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Title
The hystorye, sege and dystruccyon of Troye.
Uniform title
Troy book
Created/published
[London] : [Printed by Richard Pynson], [1513]
Description
[324] p. : ill. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? author.
Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century. Historia destructionis Troiae.
Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Roman de Troie.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century. Historia destructionis Troiae.
Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Roman de Troie.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, former owner.
Note
".. a very much amplified version .. of the prose Latin 'Historia destructionis Troiae' of Guido delle Colonne (about 1287) .. in turn a condensed version of the 'Roman de Troie' of Benoît de Sainte More (about 1160)"--Lydgate, J. Lydgate's Troy book. Early English Text Society, extra series 97, p. ix.
In verse.
Colophon reads: Here endeth the Troye booke otherwyse called the Sege of Troye, translated by Iohn̄ Lydgate monke of the monastery of Bery, and emprynted the yere of oure Lorde a. M.CCCCC. [and]. xiij. by Richard Pynson, prynter vnto the kyng[es] noble grace.
Signatures: [cross]² A-Z⁶ ²A-C⁶ ²D⁴.
In verse.
Colophon reads: Here endeth the Troye booke otherwyse called the Sege of Troye, translated by Iohn̄ Lydgate monke of the monastery of Bery, and emprynted the yere of oure Lorde a. M.CCCCC. [and]. xiij. by Richard Pynson, prynter vnto the kyng[es] noble grace.
Signatures: [cross]² A-Z⁶ ²A-C⁶ ²D⁴.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 10)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 5579
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106666
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106666
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 5579
Folger-specific note
cs7945. Brown morocco binding, ruled in gold and signed by F. Bedford. Gathering [cross]2 and sigs. ²D2-4 in facsimile. Provenance: bookplate of Scott (motto "Gaudia magna nuncio"); stamped as Huntington Library duplicate copy