Brunet v. 1022, Graesse vi. ii. 232, Hain no. 16128.
(47) pp. means 47 unnumbered pages, ll. means leaves. Italicizing the um in Registrum 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.
Sold, Essling 95 fr., Giraud 199 fr.
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX I. CONDENSED RULES FOR AN AUTHOR AND TITLE CATALOG.
PREPARED BY THE COÖPERATION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. [70]
ENTRY.
- Books are to be entered under the:
- Surnames of authors when ascertained, the abbreviation “Anon.” being added to the titles of anonymous works. (1a
- Initials of authors’ names when these only are known, the last initial being put first. (1b
- Pseudonyms of the writers when the real names are not ascertained. (1c
- Names of editors of collections, each separate item to be at the same time sufficiently catalogd under its own heading. (1d
- Names of countries, cities, societies, or other bodies which are responsible for their publication. (1e
- First word (not an article or serial number) of the titles of periodicals and of anonymous books, the names of whose authors are not known. And a motto or the designation of a series may be neglected when it begins a title, and the entry may be made under the first word of the real title following. (1f