This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... : whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal· that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng. ...
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| Language: | English |
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[Westminster :
Printed by William Caxton,
1485 or 6]
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| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Item Description: | A translation of: Laurent. Somme des vices et vertus. Title from colophon, which continues: .. in the yere of thyncarnacyon of our lord, M.CC.lxxix. [and] translated or reduced out of frensshe in to englysshe by me wyllyam Caxton. atte requeste of a worshipful marchaunt [and] mercer of london. .. whiche translacion .. was achyeued. .. the xiij day of Septembre .. M,CCCC.lxxxiiij .. Imprint from Needham. Signatures: a-t u¹⁰. Text, a2r, begins: W² han I remembre and take hede of the conuersacion of vs that lyue in this wretched lyf. in which is no surete ne stable abydyng. .. Text, a3r, begins: H² ere foloweth the table of the rubriches of thys presente book entytled [and] named Ryal .. The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([324] pages) |