Coutumes de Bretagne.

Accession number: 
PML 78529
Published: 
Rennes : [Pierre and Josses Bellescullée, for Jean Hus], Lan de grace mil iiii C iiii vingtz iiii Le xxvi io[ur] de mars [26 March 1484/1485].
Description: 
[252] leaves ; 13.5 cm (8vo)
Credit Line: 
Purchased as the gift of Mrs. Carl L. Selden in memory of her husband, 1986.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, leaf ².8r-v: Cy finisse[n]t les coustu[m]es et co[n]stitucio[n]s i[m]primees et faictes a la req[ue]ste et despence de Jha[n]n hus. Lan de grace mil iiii C iiii vingtz iiii Le xxvi io[ur] de mars devant pasques Regnant treshault et tresexcella[n]t prince Franczoys p[ar] la grace de dieu duc de bretaigne co[n]te de mo[n]tfort de richemo[n]t desta[m]pes et de vertuz A este paracheve dimprimer ca present volume de coustumes correctees & meurement visitees. par maistre nycolas dalier. maistre guill[aum]e racine & thomas du tertre aduocaz [leaf .8v] Avecques les constitucions establissemens & ordonnances faictes en parlement de bretaigne es temps passez & iucques ad ce iour pareilleme[n]t visites & correctees par Jacques bouchart greffier de parlement et par maistre allain bouchart par lidustrie et ouvraige de Maistre pieres bellescullee et Josses. Et fut en la ville de rennes pres leglise de sainct germain. Cesoit a la louenge de la trinite. [Printer's mark]
Printed in the Bellescullée's type 1:70G.
USTC assigns printing to Nicolas Dallier, Guillaume Racine et Thomas du Tertre.
Signatures: [1] .⁸; a-r [curled-r] [long-s] s⁸ t¹²; u v-z [con] [us] ².⁸: 252 leaves, leaves [1]/1, .8, a1, and t11-12 blank.
Paper format: Chancery octavo.
Woodcut with the arms of Brittany, leaf a2r.
For the variant colophon naming Jean Hus as publisher see La Borderie, 67-74 and CIBN.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 13.1 x 9.6 cm.
PML copy missing 4 leaves: .8, a1, and t11-12 (all blanks), and with quires [1] and . bound last.

Binding: 
17th-century French calf over paper boards (14 x 9.5 cm), sewn on 5 supports, with arms of Bourbonsais family. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; sprinkled edges.
Variant Title: 

Checklist title: Costumes de Bretagne

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials and paragraph marks throughout. Annotations: Extensive early 16th-century notations throughout. 17th-century manuscript index added to 53 blank leaves preceding text, and foliation. 43 blank leaves bound in after text are not written on.

Provenance: 
Sieur de la Bourbansais, inscription: "A Mr. de la Bourbansais con[seill]er en la cour" and armorial binding; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Bernard Malle as the gift of Mrs. Carl L. Selden in memory of her husband, 1986.
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