XVIII Histoires Tragiques. Extraictes des euures Italiennes de Bandel, &
mises en langue Françoise, Les six premieres, par Pierre Boisteau,
surnommé Launay, natif de Bretaigne. Les douze suiuantes par Fran. de
Belle-Forest, Comingeois. _A Paris. Pour Gilles Robinot tenãt sa
boutique au Palais, en la galerie ou on va à la Chancellerie._ 1564.
_Auec Priuilege._
16^o. (4-1/2 × 3). *. 21.
Collation: a-z^8A-2I^8, paged. 'Extrait du Privilege du Roy' dated,
Paris, Jan. 17, 1563; 'Achevé d'imprimer' Sept. 20, 1564. Epistle
dedicatory, from Boisteau to Matthieu de Mauny, Abbe des Noyers.
Address to the reader. Belleforest's continuation begins with
head-title at sig. t 6, preceded by commendatory verses by
Belleforest 'Au seigneur de Launay Breton' (_i.e._ Boisteau).
Epistle dedicatory by Belleforest to Charles Maximilian, due
d'Orleans. Table of the whole eighteen histories at the end. The
six novels translated by Boisteau appeared in 1559, and the same
year saw the publication of the continuation by Belleforest
containing the other twelve. The two parts were first printed
together at Lyons in 8^o the same year as the present edition. In
the subsequent volumes Belleforest drew from many other sources
besides Bandello, while throughout he enlarges greatly upon his
original.
Le Cinquiesme Tome des Histoires Tragiques, Le succez, & euenement
desquelles est pour la plus part recueilly des choses aduenues de nostre
temps, & le reste des histoires anciennes. Par F. de Belleforest
Comingeois. _A Lyon, Par les heritiers de Benoist Rigaud._ M. DCI.
16^o. (4-3/4 × 2-7/8). *. 20.
Collation: A-2P^8, paged. Epistle dedicatory to Anthoinette de
Turaine, Contesse de Clinchamp, signed and dated, Paris, July 25,
1570. Commendatory verses by Justus Ludovicus a Tornone in Latin.
Italian verses headed 'De gli Spiriti Francesi à la Francia' and
'Il libro, de se stesso.' Commendatory verses by Jaques Moysson,
and A. du Verdier. Table at end. The volume contains eight
histories. The first edition of vol. v. appeared at Paris in 1570.
The final edition of the 'Histoires Tragiques' is that published at
Rouen in 1603-4, in 7 vols. 16^o.
The Hystorie of Hamblet. _London Imprinted by Richard Bradocke, for
Thomas Pauier, and are to be sold at his shop in Corne-hill, neere to
the Royall Exchange_ 1608.
=B. L.= 4^o. (7 × 5-1/4) S. 33. 3.
Collation: A-H^4I^2, unpaged. Wanting A1 and I2 (? blank).
Argument. Preface. Translated from the third 'Histoire' of the
fifth volume of Belleforest's collection. The present copy, which
is supposed to be unique, came into Capell's hands from the
collection of the Duke of Newcastle (see R. Farmer's 'Learning of
Shakespeare,' ed. 2, 1767, p. 59). Capell had previously possessed
a fragment (_Id._ p. 57).