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The cronicles of Englond
Chronicles of England. 1480.
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- English, Middle (1100-1500)
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- [Westminster, England] : Enp[re]nted by me William Caxton in th abbey of Westmynstre by London, fynysshid and accomplsshid the x. day of Iuyn the yere of th incarnacion of our lord god MCCCCLXXX and in the xx yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourth [1480]
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- 1 online resource ([364] pages) : illustrations (woodcuts)
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- Format: Folio.
- Signatures: pi⁸ a-x⁸ y⁶ (pi1, a1 blank).
- Museum collection: Senate House Library, University of London.
- Shelfmark: [Incunabula] 131 (S).
- Provenance: ULL copy is from the library of Sir Louis Sterling. From the library of the Duke of Newcastle, sold at Sotheby, 21 June 1937, lot 10.
- Binding: ULL copy is bound by Bedford in 19th-century panelled brown morocco, blind-tooled, with the Royal arms in gilt on centre of upper and lower boards. Gilt edges.
- Additional information: ULL copy is imperfect, wanting leaves pi1.8, a1, b7, c3, x8, y1.6. Leaves y1.6 supplied in facsimile; leaf y6 is facsim of edition published 8 Oct. 1482 (correct colophon copied from BM 15th century XI). Capitals, paragraph marks and ruled borders in red.
- ISTC, ic00477000
- Wild, M.F. Incunabula in the libraries of the University of London, 89
- Sterling Lib., I,163
- STC (2nd edition), 9991
- ESTC, S106522
- Goff, C477
- Hain-Copinger, 5000
- Duff, 97
- De Ricci, S. Census of Caxtons, 29
- Oates, 4072
- Bod-inc, C-194
- Sheppard, 7373-8
- Proctor, 9633
- BM 15th century, XI 116
- GW, 6670