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov, 1494. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/47043784/.

APA citation style:

Boccaccio, G., Verard, A., Clermont-Tonnerre, H., Loménie De Brienne, E. C. D., Johnes, T., Murray, C. F. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1494) Boccace Des Nobles Maleureux, Imprime Nouuellement. Laurent, D. P., trans Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/47043784/.

MLA citation style:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, et al. Boccace Des Nobles Maleureux, Imprime Nouuellement. trans by Laurent, De Premierfait, -1418 Paris, Antoine Vérard, 4 Nov, 1494. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/47043784/>.