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SIGEBERTUS GEMBLACENSIS Chronicon ab anno 381 ad 1113 cum insertionibus ex historia Galfridi & additionibus Roberti abbatis Montis [...]. Paris H. (I) Estienne for J. Petit 1 June 1513 4to: [22]-164 ff. (title soiled and with blank part of fore-edge margin cut out and underlaid, blank bottom margin f. 2 partly cut out and underlaid, wormtrack in blank bottom corner of last f.). Later sheep, spine with 4 raised bands and paper label, sp. edges (rubbed). Good copy. "First edition of this popular universal chronicle, by the Belgian Benedictine (ca. 1030-1112). The editor, Guillaume Parvy, confessor to Louis XII, and later bishop of Troyes and Senlis, was the first scholar to undertake the task of publishing the sources of medieval history from ancient manuscripts. Parvy has brought Sigebert’s Chronicon down to the year 1216 by adding the continuations of Geoffroy of Monmouth and Robert of Thorigny" (Schreiber). Printed in red and black throughout. Woodcut mark of Petit on title. Ref. Renouard (Estienne) 15:9. - Schreiber (Estienne) 17. - BP16 102374. - Moreau II:717. Prov. Ms. entry on title. - Old bookseller’s ticket. - Libr. stamp.
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SIGEBERTUS GEMBLACENSIS Chronicon ab anno 381 ad 1113 cum insertionibus ex historia Galfridi & additionibus Roberti abbatis Montis [...]. Paris H. (I) Estienne for J. Petit 1 June 1513 4to: [22]-164 ff. (title soiled and with blank part of fore-edge margin cut out and underlaid, blank bottom margin f. 2 partly cut out and underlaid, wormtrack in blank bottom corner of last f.). Later sheep, spine with 4 raised bands and paper label, sp. edges (rubbed). Good copy. "First edition of this popular universal chronicle, by the Belgian Benedictine (ca. 1030-1112). The editor, Guillaume Parvy, confessor to Louis XII, and later bishop of Troyes and Senlis, was the first scholar to undertake the task of publishing the sources of medieval history from ancient manuscripts. Parvy has brought Sigebert’s Chronicon down to the year 1216 by adding the continuations of Geoffroy of Monmouth and Robert of Thorigny" (Schreiber). Printed in red and black throughout. Woodcut mark of Petit on title. Ref. Renouard (Estienne) 15:9. - Schreiber (Estienne) 17. - BP16 102374. - Moreau II:717. Prov. Ms. entry on title. - Old bookseller’s ticket. - Libr. stamp.
