Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, Historia regum Britanniae. 1508. 4°. Paris: Josse Badius, for himself and Yves Cavellat

15 July 1508

Geoffrey, of Monmouth, Bishop of St. Asaph, 1100?-1154.

[Historia regum Britanniae.]

Britannie vtriusque regum & principum Origo & gesta insignia ab Galfrido Monumetensi ... traducta ...

[Paris]: ab Ascensio cura & impendio magistri Iuonis Cauellati in lucem edita: prostant in eiusdem aedibus [pr. by J. Badius]. [Colophon:] Ex aedibus nostris, ad idus Iulias Anni MDVIII [1508].

4°: AA A–M⁸ N⁶.

Printed in Paris by Josse Badius for Yves Cavellat in Quimper.

Edition financed by Yves Cavellat, principal of the collège de Quimper, whose preliminary letter is dated July 1508 ‘ex collegio nostro corisopitensi’.

Signature pattern: ‘$’–‘$iiii’.

Catchword pattern: none.

Types: Rot3 (180mm); R10 (92mm; with gothic w); Gk5 (92mm).

Initials: 13; 28.

Devices: Renouard 22 (J. Badius).

Lombards: 11.0.

Illustrations: woodcut, 92×85 mm, arms of Brittany supported by two angels.

Adams G444.

Inventaire chronologique 1508, no. 75.

Renouard, Badius, ii, 460–2.

Imprimeurs parisiens, ii, no. 94.

[IS000710]

598.d.1(1). G.5968.