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Title

  • La legende doree en francois imprimee a paris.

Other Title

  • Prologue begins, leaf a verso: Cy co[m]me[n]ce le prologue de frere iehan de Vignay docteur
  • Cy comece le prologue de frere iehan de Vignay docteur
  • Legende doree des saintz

Names

  • Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298.
  • Jean, de Vignay, approximately 1284- , translator.
  • Verard, Antoine, -approximately 1513, printer.
  • Hibbert, George, 1757-1837, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • ... I[m]primer a Paris : Pour Anthoine verard ..., le ii de iung mil. cccciiiixx & xiii [2 June 1493]

Headings

  • -  Christian saints--Legends--Early works to 1800
  • -  France--Paris

Genre

  • Incunabula--France--Paris--1493

Notes

  • -  Title from incipit of prologue, leaf [i] (a1) verso.
  • -  Imprint from colophon. Colophon transposed: it is in the order of place, date, and bookseller. The ampersand in the imprint date represents a Tironian sign.
  • -  Signatures: a⁴ b-z⁸ &⁸ [con]⁸ A-M⁸ N⁴. Ampersand in signatures represents a Tironian sign.
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, J-155
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 6491=6484?
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, M1147110
  • -  Incunabula Short Title Catalogue, ij00155000
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection (1977), 419
  • -  Library of Congress. Rosenwald collection (1954), 350
  • -  Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), volume 5, column 1369
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: leaves lvi (h4), lxxv (k7), and Cxi (p3) wanting. Printed on vellum. This copy is made up of gatherings from the 1493 and a few gatherings (a and b) from the 16 Nov. 1492 edition (ISTC ij00154900.) Full-page miniature on leaf [i] (a1), covering the title (taken from the Angers digitized copy of the 1493 ed.); smaller miniatures throughout text, mostly over woodcuts, a few larger one in margins; initials and paragraph marks supplied in gold on red or blue, underlining in red, initial strokes in yellow. Bounding lines in red.
  • -  LC copy was formerly owned by Hibbert. Cf. Brunet.
  • -  BX4654.J34 1493 Copy 1 formerly classified Incun. 1493 .J34 Copy 1. he04 2019-11-08
  • -  LAC: DO NOT ALTER THIS RECORD. Changes from the cards represent new research. he04 2019-11-08

Medium

  • CCxcvi leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 35 cm (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BX4654 .J34 1493

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49030825

Online Format

  • pdf
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Chicago citation style:

Jacobus, De Voragine, Approximately, Antoine Verard, George Hibbert, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. La Legende Doree En Francois Imprimee a Paris. translateds by Jean, De Vignay, Approximately Lator [... Imprimer a Paris: Pour Anthoine verard ..., le ii de iung mil. cccciiiixx & xiii 2 June, 1493] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/49030825/.

APA citation style:

Jacobus, D. V., Verard, A., Hibbert, G. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1493) La Legende Doree En Francois Imprimee a Paris. Jean, D. V., trans [... Imprimer a Paris: Pour Anthoine verard ..., le ii de iung mil. cccciiiixx & xiii 2 June] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/49030825/.

MLA citation style:

Jacobus, De Voragine, Approximately, et al. La Legende Doree En Francois Imprimee a Paris. trans by Jean, De Vignay, Approximately Lator [... Imprimer a Paris: Pour Anthoine verard ..., le ii de iung mil. cccciiiixx & xiii 2 June, 1493] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/49030825/>.