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The auncient historie and onely trewe and syncere cronicle of the warres betwixte the Grecians and the Troyans

and subsequently of the fyrst euer cyon of the auncient and famouse cytye of Troye vnder Lamedon the King : and of the laste and fynall destruction of the same vnder Pryam

by John Lydgate, Benoît de Sainte-More, Robert Braham, Guido delle Colonne, Cretensis Dictys, Thomas Marsh & Thomas Jefferson McKee

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  • 16th century
  • Languages: English, ENM
  • Content type: Primary source
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Signatures: [A]℗ø B-Źœ 2A-2Ćœ 2D-2Éþ Errors in signatures: N2, T2, 2C2, and 2C3, printed N3, T3, C2, B3 Imprint taken from colophon Title within woodcut border (McKerrow-Ferguson, 75),illustrating the genealogy of Henry VIII " ... a very much amplified version ... of the prose Latin 'Historia destructionis Troiae' of Guido delle Colonne (about 1287) ... in turn a condensed version of the 'Roman deTroie' of Beno¿t de Sainte More (about 1160)"--Lydgate, J. Lydgate's Troy book. Early English Text Society, extra series 97, p. ix Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) English short title catalogue Cataloged Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in early blind tooled calf rebacked in modern brown goatskin. Title stamped in gilt on the spine. Bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee on the front pastedown. Embossed and perforation stamps of the BPL on the title page. Leaves D5, V6 and X1 remargined and possibly inserted from another copy/copies. 2E4 cut down to the text and laid into a new sheet. Early/contemporary marginalia on various leaves

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and subsequently of the fyrst euer cyon of the auncient and famouse cytye of Troye vnder Lamedon the King : and of the laste and fynall destruction of the same vnder Pryam

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1555By Thomas Marshe; Imprinted at London : In Fletestrete at the sygne of the Princes armes, by Thomas Marshe; In Fletestrete at the sygne of the Princes armes, by Thomas MarsheEnglish, ENM—No ebook

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  • Contributing institution: Boston Public Library
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