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Enpryntid at Westmestre : By Wynken de Worde, and newely in the ye[a]r of Our Lord God 1497 ...
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[404] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 28 cm. (fol.)

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    Notes
    • In 2 pts., the 2nd being The description of England (leaves [2nd]A1r-D6).
    • Title from incipit of table (leaf 2A1v).
    • Imprint from colophon of 1st pt. (leaf I4r), which gives date of publication before place and publisher statement; pt. II dated 1498.
    • Signatures: 2A⁶, a-z⁶, [con]⁶, A-H⁶, I⁴; [2nd]A-D⁶.
    • Woodcut initials.
    Provenance
    HSVR copy: Provenance: Robert Berkeley Esq., of Spetchley Park, Worcestershire (1794-1874), with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. John Trevisa, the vicar of Berkeley and translator of Higden's Polychronicon, was also chaplain to Thomas Lord Berkelely, one of whose descendants owned this copy.
    References
    • ESTC S116781
    • Duff 102, 114
    • Goff C-482
    • STC (2nd ed.) 9996, 13440b.
    • GW 6675
    Other title(s)
    • Cronycles
    • Chronicles of England
    • Cronycle of Englonde
    OCLC
    84746879
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