Explicit (Noua lege[n]da anglie).

Accession number:

PML 20405

Uniform title:

Nova legenda anglie. English.

Published:

London : Wynkyn de Worde, Feb. 27, 1516.

Description:

[6], cccxxxiiii, [1] leaves : illustrated ; (folio)

Notes:

1st complete edition. (Pynson published an abridged English translation 20 Feb., 1516).
A translation of "Nova legenda Anglie", which is based on the "Sanctilogium Angliae, Walliae, Scotiae, et Hiberniae" attributed to John of Tynemouth.
In Latin prose.
Opening words of text, A2r: Sancti patres qui priscis fuere te[m]porib[us] charitatem in multis frigesce[n]tem aspicie[n]tes.
Perfect except for the last blank.
Signatures: A⁶; A-X⁶ a-z⁶ [et]⁶ aa-kk⁶ ll⁶, leaf ll6 blank.
The first leaf recto and verso and the last leaf recto bear the same woodcut.
Title from colophon, which continues: Impressa lo[n]donias: i[n] domo Wina[n]di de Worde: co[m]mora[n]tis ad signu[m] solis: in vico nu[n]cupato (the flete strete). Anno d[omi]ni. M.CCCCC.xvi. xxvij. die Februarij. Itaq[ue] omnes hystorie hic collecte: merito dicu[n]tur noue: quia licet quedam de istis etia[m] reperiu[n]tur apud plures: no[n] tamen ita eme[n]date [et] correcte sicut in hoc volumen continentur.

Binding:

Contemporary dark brown calf by G. Godfrey.

Variant Title:

Sancti patres qui priscis fuere temporibus charitatem in multis frigescentem aspicientes

Provenance:

From the libraries of John Bellingham Inglis (his sale, June 1826, lot 401 for £5.12.6) and Herschel Vespasian Jones.

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Classification:

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Genres:

Woodcuts

Department:

Printed Books