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Merlin:
Histoire de la vie, miracles, enchentements et prophecies de Merlin

ISTC No.im00498000
AuthorMerlin
TitleHistoire de la vie, miracles, enchentements et prophecies de Merlin
ImprintParis : Antoine Vérard, 1498
Formatf°
NotesIn three volumes: I) Le premier volume de Merlin. II) Le seconde volume de Merlin. III) Les prophéties de Merlin. Vérard published another closely-resembling edition, which from the state of the cuts and the address must be dated after July 1503. It is unclear whether any of the parts registered here or described in the references belong in fact to the 1503 edition
Language of itemfrm
Reference worksGoff M498; H[not C] 11086 (2nd edition); [not H]C 11086; C 3993 (I,II), (III = 2nd ed.); Macf 173 (I,II) + 54 (III) + 55 (III = 2nd ed.); Pell Ms 7781 (7843) (I, III); CIBN M-301 + II p.249 (2nd ed.); Arnoult 1040; Buffévent 360 (I-II), 361 (III); Hillard 1369 (III); Neveu 426; IGI 6374 (III) + IV p.69 (I-III, 2nd ed.); Madsen 2730; Mittler-Kind 742a (2nd ed.); Bod-inc (M-194) (2nd ed.); Sheppard 6263; Pr 8441, 8460 (2nd ed.); BMC VIII 87-88; GW 12668; GW XI Sp.228a; Fac: ed. C.E. Pickford, London, 1975
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Holdings

AustriaWien, Bibliothek der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 23.F.20) (edition from 1503=GW col 228a, imperfect, wanting part III)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2, 1 vell)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine (III)
Paris, Musée du Petit Palais
Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale Villon (imperfect, wanting quires A-B and leaves a1, x3, x6 and y6)
Troyes, Médiathèque de Troyes Champagne Métropole (I, III)
GermanyGöttingen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (2nd ed.)
ItalyMessina, Seminario Arcivescovile S. Pio X, Biblioteca Painiana (III)
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (I, current location unknown)
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (III, Dresden copy)
SwitzerlandSchaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek (I)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAberystwyth, National Library of Wales (imperfect)
London, Lambeth Palace Library (I,II imperfect, III imperfect)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (I, III; 2nd. ed.)
London, British Library (C.22.c.6-8 = IB.41182, 41183b) (Pt III, imperfect, wanting leaves 2-8 (comprising the table and register) and all after z5, except a fragment of four lines of z6)
London, British Library (C.8.i.9(3) = IB.41183c) (Pt III bound with pts I-II of the 1503; not in BMC)
London, British Library (G.10508 = IB.41183a) (Pt III only)
United States of AmericaWilliamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
Ithaca NY, Cornell University, Carl A. Kroch Library (I-II, 1503 edition)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (1503 edition)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (Part III (on vellum); another copy of parts I-III on paper are the [after July 1503] edition.)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (III)
Number of holding institutions24
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00
 
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Merlin:
Histoire de la vie, miracles, enchentements et prophecies de Merlin

ISTC No.im00498000
AuthorMerlin
TitleHistoire de la vie, miracles, enchentements et prophecies de Merlin
ImprintParis : Antoine Vérard, 1498
Formatf°
NotesIn three volumes: I) Le premier volume de Merlin. II) Le seconde volume de Merlin. III) Les prophéties de Merlin. Vérard published another closely-resembling edition, which from the state of the cuts and the address must be dated after July 1503. It is unclear whether any of the parts registered here or described in the references belong in fact to the 1503 edition
Language of itemfrm
Reference worksGoff M498; H[not C] 11086 (2nd edition); [not H]C 11086; C 3993 (I,II), (III = 2nd ed.); Macf 173 (I,II) + 54 (III) + 55 (III = 2nd ed.); Pell Ms 7781 (7843) (I, III); CIBN M-301 + II p.249 (2nd ed.); Arnoult 1040; Buffévent 360 (I-II), 361 (III); Hillard 1369 (III); Neveu 426; IGI 6374 (III) + IV p.69 (I-III, 2nd ed.); Madsen 2730; Mittler-Kind 742a (2nd ed.); Bod-inc (M-194) (2nd ed.); Sheppard 6263; Pr 8441, 8460 (2nd ed.); BMC VIII 87-88; GW 12668; GW XI Sp.228a; Fac: ed. C.E. Pickford, London, 1975
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Holdings

AustriaWien, Bibliothek der Graphischen Sammlung Albertina
Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Ink 23.F.20) (edition from 1503=GW col 228a, imperfect, wanting part III)
DenmarkKøbenhavn, Det Kgl. Bibliotek (imperfect)
FranceParis, Bibliothèque nationale de France (2, 1 vell)
Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine (III)
Paris, Musée du Petit Palais
Rouen, Bibliothèque Municipale Villon (imperfect, wanting quires A-B and leaves a1, x3, x6 and y6)
Troyes, Médiathèque de Troyes Champagne Métropole (I, III)
GermanyGöttingen, Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen (2nd ed.)
ItalyMessina, Seminario Arcivescovile S. Pio X, Biblioteca Painiana (III)
The NetherlandsAmsterdam, Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (I, current location unknown)
RussiaMoscow, Russian State Library (III, Dresden copy)
SwitzerlandSchaffhausen, Stadtbibliothek (I)
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAberystwyth, National Library of Wales (imperfect)
London, Lambeth Palace Library (I,II imperfect, III imperfect)
Oxford, Bodleian Library (I, III; 2nd. ed.)
London, British Library (C.22.c.6-8 = IB.41182, 41183b) (Pt III, imperfect, wanting leaves 2-8 (comprising the table and register) and all after z5, except a fragment of four lines of z6)
London, British Library (C.8.i.9(3) = IB.41183c) (Pt III bound with pts I-II of the 1503; not in BMC)
London, British Library (G.10508 = IB.41183a) (Pt III only)
United States of AmericaWilliamstown MA, Williams College, Chapin Library
Ithaca NY, Cornell University, Carl A. Kroch Library (I-II, 1503 edition)
San Marino CA, Huntington Library (1503 edition)
New York NY, The Morgan Library and Museum (Part III (on vellum); another copy of parts I-III on paper are the [after July 1503] edition.)
New Haven CT, Yale University, Beinecke Library (III)
Number of holding institutions24
Last Edit2024-12-19 12:00:00.00