Les fais maistre Alain Chartier notiare et secretaire du roy Charles VIe.

Accession number:

PML 23214

Author:

Chartier, Alain, active 15th century

Published:

Imprime en la ville de Paris : par Pierre Le Caron, Le .v. jour de septembre. Lan mil.iiiie.iiiixx. et noeuf [5 September 1489]

Description:

[162] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 28 cm (fol.)

Credit Line:

Purchased in 1925.

Notes:

Title from half-title page, leaf a1r.
Imprint from colophon, leaf L7v: Ce present livre ou quel est traittie des fais maistre alain chartier a este, Imprime en la ville de paris par honnourable homme maistre pierre le caron expert en lart de impression demourant en la grant rue due temple ioingna[n]t a saincte avoye faisa[n]t le coing de la rue geffroy langeuin. Le .v. iour de septembre. Lan mil.iiiie.iiiixx. et noeuf.
Printed in Le Caron's types 1:100G and 6:112G.
Signatures: a-d⁸ e⁶ f-g⁸ h⁶ i¹⁰ k⁸; A-D⁸ E⁶ F-G⁸ H⁶ I-L⁸: 162 leaves, leaf k8 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
1 woodcut (printed 3 times), geneaological diagram, and woodcut L on title page.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.5 x 20 cm.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: k8 (blank).

Binding:

Modern full red goatskin over paper boards (28 x 21 cm), sewn on 6 supports by Trautz-Bauzonnet; rehinged. Marbled paper pastedowns and endleaves, with plain paper endleaves; decorative endbands; gilt edges.

Variant Title:

Title in ISTC: Oeuvres

Inscriptions/Markings:

Hand decoration: Contemporary French rubrication, alternating red and blue initials and paragraph marks. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance:

Robert Hoe (1839-1909), book label (front pastedown), his sale, Anderson Auction Company, part IV, 11 Nov. 1912, lot 679; Paul Gruppe, stamp (front endleaf 1 verso), his sale, Baer & Co., 14 Dec. 1925; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased at Gruppe sale, Dec. 1925.

Classification:

Incunable Collection

Catalog Link:

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Genres:

Goatskin bindings (Binding)

Department:

Printed Books