Tristan ch[eva]l[ie]r de la table ronde nouuellement imprima a paris.

Accession number: 
PML 26082
Uniform title: 
Tristan.
Published: 
Imprime a Paris : par Anthoine Verard, [before 20 November 1496]
Description: 
[5], ii-C.lxxix, [1]; i-Cxliiii (with mistakes) leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 33 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Purchased in 1928.
Notes: 

Xylographic title, leaf a1r, with "Imprime a paris" in type.
Imprint from colophon, leaf T8v: Cy finist le second et derrenier volume fait [et] co[m]pile en lho[n]neur [et] memoire du tresvailla[n]t noble et excellent chevalier Tristan filz du noble roy meliadu[s] de leonois. Imprime a pari[s] par anthoine verard libraire demoura[n]t sus le pont nostre dame a le[n]seigne sai[n]ct iehan leva[n]geliste ou au palais au premier pillier devant a chappelle ou on cha[n]te la messe de messeigneurs de parlement.
Date from ISTC.
Printed in Vérard's types 3**:119G, 7:114G, and 13:118G.
Signatures: I) ¹a⁴; a-y⁸ z⁴; II) A-T⁸: 336 leaves.
Paper format: Median folio.
7 illustrations, from 6 woodcuts.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 32 x 23.7 cm.
PML copy with leaf T6 partially torn away and repaired; staining through final 2 quires.

Binding: 
18th-century French sprinkled calf over paper boards (33 x 24 cm), sewn on 6 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; sprinkled edges.
Variant Title: 

Title in ISTC: Le roman du noble et vaillant Chevalier Tristan

Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Rubrication predominantly not required (unrealized where required). Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Unidentified French bibliographic notes citing Vallière and Roxburghe copy (front endleaf 1 verso); unidentified inscription: AVE M and shelf mark: a/M (leaf ¹a1r); Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Gottschalk, Dec. 1928.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
Sprinkled calf bindings (Binding)
Department: 
Printed Books