Polycronycon.
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[Imprented in Southwerke :
by my Peter Treueris at ye expences of Iohn̄ Reynes boke seller at the sygne of saynt George in Poules chyrchyarde,
The yere of our lorde god M. CCCCC. [and] xxvii. [1527] the. xvi. daye of Maye]
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| Notes: | By Ranulf Higden, whose name appears on 2a3r. Translated by John Trevisa, who is named on 2a3r. Edited and with a continuation by William Caxton, whose name appears on R6r. The continuation is reprinted from "The chronicles of England", STC 9991. The title page, in red and black, is xylographic. Variant: leaves 2a1.8 in a trial setting; title set in type: Policronicon:. Imprint from colophon. Includes index. Reprint by Treveris of Wynkyn de Worde's ed. in 1495 of J. Trevisa's transl., which was practically a repr. of Caxton's ed. Imperfect, wanting tp. and last leaf, & with fol. 242 injured at the edge, text being partly supplied in MS. Signatures: 2a⁸2b-2h⁶a-y⁸z⁶A-S⁸T⁶U-X⁸. Identified as STC 18833a on UMI microfilm reel 448. Physical description: [50], CCCxliiij, CCCxliiij-CCCxlvi, [1] leaves : ill., music (woodcuts) ; fol. Citations/References: STC (2nd ed.), 13440 Citations/References: Pforzheimer, 490 more |