Roberti Gaguini ordinis sancte trinitatis ministri generalis de origine [et] gestis francoru[m] perq[uam] utile compe[n]diu[m].

Accession number:

PML 21110

Author:

Gaguin, Robert, 1433-1501.

Published:

Impressi Parisii : [André Bocard, for Durand Gerlier], Millesimo quadri[n]ge[n]tesimo nonagesimospeti[m]o: ad .ii. kal[endas] april[is] [31 March 1497/1498]

Description:

[4], .i.-.Cviii., [2] leaves ; 28 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

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

Notes:

Title from title page, leaf a1r, with Bocard's device in red.
Imprint from colophon, leaf r5v: Finis [com]pe[n]dii de gest[is] fra[n]co[rum] clarissimi viri Roberti gaguini ordi[ni]s s[an]cte[m] trinitatis de rede[m]ptio[n]e captivo[rum] ministri g[e]n[er]alis Imp[re]ssi Parisii impe[n]sis magistri Dura[n]di gerlerii: diligenti vero accuratione Magistri Andree bocard. Anno [christ]iane pietat[is] Millesimo quadri[n]ge[n]tesimo nonagesimospeti[m]o: ad .ii. kal[endas] april[is].
Printed in Bocard's types 3:180G, 4:100G, and 5:75G.
Signatures: a⁴; b⁸ c-d⁶ e-q⁸·⁶ r⁶: 114 leaves, leaf r6 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
Edited by Jodocus Badius Ascensius, with additions by Cornelius Gerardus.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.5 x 20 cm.

Binding:

18th/19th-century half parchment, with tree-patterned paper sides, over paper boards (28 x 21 cm), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands.

Variant Title:

De origine et gestis francorum perquam utile compendium

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Rubrication not required. Annotations: Sporadic contemporary marginal notations throughout text.

Provenance:

Olin Lane Merriam, bookplate (front pastedown) and signature, 1901 (leaf a1r); J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Giuseppe Martini, July 1920.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Half bindings (Binding)

Vellum bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books