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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
- image