Recueil des histoires de Troie. English and Recueil des histoires de Troye
Description:
[A]3r text begins: and zeland and thus whan alle thyse thynges cam .., A translation of: Recueil des histoires de Troye., Approx. [350] leaves missing., Binder's stamp: Bound by F. Bedford., Bookplates: Charles J. Rosenbloom; A. Edward Newton; John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn. Tipped in is an A.L.S. from Seymour de Ricci to A.E. Newton concerning this work., Imprint from STC and Needham; see also Lotte Hellinga, "Caxton in focus", p. 38-9, 48., In three books., Signatures: [A-O¹⁰ P⁸; A-I¹⁰ K-L⁶; A-K¹⁰]., The first book printed in English and the first book printed by Caxton on his own account., The first leaf is blank., The last leaf contains 14 lines of Latin verse beginning: Pergama flere volo. fata danais data solo ..., and Title from ¹[A]2r, which is printed in red.
Subject (Geographic):
Troy (Extinct city)--Romances--Early works to 1800
Subject (Name):
Bedford, Francis,--1799-1883--Binding., Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer, Mansion, Colard, active 15th century, printer, Newton, A. Edward--(Alfred Edward),--1864-1940--Bookplate., Pruyn, John VanSchaick Lansing,--1811-1877--Bookplate., Ricci, Seymour de,--1881-1942--Autograph., and Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate.
Subject (Topic):
Incunabula in Yale Library and Incunabula in Yale Library--Single leaves
Autograph of W. Cooke, 1738. Mary Cooke's presentation inscription to John Lucius Damper, 1835. Bookplate of Charles J. Rosenbloom, 1835., First edition, first t.p., and Signatures: [*]1A-Tt4Vv2.
Publisher:
printed, and are to be sold by Peter Parker under Creed church neer Aldgate; and by Robert Bouter at the Turks Head in Bishopsgate-street; and Matthias Walker, under St. Dunstons church in Fleet-street,
Subject (Name):
Cooke, Mary--Presentation inscription to J.L. Damper., Cooke, W.--Autograph., Damper, John Lucius,--fl. 1835--Presentation inscription from M. Cooke., and Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate.
BEIN Ih C366 +611 Copy 1: Imperfect: both blank leaves (*1 and Gg8) wanting. Autographs of John Miles, Thomas Warton, Alexander Pope, and John Mitford. Owned by William Warburton, Bishop of Gloucester. Book-plates of Frederick Locker-Lampson and Charles J. Rosenbloom., Described in The Carl H. Pforzheimer library, English literature 1475-1700, New York, 1940, vol. 1., p. 167-169, no. 169., and Page 336 so numbered.
Publisher:
Printed for Nathaniell Butter,
Subject (Name):
Locker-Lampson, Frederick,--1821-1895--Bookplate., Miles, John,--fl. 1663--Autograph., Mitford, John,--1781-1859--Autograph., Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744--Autograph., Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate., Warburton, William,--1698-1779--Ownership., and Warton, Thomas,--1728-1790--Autograph.
"A faithful index of the dull as well as ingenious passages in the Tatlers. Vol. I": p. i-iv, bound following numb. 114., "An index to the Tatlers. Vol. II": p. i-vi, bound following numb. 271., At foot of v. 1 title page: "Note, the bookbinder is desired to place the index after Tatler, no. 114, which ends the first volume in folio.", At foot of v. 2 title page: "Note, the bookbinder is desired to place the index after Tatler, no. 271, which ends the second volume in folio.", Began with Vol. I; ceased with Vol. II., BEIN 1977 +52: Autograph: J. Reynolds. Autograph: M.L. Gwatkin. Bookplate: Charles L. Rosenbloom. Bookplate: Frank L. Hogan. Unidentified autograph., Collects, with added prefatory material and subject indexes, original folio issues of: The Tatler., Dedication to Mr. Maynwaring in v. 1. signed: "Isaac Bickerstaff". Steele signed second and third dedications in v. 2., Each volume has subject index., Essays on manners politics, social life, philosophy; the Tatler was wildly popular in its day and the collection was reprinted several times during the 18th century. Continuations by others were less successful, but were frequently reissued with the originals., Individual issues exist in several states, some with different settings of type, some lacking colophons, some with different catchwords., Individual issues have caption title: The tatler., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Numb. 1 (Tuesday, April 12, 1709)-numb. 114 (from Thursday December 12 to Saturday December 31, 1709); v. 2: numb. 115 (from Saturday December 31 [1709] to Tuesday January 3, 1709 [i.e. 1710])-numb. 271 (from Saturday December 31 [1710] to Tuesday January 2, 1710 [i.e. 1711])., Individual issues of no. 1-4 have colophons reading: London: Printed for the author, 1709; individual issues of no. 5-271 have colophons reading: "Sold by John Morphew", without date or place of publication., Issue dates given according to Lady Day dating., Reissue. Originally published three times a week from Apr. 12, 1709 to Jan. 2, 1711 with title: The tatler. Contributions by Steele, Addison and others., and The collected issues have appeared in several states; some volumes include the continuation issues. No. 272 (6 Jan. 1711) was published by John Morphew who carried the series to no. 330 (19 May 1711) with the editorial assistance of William Harrison; these numbers were later advertised as reprinted, but no copies are known (cf. Post Boy #2587, 8/11 Dec. 1712). John Baker undertook to publish his own no. 272-273, but did not continue. Mrs. Ann Baldwin issued a series of her own, assisted initially by Harrison before he went to work with Morphew; at least one issue is partially credited to Swift (cf. BL cat.); her effort lasted for seven issues, no. 1-6 (13-30 Jan. 1711), and one final unnumbered issue: 6 Feb. 1711 (cf. McLeod).
Publisher:
Printed and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall,
Subject (Geographic):
England--Intellectual life--18th century--Periodicals., England--Social life and customs--18th century--Periodicals., and Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714--Periodicals.
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Gwatkin, M. L.--Autograph., Hogan, Francis Joseph,--1877-1944--Bookplate., Reynolds, Joshua,--Sir,--1723-1792--Autograph., Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate., and Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729.
