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Bochas; 1494.] RICHARD PYNSON. 419
pccntpti Bp mc ftitfjatlje ^pttgoit
at tt)c tcmplc tiartc. of lontion.
tDco graciag.
The signatures run in eights; but the first alphabet extends only to
v. As before observed, c i is omitted to be marked; bnt the first four
leaves of c„ are c ii, c iii, c iiii, c v. The second set of signatures, A i,
begins at the second chapter of * the seuenth Precepte.’ Copies of this
curious and rare volume are in the libraries of the Duke of Devonshire
and Mr. Heber. The present was Mr. G. Mason’s copy, and is in old
russia binding.
914. The Boke calledde John Bochas, &c.
Emprentydwithoute the Temple Earre ofLondon.
1494. Folio.
Fikst Ijvipression. This is a volume well deserving a place in a
Collection like the present. The text of it was frequently reprinted,
and such re-impressions are by no means of rare occurrence ; but a
fine and perfect copy of this earliest edition is an acquisition of no
trifling importance. The copy under description is somewhat soiled,
but sound. The general title of the work, printed in a large lower-
case type, in 9 lines, and prefixed to the prologue, is tbus: ‘ Here
begynnethe the boke calledde Iohn bochas descriuinge the falle of
princis princessis & other nobles traslated ito englissh by lohn ludgate
moke of the monastery of seint. edmudes Bury at the comaudemet of
the worthy prynce humfrey duke of gloucestre beginnynge at adam &
endinge with kinge iohn take prisoner in fraunce by prince Edwarde.’
The prologue occupies 3 leaves, ending on the reverse of a iiii; a i
being blank. In the whole, there are Nine Books; having, prefixed to
each, a prologue and a wood-cut. The text of this work is so well
known to the curious, from the subsequent editions of it, that, in the
present instance, I shall dwell chiefly upon the graphic emhellishments
which the volume contains; as this is the first book, with a date,
executed by Pynson, in which such embellishments appear.
pccntpti Bp mc ftitfjatlje ^pttgoit
at tt)c tcmplc tiartc. of lontion.
tDco graciag.
The signatures run in eights; but the first alphabet extends only to
v. As before observed, c i is omitted to be marked; bnt the first four
leaves of c„ are c ii, c iii, c iiii, c v. The second set of signatures, A i,
begins at the second chapter of * the seuenth Precepte.’ Copies of this
curious and rare volume are in the libraries of the Duke of Devonshire
and Mr. Heber. The present was Mr. G. Mason’s copy, and is in old
russia binding.
914. The Boke calledde John Bochas, &c.
Emprentydwithoute the Temple Earre ofLondon.
1494. Folio.
Fikst Ijvipression. This is a volume well deserving a place in a
Collection like the present. The text of it was frequently reprinted,
and such re-impressions are by no means of rare occurrence ; but a
fine and perfect copy of this earliest edition is an acquisition of no
trifling importance. The copy under description is somewhat soiled,
but sound. The general title of the work, printed in a large lower-
case type, in 9 lines, and prefixed to the prologue, is tbus: ‘ Here
begynnethe the boke calledde Iohn bochas descriuinge the falle of
princis princessis & other nobles traslated ito englissh by lohn ludgate
moke of the monastery of seint. edmudes Bury at the comaudemet of
the worthy prynce humfrey duke of gloucestre beginnynge at adam &
endinge with kinge iohn take prisoner in fraunce by prince Edwarde.’
The prologue occupies 3 leaves, ending on the reverse of a iiii; a i
being blank. In the whole, there are Nine Books; having, prefixed to
each, a prologue and a wood-cut. The text of this work is so well
known to the curious, from the subsequent editions of it, that, in the
present instance, I shall dwell chiefly upon the graphic emhellishments
which the volume contains; as this is the first book, with a date,
executed by Pynson, in which such embellishments appear.