Lefèvre, Raoul:
Le Recueil des histoires de Troyes [English] Recuyell of the historyes of Troye (Tr: William Caxton)
ISTC No.il00117000
AuthorLefèvre, Raoul
TitleLe Recueil des histoires de Troyes [English] Recuyell of the historyes of Troye (Tr: William Caxton)
Imprint[Ghent? : David Aubert?, for William Caxton, about 1473-74]
Formatf°
NotesFor Caxton's association with David Aubert and the location of his press at Ghent rather than Bruges, see L. Hellinga, in Bulletin du bibliophile 2011 no.1 pp.86-114
Reproductions of the watermarks found in the paper used in this edition are provided by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National Library of the Netherlands.
Language of itemeng
Reference worksGoff L117; HC 7048; Duff 242; DeR(C) 3; Cx 4; Camp(I)-Kron 1093a; ILC 1422; IJL2 247; Brussels exhib.1973, cat. 82; STC 15375; Christie 's (London), 23 June 1993, 51; CIBN L-83; Morg(B) 634; Pforzheimer 594; Oates 3837, 3838; Bod-inc L-060; Sheppard 7059, 7060, 7061; Pr 9322; BMC IX 129; GW M17449
Related resourcesIISTC. Copy: London BL, C.11.c.1
Holdings
FranceParis BN (imperfect, DeR 3.9)
JapanTokyo, Keio UL (DeRC 3.10, imperfect)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandBritish Library (C.11.c.1 = IB.49431)
British Library (Harl.5919(199)) (Leaf 348 only, in the Bagford Collection)
Cambridge UL (imperfect: Oates 3837 exchanged with H.P. Kraus, 1960)
Cambridge, Trinity College
London, Royal College of Physicians
Longleat (2 . - 2nd copy sold Christie's, 13 June 2002, lot 43.)
Manchester JRL (10863)
Oxford Bodley (3, 2 imperfect, 1 fragment)
Windsor RL (One leaf only, inserted in the Windsor copy of the French Recueil)
United States of AmericaLibrary Company of Philadelphia (2 ff., DeR 3.25)
New York Public Library, Rare Book Division (2 + 2 ff, DeR 3.25)
New York, Columbia University, Butler Library (1 leaf)
New York, The Morgan Library and Museum (DeR 3.1)
Princeton Univ., Firestone Library (2 ff., DeR 3.25)
Princeton Univ., Scheide Library (DeR 3.13)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (DeR 3.11, with engraved frontispiece)
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (DeR 3.12)
Yale Univ., Beinecke Library (2 ff, DeR 3.25)
Yale Univ., Center for British Art (DeR 3.5, imperfect, formerly Oates 3837)
Queried LocationsLongleat (2nd copy sold 2002)
Number of holding institutions22
Last Edit2023-08-14 11:12:10