hEre begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye, composed and drawen out of dyuerce bookes of latyn in to frensshe by the ryght venerable persone and worshipfull man. Raoul le ffeure. preest and chapelayn vnto the ryght noble gloryous and myghty prynce in his tyme Phelip duc of Bourgoyne of Braband [et]c in the yere of the incarnacion of our lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and foure, and translated and drawen out of frenshe in to englisshe by Willyam Caxton mercer of ye cyte of London, at the comau[n]deme[n]t of the right hye myghty and vertuouse pryncesse hys redoubtyd lady. Margarete by the grace of god. Duchesse of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband [et]c., whiche sayd translacion and werke was ... fynysshid in the holy cyte of Colen the. xix. day of septembre the yere of our sayd lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and enleuen [sic] [et]c ...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460
Other Authors: Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Bruges : Printed by William Caxton and, probably, Colard Mansion, 1473 or 1474]
Series:Early English books online.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Item Description:A translation of: Recueil des histoires de Troye.
Title from ¹[A]2r, which is printed in red.
Imprint from STC and Needham; see also Lotte Hellinga, "Caxton in focus", pages 38-9, 48.
Signatures: [A-O¹⁰ P; A-I¹⁰ K L⁶; A-K¹⁰].
In three books.
The first leaf is blank.
[A]3r text begins: and zeland and thus whan alle thyse thynges cam ..
The last leaf contains 14 lines of Latin verse beginning: Pergama flere volo. fata danais data solo ..
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([704] pages)