In the yere of thyncarnacion of our Lord Ih[es]u Crist M.CCCC.lxxx. and in the xx. yere of the regne of kyng Edward the Fourthe, atte requeste of dyuerce gentilmen I haue endeuourd me to enprinte the Cronicles of Englond
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[Westminster] : Enp[ri]nted by me William Caxton in thabbey of Westmynstre by London, fynysshid and accomplisshid the x. day of Iuyn the yere of thincarnacion of Our Lord God 1480 and in the xx. yere of the regne of kyng Edward the Fourth
Place of creationGreat Britain, England, WestminsterDate1480Note(s)Reference citation note: English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106522, Reference citation note: Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 39, Reference citation note: Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 9991, Reference citation note: Duff 97, Reference citation note: GW 6670, Reference citation note: Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-477, Copy note: HH53/9. Imperfect: wanting gatherings pi, a-d, and sigs. e2-e3, y6; pi2 (opening words of text) and y6 (colophon) in facsimile. Edges cropt affecting some manuscript notes. Early manuscript notes in brown ink. Blind-tooled brown goatskin binding, signed by Riviere & Son. Provenance: inscription on q3v: '...cittizenn of Londonn the witnes therof is Thomas shalcros draper Nicholas Benson free[man] of the right wourshipfull company of the Grocers...Nicolas Bensonn'; collated by E. Talbot at Quaritch; Hodgson sale, 30 March 1922:617; Harmsworth copyExtent27 cm (fol.)Associated name(s)Associated name: Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, Former owner: Benson, Nicolas, Former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, 1870-1937, (Robert Leicester), Printer: Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, Binder: Riviere & SonGenre/form(s)AnnotationsSubject(s)Great BritainRightshttps://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/