Merlin. (1515–1517 ?). 4°. Paris: widow of Jean Trepperel and Jean Jehannot

1515

Le premier [-second] volume de Merlin.

[Paris]: Nouuellement imprime a Paris. On les vent a paris en la rune neufue nostre dame A lenseigne de lescu de France. [Colophon, vol. 2:] Nouuellement imprime a paris par la veufue feu Iehan trepperel et Iehan iehannot libraire iure, [1515–1517].

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Printed in Paris by the widow of Jean Trepperel and Jean Jehannot.

Printed after January 1515 when J. Jehannot became a ‘libraire juré’.

There are three sets of quire numbers on A4^v in volume one, corresponding to volumes 1 and 2 and the Prophecies de Merlin which constitutes a third volume of the edition (IS000473).

Quire number ‘xxviii.’ at end of vol. 2: there are 28 gatherings (35 sheets) in vol. 2.

Signature pattern: ‘$.i.’–‘$.iiii.’.

Catchword pattern: none.

Types: T6 (230mm); T16 (116mm); B11 (81mm).

Initials: 11; 32; 14; 19.

Lombards: 7.0.

Illustrations: woodcuts and borders; woodcut 85×102 mm, man with sword, tree, woman, empty slots.

[IS000472]

C.39.e.13 (vols 1 and 2)