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[Nova lege[n]da Angliae]
[Nova lege[n]da Angliae]
by John, of Tynemouth, -1290? Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae; Capgrave, John, 1393-1464, dubious author; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534? printer; York Minster. Library, former owner
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The text of this book is based on the "Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae" attributed to John of Tynemouth. It is sometimes mistakenly attributed to John Capgrave
Topic: Christian saints
Incunabula
Thus endeth the legende named in Latyn legenda aurea that is to saye in Englysshe The golden legende
Thus endeth the legende named in Latyn legenda aurea that is to saye in Englysshe The golden legende
by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer; Towneley, John, 1731-1813, former owner. MB; Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907, former owner. MB; Gardner, John Dunn, former owner. MB; Whittingham, James, binder. MB; Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, former owner.
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Higher resolution images of this copy are available on  Digital Commonwealth . Title from leaf CCCCxliiii; imprint from ISTC.
Topics: Christian saints, Christian saints, Saints, Saints
Source: folio
Early English Printers
Chronycle of Englonde
Chronycle of Englonde
by Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer; Tomkinson, Michael, 1841-1921, former owner; Boule, Joannis, former owner
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Title and imprint from first colophon (2c7): Here endeth this present Chronycle of Englonde with [the] fruyte of tymes. compyled in a booke and also enprynted by one some tyme scole mayster of saynt Albons uppon whoos soule god have mercy. Amen. And newely in the yere of oure Lorde god. M.CCCCC.ii. Empry[n]ted in flete strete in [the] sygne of the son[n]e by me Wynkyn de Worde
Early English Printers
The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde : with many meruaylles & the vii scyences as gramayre, rethorike wyth the arte of memorye, logyke, geometrye, wyth the standarde of mesure & weyght, and the knowlege how a man sholde mesure londe, borde, & tymber, and than arsmetryke wyth the maner of accou[n]tes and rekenynges by cyfres, and than musyke, and astrnomye, with many other profytable and plesant co[m]modytes
The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde : with many meruaylles & the vii scyences as gramayre, rethorike wyth the arte of memorye, logyke, geometrye, wyth the standarde of mesure & weyght, and the knowlege how a man sholde mesure londe, borde, & tymber, and than arsmetryke wyth the maner of accou[n]tes and rekenynges by cyfres, and than musyke, and astrnomye, with many other profytable and plesant co[m]modytes
by Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name, translator; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator; Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264, attributed name, dubious author; Andrew, Laurence, active 1510-1537, printer; Britwell Court (Buckinghamshire, England). Library, former owner
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A translation by William Caxton of a prose version of Image du monde
Topic: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Book of Common Prayer
Hore Beate Marie Virginis : ad vsum insignis ac preclare ecclesie Sarum
Hore Beate Marie Virginis : ad vsum insignis ac preclare ecclesie Sarum
by Catholic Church; Pynson, Richard, -1530, printer
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Imprint from colophon
Early English Printers
Fabule Esopi cum commento
Fabule Esopi cum commento
by Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, publisher; Riviere & Son, binder
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Imprint from colophon
Topic: Aesop
Early English Printers
Roberti whittintoni lichfeldiensis editio : secunda pars grammatices : De sillaba et eius quantitate ..
Roberti whittintoni lichfeldiensis editio : secunda pars grammatices : De sillaba et eius quantitate ..
by Whittington, Robert, -approximately 1560; Negro, Pescennio Francesco, 1452-; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534? printer; Littlefield, George Emery, 1844-1915, former owner; Shillaber, William Green, former owner; Leigh, Chandos, 1791-1850, former owner
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Imprint from ESTC
Topics: Latin language, Latin language
Incunabula
The boke of the tales of Canterburie ...
The boke of the tales of Canterburie ...
by Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400; Pynson, Richard, -1530, printer; J. & J. Leighton, binder. MB
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Title from introductory prohemye (lines 25-31) on a1 recto
Early English Printers
Vita Christi
Vita Christi
by Bonaventure, Saint, Cardinal, approximately 1217-1274, attributed name; Love, Nicholas, active 1410, translator; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer; Hampton, John Somerset Pakington, Baron, 1799-1880, former owner. MB; Gibbs, Henry Hucks, 1819-1907, former owner. MB
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Sometimes attributed to St. Bonaventure
Topic: Jesus Christ
Incunabula
Policronicon
Policronicon
by Higden, Ranulf, -1364; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534? printer; Trevisa, John, -1402, translator; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
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Higden's work, divided into 7 books and extending to the year 1348, was originally written in Latin. The English translation was made by John Trevisa, who continued it to 1357. The 8th book, 1358-1460, was added by Caxton, who in 1482 printed the work from Trevisa's translation, revising the antiquated text. This edition is a reprint of Caxton's edition; the text is unaltered and unextended. De Worde's only additions were a better Table and the insertion of the woodcut music (spaces left blank...
Topics: World history, Geography
Early English Printers
Fabyans cronycle : newly prynted : wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce Kynge Henry the vii, father vnto our most drad souerayne lord Kynge Henry the viii
Fabyans cronycle : newly prynted : wyth the cronycle, actes, and dedes done in the tyme of the reygne of the moste excellent prynce Kynge Henry the vii, father vnto our most drad souerayne lord Kynge Henry the viii
by Fabyan, Robert, -1513; Rastell, William, 1508?-1565, printer; Broxbourne Library, former owner. MB
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Title within woodcut border with printer's initials. Cf. McKerrow & Ferguson, no. 20
Incunabula
Mons perfectionis : otherwyse called in Englyssh The hylle of perfectyon
Mons perfectionis : otherwyse called in Englyssh The hylle of perfectyon
by Alcock, John, 1430-1500; Pynson, Richard, -1530, printer; Ham House (England), former owner
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Imprint derived from colophon (e3 verso): Here endeth the treatyse called Mons perfectionis. Emprynted by Rycharde Pynson in the xiii yere of our souerayne lorde Kynge Henry the vii.
Topics: Monasticism and religious orders, Spiritual life
Early English Printers
The legende, named in Latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in Englysshe The golden legende
The legende, named in Latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in Englysshe The golden legende
by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer; Kempe, William, former owner; Hales, Henry, former owner
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Title and imprint from colophon (2y8 recto): "Thus endeth the legende, named in Latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in Englysshe the golden legende. ... Whiche werke hath ben dilige[n]tly amended in diuers places where as grete nede was. Finysshed the xxvii daye of the August, the yere of our Lord MCCCCCxxvii the xix yere of the regne of our souerayne Lorde Kynge Henry the eyght. Imprynted at London in Flete strete at the sygne of the Sonne, by Wynkyn de Worde."
Topics: Bible, Christian saints, Christian saints, Saints, Saints
Early English Printers
The pastyme of people : the cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond
The pastyme of people : the cronycles of dyuers realmys and most specyally of the realme of Englond
by Rastell, John, -1536; Riviere & Son, binder
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By John Rastell, whose name appears in the headline on A2r
Early English Printers
The passyon of our lorde
The passyon of our lorde
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An edition of: The passion of owr lorde iesu christe
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[Detached leaves from John Gowers' Confessio amantis, printed by William Caxton]
[Detached leaves from John Gowers' Confessio amantis, printed by William Caxton]
by Gower, John, 1325?-1408; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer
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Q.402.44 contains the final five leaves (CCVII-CCXI) of the Confessio Amantis. These leaves have been remargined, with some portions of the text reproduced in facsimile. These leaves are rubricated in red, while the final leaf contains a lengthy, ca. 15th century inscription written in a secretary hand. All are housed in a red cloth folder
Early English Printers
The legende, named in Latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in Englysshe The golden legende
The legende, named in Latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in Englysshe The golden legende
by Jacobus, de Voragine, approximately 1229-1298; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator; Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer; Kempe, William, former owner; Hales, Henry, former owner
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Title and imprint from colophon (2y8 recto): "Thus endeth the legende, named in Latyn Legenda aurea that is to say in Englysshe the golden legende. ... Whiche werke hath ben dilige[n]tly amended in diuers places where as grete nede was. Finysshed the xxvii daye of the August, the yere of our Lord MCCCCCxxvii the xix yere of the regne of our souerayne Lorde Kynge Henry the eyght. Imprynted at London in Flete strete at the sygne of the Sonne, by Wynkyn de Worde."
Topics: Bible, Christian saints, Christian saints, Saints, Saints
Incunabula
[Detached leaves from John Gowers' Confessio amantis, printed by William Caxton]
[Detached leaves from John Gowers' Confessio amantis, printed by William Caxton]
by Gower, John, 1325?-1408; Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer
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Q.402.44 contains the final five leaves (CCVII-CCXI) of the Confessio Amantis. These leaves have been remargined, with some portions of the text reproduced in facsimile. These leaves are rubricated in red, while the final leaf contains a lengthy, ca. 15th century inscription written in a secretary hand. All are housed in a red cloth folder
Early English Printers
This treatyse concernynge the fruytfull saynges of Dauid the kynge & prophete in the seuen penytencyall psalmes : deuyded in seuen sermons
This treatyse concernynge the fruytfull saynges of Dauid the kynge & prophete in the seuen penytencyall psalmes : deuyded in seuen sermons
by Fisher, John, Saint, 1469-1535
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[292] p. : 19 cm (4to)
Topics: Bible. Psalms -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800, Bible. Psalms -- Criticism and interpretation --...

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