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003 $ UK-LoRAA
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044 # # $a fr
245 0 0 $a Œuvres Complètes Du Roi René, Avec une biographie et des notices Par M. Le Comte De Quatrebarbes, Et un grand nombre de dessins et ornements, d'après les tableaux et manuscrits originaux Par M. Hawke. Tome Premier. (- Quatrième.) -
260 # # $a Angers, $b Imprimerie De Cosnier Et Lachèse, Rue De La Chaussée Saint-Pierre. - $c M DCCC XXXXV. (- M DCCC XXXXVI.) $c [1845 (- 1846)]
300 # # $a 4 vols. [in two]; $c 352 mm. (Quarto.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: [4], cliv, 151, [1] p., [26] pl. The plates carry no numbers, but are numbered 1-26 (incl. added t.pl.) in 'Avis Au Relieur'. - Vol. II: [4], cxiv, [2], 150, [4] p., [24] pl. (incl. add. t.pl. and port.) - Vol. III: [4], xxx, [2], 208, [4] p., [22] pl. The plates carry no numbers, but are numbered 1-22 (incl. add. t.pl.) in 'Avis Au Relieur'. - Vol. IV: [4], xiii, [3], 198, [6] p., [24] pl. The plates carry no numbers, but are numbered 1-24 (incl. add. t.pl.) in 'Avis Au Relieur'.
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Half-t., add. t.pl., t.p.] - Avertissement - Biographie De René D'Anjou [with pl.] - [Text and plates] - Table Des Matières - Errata; Avis Au Relieur. - Vol. II: [Half-t., frontis. (port.), add. t.pl., t.p.] - [Text and plates] - Errata - Table Des Matieres. - Vol. III: [Half-t., add. t.pl., t.p.] - [Text and plates] - Table Des Matières - Errata; Avis Au Relieur. - Vol. IV: [Half-t., add. t.pl., t.p.] - [Text and plates] - [Note] - Table Des Matières - Errata; Avis Au Relieur.
508 # # $a The added title-plates of Vols. I, II, and the port. of Tome II are signed as drawn by P. Hawke; the added title-plates of Vols. II, IV, are unsigned. Most plates are signed as painted by Roi René and drawn by P. Hawke.

Most carry the imprint of the lithographic printers Cosnier et Lachèse, Angers.

The printers are named on the half-title versos of Vols. I, II: 'Paris, Au Comptoir Des Imprimeurs-Unis, Quai Malaquais, No 15. Angers, Chez Cosnier Et Lachèse, Pigne-Chateau, Et Chez Tous Les Libraires De L'Anjou, De La Lorraine Et De La Provence.'
520 2 # $a The publication-dates are given on the title pages as 1845, 1844, 1846 and 1846. In the Royal Academy's set, the wrappers of Tomes I and III are bound in; which carry the dates of 1844 and 1846 respectively.

The plates are outline drawings reproducing illuminations of manuscript books - most of which are here attributed to René himself.
561 # # $a A preliminary leaf in each of the two volumes is inscribed in pencil, 'S.A.H.', i.e. S.A. Hart, librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1879 (see RA Annual Report for 1879, p. 47).
562 # # $a In the first volume is bound in an 8-page 'Notice Sur Le Roi René' (1869); in the second is loosely inserted a [4]-page 'Antiphonaire De Saint Grégoire. Facsimile ... Par Le R.P. L. Lambillotte ... Prospectus' (1851).

The upper cover of the wrapper of Tome I is inscribed in ink and pencil. There are occasional annotations elsewhere.
563 # # $a 19th-century quarter red morocco, red cloth-covereed boards; spines lettered 'Œuvres Du Roi René 1-2 (3-4)' and 'R.A.'
600 0 4 $a Rene I
610 2 4 $a Bibliotheque Nationale
653 # # $a Chivalry - Tournaments - Sports - Martial arts - History - 15th century
653 # # $a Illumination of books and manuscripts - Books of hours - History - 15th century
655 # 0 $a Art history - Biography - France - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Lithographs - France - 19th century
700 0 # $a Rene I
700 1 # $a Quatrebarbes
700 1 # $a Hawke $e draughtsman
700 0 # $a Rene I $e source artist?
710 2 # $a Cosnier et Lachese (Angers) $e printer $e lithographic printer $e publisher