Shelfmark
MS 187
Author
Title
Suite de l'histoire d'Angleterre ecrite par Messire Philippe de Wauvrin, chevalier, seigneur de St Venant, capitaine du Chasteau du Louvre à Paris, l'an 1477. dont l'original est dans la bibliotheque du Roi à Paris. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Other title: Histoire de Ph. de Waurin.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Paris, France, 1600s?
Physical description
1 volume (477 leaves) : paper ; 36 x 24 cm.
Note
Title taken from title-page.
Note
Variant title in M.R. James: Histoire de Ph. de Waurin.
Note
A history of England covering part of the period of the Hundred Years War. Represents books III to VI of a larger work.
Note
Author's name and honorifics taken from the title-page. It seems possibly that Philippe de Waurin has been confused with Jean de Waurin (1399/1400-1473/4), who compiled a history of the same period of England's history. M.R. James refers to a published edition of 'Waurin's history' in the Rolls Series, but this refers to Jean de Warin.
Note
464 of the leaves are numbered in ink. 11 more leaves follow, one bearing the final portion of the text on the recto.
Note
Written in a professional hand.
Note
Booklabel recording bequest to Eton College by Nicholas Mann in 1754.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bp.3.15, Bp.1.6, Bl.5.13.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 187.
Binding
Late 17th or early 18th century dark brown sprinkled calf; gold tooled sprig-and-flower roll on board edges; rebacked in sprinkled calf in 20th or early 21st century by Richard Day (stamped on rear pastedown), with gold tooled decoration and title; red and blue marbled endpapers.
Subject
Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453.
Subject
Great Britain History 14th century.
Subject
France History 14th century.
Added entry--name
Mann, Nicholas, ? - -1753 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris
Language code
fre
Identifier
B46616