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This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... : whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal· that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ..
Somme des vices et vertus. English
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- [Westminster : Printed by William Caxton, 1485 or 6]
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- [324] p
- A translation of: Laurent. Somme des vices et vertus.
- Title from colophon, which continues: .. in the yere of thyncarnacyon of our lord, M.CC.lxxix. [and] translated or reduced out of frensshe in to englysshe by me wyllyam Caxton. atte requeste of a worshipful marchaunt [and] mercer of london. .. whiche translacion .. was achyeued. .. the xiij day of Septembre .. M,CCCC.lxxxiiij ..
- Imprint from Needham.
- Signatures: a-t u¹⁰.
- Text, a2r, begins: W² han I remembre and take hede of the conuersacion of vs that lyue in this wretched lyf. in which is no surete ne stable abydyng. ..
- Text, a3r, begins: H² ere foloweth the table of the rubriches of thys presente book entytled [and] named Ryal ..
- The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- STC (2nd ed.) 21429.
- Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 83.
- Duff 366.
- Hain-Copinger 3691; Hain 14049.
- Available electronically as part of Early English books online.