Molinet, Jean, Roman de la rose. 1506?. 2°. Paris: Gillet Couteau, for Antoine Verard.

1506

Molinet, Jean, 1435-1507.

[Roman de la rose.]

Cest le romant de la rose Moralisie cler et net Translate de rime en prose par vostre humble molinet.

[Paris]: [Colophon:] Imprime a paris [pr. by G. Cousteau] pour Anthoine verard, [c. 1506].

2°: a⁴ b–z & aa–ff⁶ gg⁸.

Printed in Paris for Antoine Verard by Gillet Cousteau with Verard’s typographical material.

The completion of the text is dated 1500 in the final verses.

The damage to the device and the use of 96B suggest a date of c. 1506.

Signature pattern: ‘$i’–‘$iiii’.

Catchword pattern: none.

Types: B7 (96mm).

Initials: 26 (strapwork); L 53×36 mm.

Devices: Renouard 1088 (A. Verard).

Illustrations: woodcuts; xylographic title.

Inventaire chronologique 1511, no. 170.

Macfarlane, Verard, no. 186.

[IS000632]

C.22.c.2 (vellum)