Geoffrey Chaucer's A.B.C., called La prière de Nostre Dame : made, as some say, at the request of Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, as a prayer for her private use, being a woman in her religion very devout.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400, author.

Contributor:

Haselwood, Dave, 1931-2014, translator.

Grabhorn, Robert, printer.

Hoyem, Andrew, printer.

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century.

Grabhorn-Hoyem (Firm), publisher.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

A.B.C. English & English (Middle English)

Language:

English

English, Middle (1100-1500)

Subjects (All):

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Poetry.

Mary.

Abecedariuses, English (Middle).

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.

Genre:

Abecedariuses.

Poetry.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

[52] pages ; 19 cm

Manufacture:

San Francisco : Printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem, MCMLXVII [1967]

Other Title:

A.B.C., called La prière de Nostre Dame

Prière de Nostre Dame

A.B.C.

Geoffrey Chaucer's ABC, called La prière de Nostre Dame

ABC, called La prière de Nostre Dame

ABC

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Grabhorn-Hoyem, MCMLXVII [1967]

Language Note:

Middle English text with facing English translation.

Notes:

Chaucer's version of the hymn to the Blessed Virgin from Deguilleville's Pèlerinage de vie humaine. Cf. Brit. Mus. cat.

"The large letters used in this little book were first printed in books issued in Ulm, Germany, in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. They are probably the work of Johann Zainer ... They have been redrawn for our printing with reconstructions of the N, X, and Y. The type used for Chaucer's text is a nineteenth century rendering of a lettre batarde used in France and the Low Countries for the writing & printing of books for popular use. Chaucer's text is taken from the Kelmscott edition of 'The works of Geoffrey Chaucer' based on Professor Skeat's editing of the Ellesmere manuscript. The contemporary translation facing the original text was made by Dave Haselwood who has seen the whole work through the press."--Page [3].

"One thousand copies printed by Robert Grabhorn and Andrew Hoyem, San Francisco : mcmlxvii"--Colophon

Title and text printed in red and black.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Related Work:

Guillaume, de Deguileville, active 14th century. Pèlerinage de vie humaine. English

OCLC:

2388667