The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time
Title
The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time
Alternative Title
Full title: The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time : wherin may be seen what vices bring menne to destruccion, wyth notable warninges howe the like may be auoyded / translated into Englysh by Iohn Lidgate, monke of Burye.
Creator
Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375.
Publisher
Imprinted at London : By Iohn Wayland, at the signe of the Sunne oueragainst the Conduite in Flete-strete. Cum priuilegio per septennium
Date
[1554?]
Format
[9], clxiii, xxxvi, xxxv-xxxvii, [1] leaves : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 32 cm (fol.)
Description
A verse translation of: Boccaccio, Giovanni. De casibus illustrium virorum.
Publication date conjectured by STC.
The eighth book begins new foliation on 2A1.
The last leaf, usually lacking, bears the title page to "A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of king Richard the seconde, have been unfortunate in the realme of England" edited by William Baldwin (STC 1246), which was intended to have formed part 2 of the present work, but the printing was suppressed.
Another state, with cancel title page, of "The fall of princes" (STC 3177.5).
Based on Laurent de Premierfait's French prose version of Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium.
Publication date conjectured by STC.
The eighth book begins new foliation on 2A1.
The last leaf, usually lacking, bears the title page to "A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of king Richard the seconde, have been unfortunate in the realme of England" edited by William Baldwin (STC 1246), which was intended to have formed part 2 of the present work, but the printing was suppressed.
Another state, with cancel title page, of "The fall of princes" (STC 3177.5).
Based on Laurent de Premierfait's French prose version of Boccaccio's De casibus virorum illustrium.
Provenance
Armorial bookplates: John Moore Paget; Howard Pease, Otterburn Tower, Northumberland; Sir Charles Frederick, Surveyor General of the Ordinance; William Cole; Royal Public Library, inscribed by Cole, "Mar. 26 1745 bought this duplicate out of ye Royal Public Library"
Signatures of John Paget, Edwarde Wilson, William Cole
Inscriptions and annotations on title-page and some marginalia; manuscript sheet tipped onto rear pastedown containing "The xxxix chapter," about the "damselle ... Elizabeth" and dancing.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Signatures of John Paget, Edwarde Wilson, William Cole
Inscriptions and annotations on title-page and some marginalia; manuscript sheet tipped onto rear pastedown containing "The xxxix chapter," about the "damselle ... Elizabeth" and dancing.
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Contributor
Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, translator.
Laurent, de Premierfait, -1418.
Wayland, John, -1572? printer.
Cole, William, 1714-1782, former owner.
Frederick, Charles, 1709-1785, former owner.
Pease, Howard, 1863-1928, former owner.
Baldwin, William, approximately 1518-1563? Memorial of suche princes.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Laurent, de Premierfait, -1418.
Wayland, John, -1572? printer.
Cole, William, 1714-1782, former owner.
Frederick, Charles, 1709-1785, former owner.
Pease, Howard, 1863-1928, former owner.
Baldwin, William, approximately 1518-1563? Memorial of suche princes.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
folio Dated 1554 .B63
STC (2nd ed), 3178
Pforzheimer, 73
ESTC, S107087
STC (2nd ed), 3178
Pforzheimer, 73
ESTC, S107087
Files
Collection
Citation
Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313-1375., “The tragedies, gathered by Ihon Bochas, of all such princes as fell from theyr estates throughe the mutability of fortune since the creacion of Adam, vntil his time,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/146.