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Book/Printed Material The descrypcyon of Englonde.

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Title

  • The descrypcyon of Englonde.

Names

  • Higden, Ranulf, -1364.
  • Trevisa, John, -1402, translator.
  • Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?, printer.
  • Riviere & Son, binder.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1498.

Headings

  • -  Great Britain--Description and travel--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1498

Notes

  • -  Second part of the 1st book of the author's Polycronicon, translated from Latin by John Trevisa.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 575
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-482 (II)
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4998 (II)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6675 (II)
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy bound by Rivière & Son.
  • -  Rosenwald bibliography cites call number as Incun. X.H5

Medium

  • [24] leaves. woodcut: illus. 26.5 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1498 .H5 DA610

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031297

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Higden, Ranulf, -1364, Wynkyn De Worde, Binder Riviere & Son, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The descrypcyon of Englonde. translateds by Trevisa, John, -1402Lator Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1498. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48031297/.

APA citation style:

Higden, R., Worde, W. D., Riviere & Son, B. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1498) The descrypcyon of Englonde. Trevisa, J., trans Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48031297/.

MLA citation style:

Higden, Ranulf, -1364, et al. The descrypcyon of Englonde. trans by Trevisa, John, -1402Lator Westminster, Wynkyn de Worde, 1498. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48031297/>.