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Chronicles; 1493.] WILLIAM CAXTON.
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The present very desirable copy is elegantly bound in russia.
846. Cronycles of the Londe of Englod.
Printed by Gerord de Leew. Antwerp. 1493.
Folio.
In a note, at page 91 of the 1st vol. of the Typographical Antiquities
of Great Britain, I had mentioned the extreme rarity of the present
very beautiful reprint of the Chronicles of England, from the text of
Caxton. At that time I did not expect to have had the good fortune
of describing so singular a publication. The copy under description
was obtained from the choice library of my friend Mr. Roger Wil-
braham ; who presented it to the present Noble Owner, and who
received, in return, a very fine copy (although somewhat imperfect)
of Caxton’s Golden Legend, of the date of 14S3.
It seems to be the better arrangement to describe De Leeu’s reprint
of Caxton’s Chronicle in the order in which it here stands. The title,
or frontispiece, contains the words, above given, printed in a very
large lower-case gothic character, over the royal arms of England, with
a large angel, on each side, as a supporter. A broad wood-cut border
is on each side, and at the bottom of it. The reverse is blank. A
table of 6 leaves follows. On the recto of the ensuing leaf, a j, at top
of the first colunm, we read this prefix :
Ipoto tije latie of cgnulotic toag
fprot nameti ^Ul&ion, ati fip tujjat
encjjegon it toag £0 nameti
A large ornamental letter (T) precedes the text. There are similar
capitals, but on a smaller scale, throughout the volume. The entire
impression is executed in double columns, in a large square gothic
type ; and both the paper and press work are of equal beauty. The
signatures, to i, run in eights: i and k have each 6 only: 1 and m,
each 8 ; n 6; o, p, and q, each 8 ; r, 6 ; s, t, v, in eights : x, y, each 6;
5 viij. On the reverse of the last leaf, we observe the following
colophon, and device of the printer.
Chronicles; 1493.] WILLIAM CAXTON.
Jpoteonicon in to cngUffj) fpnpftfjeU U); me IBiHimn
€m:ton tfje jctiij. tmp of 3Uu0Ugt ttje peee of oitr forti
gob €€C€. ixtX' anti tf)e %%. pcee of t$e tregne of Upng
€tiinarti tfte fottrtge*
The present very desirable copy is elegantly bound in russia.
846. Cronycles of the Londe of Englod.
Printed by Gerord de Leew. Antwerp. 1493.
Folio.
In a note, at page 91 of the 1st vol. of the Typographical Antiquities
of Great Britain, I had mentioned the extreme rarity of the present
very beautiful reprint of the Chronicles of England, from the text of
Caxton. At that time I did not expect to have had the good fortune
of describing so singular a publication. The copy under description
was obtained from the choice library of my friend Mr. Roger Wil-
braham ; who presented it to the present Noble Owner, and who
received, in return, a very fine copy (although somewhat imperfect)
of Caxton’s Golden Legend, of the date of 14S3.
It seems to be the better arrangement to describe De Leeu’s reprint
of Caxton’s Chronicle in the order in which it here stands. The title,
or frontispiece, contains the words, above given, printed in a very
large lower-case gothic character, over the royal arms of England, with
a large angel, on each side, as a supporter. A broad wood-cut border
is on each side, and at the bottom of it. The reverse is blank. A
table of 6 leaves follows. On the recto of the ensuing leaf, a j, at top
of the first colunm, we read this prefix :
Ipoto tije latie of cgnulotic toag
fprot nameti ^Ul&ion, ati fip tujjat
encjjegon it toag £0 nameti
A large ornamental letter (T) precedes the text. There are similar
capitals, but on a smaller scale, throughout the volume. The entire
impression is executed in double columns, in a large square gothic
type ; and both the paper and press work are of equal beauty. The
signatures, to i, run in eights: i and k have each 6 only: 1 and m,
each 8 ; n 6; o, p, and q, each 8 ; r, 6 ; s, t, v, in eights : x, y, each 6;
5 viij. On the reverse of the last leaf, we observe the following
colophon, and device of the printer.