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An original leaf from the first edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's "Ship of fools," printed by Richard Pynson in 1509; with an essay by James D. Hart.

Accession number: 
PML 152267
Author: 
Hart, James D. (James David), 1911-1990.
Published: 
San Francisco, Printed for David Magee by the Grabhorn Press, 1938.
Description: 
3 p. ., mounted ., 1-14 p., 3 . col. illus. 31 cm.
Credit: 
Bequest; Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes: 

"Two hundred and sixty copies printed...The marginal figures are from the woodcuts in the Pynson 1509 edition..."
G. B. 300. Magee, catalogue, no. 199.

Binding: 
Linen back, figured paper sides of gray and black.
Provenance: 
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
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Department: 
Printed Books