. Monuments of early printing in Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and England, 1460-1500 . ^mc^lllgn^c of tj^f Wcffa;3gc: of oCojncffc^ftoi^e ^cCtBt^ paff^ng to^ngce/ ftw^putfrt^ Xo. 7J). Caxtons Polvchronicon. 1482. CAXTONS POLYCHRONICON. 1482. ss 79. HIGDEN, RALPH. Polychroiiicoii. (Translated out ofLatin into English l)y John of Treves; Jind conthiiied by WilliamCaxton.) Black letter, long lines, 40 to the page with signa-tures and numeration, rubricated and with Capitals crudelypainted in red, lacks 62 leaves to be complete. Small folio, oldEnglish red morocco gilt, dentelle borde
. Monuments of early printing in Germany, the Low Countries, Italy, France and England, 1460-1500 . ^mc^lllgn^c of tj^f Wcffa;3gc: of oCojncffc^ftoi^e ^cCtBt^ paff^ng to^ngce/ ftw^putfrt^ Xo. 7J). Caxtons Polvchronicon. 1482. CAXTONS POLYCHRONICON. 1482. ss 79. HIGDEN, RALPH. Polychroiiicoii. (Translated out ofLatin into English l)y John of Treves; Jind conthiiied by WilliamCaxton.) Black letter, long lines, 40 to the page with signa-tures and numeration, rubricated and with Capitals crudelypainted in red, lacks 62 leaves to be complete. Small folio, oldEnglish red morocco gilt, dentelle borders on side, gilt edges, no placeor date, but Westminster. William Caxton. 1482. $3700. 00 THIS EXTREMELY RARE PRODUCTION OF CAXTONSPRESS IS THE FIRST EDITION OF THE POLYCHRONICONIN ENGLISH AND A SPLENDID EXAMPLE OF THE EXCEL-LENCY OF TYPOGRAPHICAL PERFECTION ATTAINED BYHIS PRESS. Of the 29 copies enumerated by Blades all but 5 areimperfect, some being fragments only. In the fine wide margins aremany interesting MS Notes in a nearly contemj)orary hand. SeeIllustration below and on opposite No. 71). IliKltii- (axtoii. I tH--^.Old Knylisli Morocco BiiKliii;^. S4 GEORGE D. SMITH. 547 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK FROiM THE PRESS OF HARLEMS FIRST PRINTER. 80. GLANVIL, BARTHOLOMEW DE. Do ri()i)rielalibusHcnini. Dutch Toxl in Black Letter, double columns, 40 linesto the paiie, with signatures. With 11 full pa^e and veryquaint woodcuts of the Supreme Beini];, Devils, Birds, Fishes,the Seasons, etc. Folio, hrown knl. uold |)aiull((l sides, tooKd oiiKimonts, -ill c(l-os hv THE ilAU .lac-oh BolhuMt. $ (Iraiid (<»py of this curious Mediaeval Encycloj)edia of Medicine,riiilosojihy. Natural History, (iod. Nature of Metals and Plants, to Wynkyn de Worde who published an Englishtranslation, the first Edition was printed by WILLIAMCAXTON in Cologne, about 1470. Formerly in the CrawfordLil)rar\ . 81. GREGORIUS MAGNUS, SAINT. Moralia in Jo
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