03576cam a22005651 4500 9296184 20250608041444.1 cr ||||||||||| 980925s1489 enk 000 0 eng 9296184 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg he11 2021-08-03 he11 2021-08-03 TW situational 49036430 (DLC) 49036430 DLC DLC DLC eng fre Incun. 1489 .P554 Christine, de Pisan, approximately 1364-approximately 1431. Livre des faits d'armes et de chevalerie. English Boke of the fayt of armes and of chyualrye. Fayt of armes and of chyualrye DLC [Westminster], William Caxton, 14 July 1489 (4th year of the reign of Henry VII) [144] leaves (the last blank, wanting). 27.2 cm. (fol.) Largely a compilation from the works of Vegetius, Frontinus, Valerius Maximus, Honoré Bonet, and a contemporary anonymous authority on sieges. Books 3-4 are based on Bonet's L'arbre des batailles. Title extracted from incipit on leaf [1a]. Translated by William Caxton. Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4988 = 15918 Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6648 (1st issue) Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-472 Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 570 Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 28; 3 This book on the proper mode of conduct for a knight was written in French in around 1410 by Christine de Pisan, Europe's first prolific and respected female author. It was translated into English and printed by William Caxton (1422?-91) in 1489 at the behest of Henry VII, who wished to make it available to English soldiers. The book contained not only rules of conduct, such as how a victorious knight should treat a prisoner of war, but also practical information that Pisan had gleaned from several classical texts, such as how to choose the best site to pitch one's tent and how to prevent one's castle from falling under siege. Caxton was the first English printer. He translated from French many of the works that he printed, often adding prologues or epilogues, demonstrating his erudition as well as his skill as a printer. This work is an example of an incunabulum, a term from the Latin meaning 'from the cradle' that is used by librarians and bibliophiles to refer to books printed in Europe before 1501. World Digital Library. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy: provenance: Sir George Holford. DLC Military art and science Early works to 1800. Incunabula England London 1489. rbgenr Bonet, Honoré, active 1378-1398. Arbre des batailles. Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer. Holford, George Lindsay, 1860-1926, former owner. DLC Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC England London. Page view rbc0001 2006rosen0570 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rosenwald.0570 pmpull scd rbc wdl rbc/digital/rosen rbc/rosen rbc/rosendgt rbc/scd wdl c-RareBook Incun. 1489 .P554 Copy 1 Rosenwald Coll PREM