Brunet v. 1022, Graesse vi. ii. 232, Hain no. 16128.
(47) pp. means 47 unnumbered pages, ll. means leaves. Italicizing the _um_ in Registr_um_ signifies that those letters are expressed in the caption by a contraction which the printer of the catalogue has no type for.
«Huon» _de Bordeaux_. Les gestes et faictz | merueilleux du no|ble Huon de Bor|deaulx Per de France, Duc de Guyenne. Nouuellement redige en bon | Francoys: et Imprime nouuellement a Paris pour Jean Bonfonds | . . . | . . . | [_Woodcut_] [_Ending_] Lequel liure & | hystoire a este mis de rime en prose | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . lequel fut fait & parfait le vinte | neufiesme iour de Januier. Lan | mil. cccc. liiii | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . «Imprime a Paris» pour Jan | Bonfons . . . | . . . _n. d._ 4º. (8), 264 ll. @ 40 lines. With 14 woodcuts in the text, and the printer’s mark.
On the eighth leaf is written “Jehan Moynard me possidet 1557,” which is probably not far from the date of publication. The 1st dated edition appeared in 1516. Brunet mentions two other editions before recording the present, one 1556, one undated.
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