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Book/Printed Material Le rommant de la Rose

About this Item

Title

  • Le rommant de la Rose

Names

  • Guillaume, de Lorris, active 1230
  • Jean, de Meun, approximately 1240-approximately 1305
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Imprime a Paris : [Antoine Vérard, after Feb. 1493]

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Paris--1493

Notes

  • -  Begun by Guillaume de Lorris and continued by Jean de Meun.
  • -  Woodcuts: ill., 1 initial; metal cut: printer's device.
  • -  Goff R-311
  • -  Hain-Copinger 13964
  • -  BM 15th cent., VIII, p. 90 (IB.41226)
  • -  Bourdillon, F.W. Early editions of the Roman de la Rose, p. 26-28, 42-43, and ill. 19-21
  • -  LC copy printed on vellum. Illustrations illuminated. Initials supplied in red or brown and gold, initial strokes in yellow. Leaves [1]-[8] replaced by leaves made in facsimile by Adam Pilinski. In gold-tooled red morocco by Lortic, with blue doublures. Provenance: John Dent?; Ambroise Firmin Didot; Frederic R. Halsey; Cortlandt F. Bishop (label); Mary S. Collins (label).
  • -  No. 127 in Cat. des livres précieux ... de M. Ambroise Firmin-Didot [1. ptie.] 1878.
  • -  No. 1366 in Bishop sale of 1938 (Anderson Galleries sale 4391)

Medium

  • [300] p. : ill. ; 28 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. X .G974

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 83460738

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Guillaume, De Lorris, Active 1230, De Meun Jean, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Le rommant de la Rose. [Imprime a Paris: Antoine Vérard, after Feb, 1493] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/83460738/.

APA citation style:

Guillaume, D. L., Jean, D. M. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1493) Le rommant de la Rose. [Imprime a Paris: Antoine Vérard, after Feb] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/83460738/.

MLA citation style:

Guillaume, De Lorris, Active 1230, De Meun Jean, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Le rommant de la Rose. [Imprime a Paris: Antoine Vérard, after Feb, 1493] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/83460738/>.