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Book/Printed Material An original leaf from the first edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of fools,"

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Title

  • An original leaf from the first edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of fools,"

Names

  • Hart, James D. (James David), 1911-1990.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)
  • Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • San Francisco, Printed for D. Magee by the Grabhorn press, 1938.

Headings

  • -  Brant, Sebastian,--1458-1521.--Narrenschiff
  • -  Barclay, Alexander,--1475?-1552
  • -  Pynson, Richard,---1530

Genre

  • Leaf books

Notes

  • -  "Two hundred and sixty copies printed ... The marginal figures are from the wood-cuts in the Pynson 1509 edition."
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2351
  • -  LAC knj 2019-07-17 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC rwp 2019-07-23 review
  • -  "Copy 1 exchanged per Mr. Matheson 5/15/85 BOU" is handwritten at the top of the card. LAC knj 2019-07-17
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-17 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 p.l., mounted l., 14, [1] p. col. illus. 32 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PT1509.Z5 H3
  • PT1509.Z5 H3 Copy 2 Rosenwald collection item 2351 [a].
  • PT1509.Z5 H3 Copy 3 Rosenwald collection item 2351 [b].
  • PT1509.Z5 H3 Copy 4 Goudy Coll.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 39004595

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Hart, James D, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Frederic W. Goudy Collection. An original leaf from the first edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of fools,". San Francisco, Printed for D. Magee by the Grabhorn press, 1938. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/39004595/.

APA citation style:

Hart, J. D., Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection & Frederic W. Goudy Collection. (1938) An original leaf from the first edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of fools,". San Francisco, Printed for D. Magee by the Grabhorn press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/39004595/.

MLA citation style:

Hart, James D, Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, and Frederic W. Goudy Collection. An original leaf from the first edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of fools,". San Francisco, Printed for D. Magee by the Grabhorn press, 1938. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/39004595/>.