This present boke named The shyp of folys of the worlde was translated i[n] the college of Saynt Mary Otery in the counte of Deuonshyre : out of Laten, Frenche, and Doche into Englysshe tonge / by Alexander Barclay preste ... the year of our Lorde God M.CCCCCviii.

Author
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521 [Browse]
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Inprentyd in the cyte of London : In Fletestre at the signe of Saynt George by Rycharde Pynson, 1509.
Description
[4], cclxxiiii leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.

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Notes
  • Text in Latin and English.
  • Originally published under title: Das Narrenschiff, Basel, 1494. Latin translation first pub. Basel, 1497, by Jacob Locher.
  • First leaf has Pynson's coat of arms and final leaf has his device.
Binding note
  • ExKa copy in blue goatskin, ruled, tooled, and blocked in gold; red marbled endpapers; binding by Francis Bedford.
  • ExKa copy has armorial binding stamped with arms and monogram of William Henry Miller (1789-1848).
Provenance
  • ExKa copy is Sydney Richardson Christie-Miller's copy from the library of Britwell Court.
  • ExKa copy has bookplate of Grenville Kane.
References
  • ESTC S106627
  • STC (2nd ed.) 3545
  • Grolier Club. Fifty-five books printed before 1525 (1968) 46, 47
Other title(s)
  • Shyp of folys of the worlde.
  • Ship of fools.
OCLC
54156149
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