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Here begynneth a lytell cronycle
Uniform Title
Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient. English
Title
Here begynneth a lytell cronycle / translated & imprinted at the cost & charge of Rycharde Pynson, by the co[m]maundement of the ryght high and mighty prince, Edwarde Duke of Buckingham, Yerle of Gloucestre, Staffarde, and of Northamton.
Publication
[London] : Imprinted by the sayd Richarde Pynson, printer vnto the kinges nobel grace, [approximately 1520?]
Physical Description
[2], xliiii, [1] leaf ; 25 cm
Local Notes
BAC DS33.5 .H48 1520: Bookplate of John Pierpont Morgan. Bound in 19th-century brown morocco, by Francis Bedford.
Notes
Imprint from colophon; publication date conjectured by Pollard.
Signatures: A-E⁶, F-G⁴, H⁶, I⁴ (G₄ blank).
With a large woodcut illustration on the title page.
Printer's device on verso of last leaf.
Selected exhibitions: "Fifty-five Books Printed before 1525: Representing the Works of England's First Printers, an Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon" (Grolier Club, 17 January-3 March 1968).
Summary
A translation, by Richard Pynson, of: Frère Hayton. La fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) 13256
Hodnett, E. English woodcuts, 1480-1535, 1512
Grolier Club. Fifty-five books printed before 1525 (1968), 49
Subjects
Genre/Form
Travel literature.
Woodcuts.
Also listed under
Great Britain England London.
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