Manuscript on paper, composed of two parts. Part I: L'Abuzé en court, a satire on court life in the form of a dialogue, in verse and prose. Part II: Georges Chastellain (c. 1415-1475), Le Temple de Boccace, a continuation to Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium, dedicated to Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England and daughter of René of Anjou (1429/1430-1482), composed 1465
Description:
In French., Watermark: Part I: a letter Y surmounted by a cross, var. Briquet 9183?. Part II: Watermark: mermaid, var. Briquet 13858-13859?., Script: Each part written by a single scribe, both writing Gothica Cursiva Formata (Bastarda)., Part I: Paragraph marks in red. Headings underlined in red. Majuscules heightened in yellow. Red plain initials (2 lines, on f. 1r 3 lines). Spaces for pictures (mostly half-page to three-quarter page) were provided but not executed. Part II: Headings and paragraph marks in red. Red plain initials (2-4 lines). A small picture (height: 7 lines) was provided but not executed on the first page (f. 68r)., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Calfskin over cardboard, the covers simply decorated with a frame of triple blind-tooled fillets. Gold-tooled spine with five raised bands and black leather label with gold-tooled title “LA BUSE / EN / COURT”. Marbled paper endleaves. The two first flyleaves at the end of the book are of the same paper as section I.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375., Chastellain, Georges, 1405?-1475., and Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482.
Subject (Topic):
French literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Satire, French
"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., and Mounted on page 77 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Harding, S. Shakespeare illustrated, by an assemblage of portraits & views ... London : S. & E. Harding, 1793., Mounted on page 101 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : stipple engraving with etching on wove paper ; sheet 16 x 11.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 7, 1792, by E. Harding, Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 76 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 15.4 x 13.3 cm, and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The marriage of Henry VI, the king in an embroidered robe with a halo about his head standing to the left holding the hand of his bride, Margaret of Anjou dressed in a long gown and cloak, a tiara on her head, a bishop officiating at the ceremony binding the couple's hands, male nobles and attendants standing behind the king and female maids standing behind the princess, Westminster Abbey beyond with statues of kings and saints, an arch supported by two columns to the foreground acting as a border."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Marriage of Henry VI and Marriage of Henry the Sixth
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Walpole, H. Anecdotes of painting in England ... [Twickenham] : Strawberry Hill, 1762-1771 [i.e. 1780]., Engraved after the painting hung by Horace Walpole over the chimney in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 101 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 14.2 x 11.5 cm., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Strawberry Hill Press
Subject (Name):
Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471,, Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [76] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Illustration to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; In a woodland at night, the Queen embracing the Prince Edward at left, waving angrily at approaching robber with sword drawn at right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queen Margaret attacked by the robber
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [76] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Edward, Prince of Wales, 1453-1471,
Opposite page 120. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Portrait of Margaret of Anjou, half-length, turned to the right, her eyes downcast, a crown over her long straight hair, dressed in an embroidered robe and mantle pinned with jewelled brooches
Description:
Title written in ink below image, on mounting page., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on publication date of the extra-illustrated volume into which this drawing was inserted., A copy of a painting owned by Horace Walpole and kept at Strawberry Hill., and Tipped in opposite page 120 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. Historic doubts, on the life and reign of King Richard the Third. London : W. and S. Wybrow [etc.], 1822.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [78] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; gothic ruin with portrait medallions of Margaret of Anjou, Elizabeth Woodville, Countesses Ulster, Pembroke and Sussex."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Plate [78] in a volume bound to 50 cm.
Publisher:
Published July 2, 1799, by R. Bowyer
Subject (Name):
Margaret, of Anjou, Queen, consort of Henry VI, King of England, 1430-1482,, Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,, Ulster, Philippa Plantagenet, Countess of, 1355-1382,, Pembroke, Mary de St. Pol, Countess of, approximately 1304-1377,, and Sussex, Frances Radcliffe, Countess of, 1531?-1589,