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Author
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
Title
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
Publisher
[London] : Enprynted by me Laurence Andrewe dwellynge in Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Golde[n] Crosse by Flete Brydge
Description
A translation by William Caxton of a prose version of Image du monde
Printer's name and address from colophon (y4): Thus endeth this boke named the myrrour of the worlde. Enprynted by me Laurence Andrewe dwellynge in fletestrete, at the sygne of the golde[n] crosse by flete brydge
Publication date conjectured by STC
Signatures: Áþ b-f́þ ́́þ g-ýþ
Leaves k2, x1 mis-signed k3, y1
Title in red and black ink; title page vignette; head- and tailpieces; initials
English short title catalogue
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)
Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in ca. early 20th-cntury olive morocco panelled and tooled in gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt with the title stamped onto an orange label. A pencil inscription on the verso of the front free endpaper reads, "Britwell copy. Bought April 4, 1924 ℗Đ200"

Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Language English
Publication date 1527
publication_date QS:P577,+1527-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: bplsceeprint; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
Accession number
myrrourdyscrypcy00goss
Notes No page assertions. No title page found. No copyright page found. No table-of-contents pages found.
Authority file  OCLC: 1049885847
Source
Internet Archive identifier: myrrourdyscrypcy00goss
https://archive.org/download/myrrourdyscrypcy00goss/myrrourdyscrypcy00goss.pdf
  • IA contributor: Boston Public Library

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