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William Caxton and the first English press : a bio-bibliographical essay on the life of the governor of the English nation in Burgundy, the editor of the first printed work on English history, the first publisher of the Canterbury Tales, and the first English essayist; together with an original leaf of the Polycronicon / by George Parker Winship.

Accession number
PML 76594
Creator
Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952.
Published
New York : Edmond Byrne Hackett, The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., 1938.
Credit line
Gift of Mr. Henry Glazier.
Notes
Original leaf from Polycronicon inserted on inside of back cover, protected by isinglass.
Description
xi, [2], 44 p., 2 l. ; 32 x 25 cm
Binding
Rust morocco, blind-tooled on upper and lower covers and gilt-stamped on spine; marked "Bound by Krumin, Boston" on inside lower cover.
Classification
Book
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Department
Printed Books