Ein hübsche histori von der künngclichenn stat troy wie si zerstörett wartt.

Accession number:

PML 20946

Author:

Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century.

Published:

Strasbourg : Martin Schott, 13 March 1489.

Description:

[128] leaves : illus. (woodcuts) ; 27 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1920.

Notes:

Title from leaf a1r.
Colophon (leaf v7v): "Hie endet sich das bûch vnd hystori wie die reiche kostlich vnd mächtig statt Troya ward erstöret durch die verhengknuβ gotes... Das getruckt vnnd vollendet hat Marten schott in der löblichen statt Straspurg an freytag nächst nach sant Gregori. Als man czalt nach christi gepurt M.CCCC.lxxxix."
Printed in Schott's type 1:99G.
Collation: a⁸ b-g⁶ h⁸ i-n⁶ o⁸ p-t⁶ v⁸: 128 leaves, leaf v8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Xylographic title on leaf a1r.
105 woodcuts, some of which appeared in other editions by Schott; 3-part woodcut border on leaf a2r.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 26.5 x 19 cm.

Binding:

Modern full maroon goatskin with gilt-tooled turn-ins over paper boards (27 x 19.5 cm) by Léon Gruel. Plain paper doublures and fly leaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges. Gilt-tooled title on spine.

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized; most initials printed. Woodcuts uncolored. Annotations: Some marginal annotations, washed and faded. Quaritch purchase note (rear pastedown).

Provenance:

Stuttgart, Öffentliche Königliche Bibliothek, stamp (ca. 1864-1900) and deaccession duplicate stamp (leaf a1r); Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919); his sale, Christie's, 10 Dec. 1917, lot 133, bought by Quaritch; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Bernard Quaritch, 1920.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Incunabula

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Stamps (Provenance)

Department:

Printed Books