The life and death of Hector. : One, and the first of the most puissant, valiant, and renowned monarches of the world, called the nyne worthies. Shewing his jnvincible force, together with the marvailous, and most famous acts by him atchieved and done in the great, long, and terrible siege, which the princes of Greece held about the towne of Troy, for the space of tenne yeares. And finally his vnfortunate death after hee had fought a hundred mayne battailes in open field against the Grecians: the which heerein are all at large described. Wherein there were slaine on both sides fourteene hundred, and sixe thowsand, fourscore, and sixe men. VVritten by Iohn Lidgate monke of Berry, and by him dedicated to the high and mighty prince Henrie the fift, King of England.
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797, former owner.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century. Historia destructionis Troiae.; Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Troy book.; Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Roman de Troie.; Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
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The life and death of Hector. : One, and the first of the most puissant, valiant, and renowned monarches of the world, called the nyne worthies. Shewing his jnvincible force, together with the marvailous, and most famous acts by him atchieved and done in the great, long, and terrible siege, which the princes of Greece held about the towne of Troy, for the space of tenne yeares. And finally his vnfortunate death after hee had fought a hundred mayne battailes in open field against the Grecians: the which heerein are all at large described. Wherein there were slaine on both sides fourteene hundred, and sixe thowsand, fourscore, and sixe men. VVritten by Iohn Lidgate monke of Berry, and by him dedicated to the high and mighty prince Henrie the fift, King of England.
Uniform title
Troy book.
Historia destructionis Troiae.
Roman de Troie.
Historia destructionis Troiae.
Roman de Troie.
Created/published
At London : Printed by Thomas Purfoot, Anno. Dom. 1614.
Description
[12], 131, 126-318, [2] p. ; 29 cm (fol)
Associated name
Farmer, Richard, 1735-1797, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century. Historia destructionis Troiae.
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Troy book.
Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Roman de Troie.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Colonne, Guido delle, active 13th century. Historia destructionis Troiae.
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? Troy book.
Benoît, de Sainte-More, active 12th century. Roman de Troie.
Warwick Castle (Warwick, England). Shakespeare Library, former owner.
Note
A modernized verse paraphrase of the "Troy book" of John Lydgate, which was in turn ".. 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.
Misattributed to Thomas Heywood.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Running title reads: The historie of the life, and death of Hector.
Signatures: [par.]⁶ A-K⁶ L⁸(L4+'L5') M-2C⁶ 2D⁴.
Formerly STC 13346a.
Identified as STC 13346a on UMI microfilm.
Entered 3 January [1614]
Misattributed to Thomas Heywood.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Running title reads: The historie of the life, and death of Hector.
Signatures: [par.]⁶ A-K⁶ L⁸(L4+'L5') M-2C⁶ 2D⁴.
Formerly STC 13346a.
Identified as STC 13346a on UMI microfilm.
Entered 3 January [1614]
ESTC staff note
rpm 08/13/96
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
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), 5581.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119764
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119764
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 5581.5 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH111/19. Lacking final blank. Wormed, slightly affecting text. Provenance: inscription on t.p.: "P Tyrwhitt"; Harmsworth copy
Former call number
STC 13346a Copy 1
Call number
STC 5581.5 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs10. Lacking blanks. T.p. trimmed at lower margin, slightly affecting imprint. Green morocco gilt binding signed by W. Pratt. Provenance: purchased by Folger from Sotheby sale, 25 March 1898:1285
Former call number
STC 13346a Copy 2
Call number
STC 5581.5 copy 3
Folger-specific note
150590. Imperfect: t.p. cropped at lower margin, with loss of imprint date. Lacking initial blank. Leaves [par.]2(t.p.) and 2D4(blank) mounted. Stained. Leaves C3.4 duplicated. Provenance: inscription on [par.]3r: "O Cromwell"; Richard Farmer copy, with his manuscript bibliographical note on 2D4v; bookplate of E.A. Hitchcock; gift of Halstead B. Vander Poel
Former call number
STC 13346a Copy 3
Call number
STC 5581.5 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Warwick. Imperfect: t.p. cropped, with loss of imprint date; lacking blanks and leaf 'L5'. Cropped and repaired, affecting lower margins throughout. Provenance: Warwick Castle library copy, with armorial bookplate
Former call number
STC 13346a Copy 4