Le premier [-quart] volume de froissart, des croniques de France, dangleterre, descoce, despaigne, de bretaine, de gascongne, de flandres, et lieux circunuoisins.

Accession number: 
PML 520 (parts I and II)
Author: 
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410?
Published: 
Imprime a Paris : pour Anthoine Verard, [about 1499]
Description: 
[8], i-CClxxix, [1]; [6], i-CClxxix, [1]; [6], i-CCxxxi, [1]; [2], i-Cxi, [1] leaves (with mistakes) ; 31 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Notes: 

Partly xylographic title, from part I, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophons, leaves ll7r, PP7v, eeee7v, and OOO7r.
CIBN F-193 gives imprint as Paris, pour Antoine Vérard [paulo ante X 1499].
GW dates [about 1495].
Printed in Vérard's types 3:117G, 3**:119G, and 12:104G.
Signatures: part I): a⁸; b-z [et] aa-ll⁸: 280 leaves, leaf ll8 blank; II): AA⁸; B-E⁸ F¹⁰ G⁶ H-X AA-PP⁸: 288 leaves, leaf PP8 blank; III): aaa⁶; bbb-zzz [et][et][et] [con][con][con] aaaa-eeee⁸: 238 leaves, leaf eeee8 blank; IV): [1²]; AAA-LLL⁸ MMM¹⁰ NNN⁶ OOO⁸: 144 leaves, leaf OOO8 blank.
Paper format: Median folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.3 x 22 cm.
PML copy missing 2 leaves: ll8 and PP8 (blanks).

Binding: 
Modern half orange goatskin, with marbled paper sides, over modern paper boards (31 x 23 cm), sewn on 5 supports, probably in mid-20th century. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.
Variant Title: 

Chroniques

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Vol 1: Contemporary/early sporadic marginal notations, mainly drawings of armorials described in text, and a few textual corrections. Vol. 2: Early marginal notations mainly in first-half of text, in light brown/yellowish ink.

Provenance: 
Two volumes likely united in 18th/19th century: [vol. 2]: Inscription: "De Mackeco et amicorum 1746" (leaf bbb2r); unidentified inscription/signature: "Charle Potille[?]" (leaf OOO8v); unidentified (French?) black ink crowned armorial stamp (chevron, 3 helmets(?)), most are abraded/washed, 18th century(?) (throughout); [vols. 1-2]: unidentified Sotheby's sale, lot 1076; Richard Bennett (1849-1930), armorial bookplates (front pastedowns, preserved from previous bindings) and bibliographical notes: No. 256, 10/3/97 and price code: ea/wm/- (front endleaf 1 recto); Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased with the Bennett collection, 1902.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Half bindings (Binding)
Goatskin bindings (Binding)
Marbled papers (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books