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Title
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.
Call Number
EXKA Americana 1509 Brant
Identifier
ark:/88435/vm40xz576
Publisher
Inprentyd in the cyte of London : In Fletestre at the signe of Saynt George by Rycharde Pynson, 1509.
Language
English
Date Created
1509
Extent
[4], cclxxiiii leaves : ill. ; 28 cm.
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
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
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).

Discovery Information

Subject
Armorial bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
580

Institutional Information

Collection
Alchemy and the Ripley Scrolls 1400-1700
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