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The kalender of shepherdes : the edition of Paris 1503 in photographic facsimile, a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506 / Edited with a critical introduction and glossary, by H. Oskar Sommer.

Accession number
PML 128061.1-3
Published
London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. Ltd., 1892.
Credit line
Gift of Elizabeth M. Riley, 1998.
Notes
"Only 300 copies of this edition are printed."
Vol. I: 110 p. (some folded); vol. II: [192] p.; vol. III: 181 p.
Two early versions from the French: the first in broad Scots, printed at Paris in 1503, probably by Antoine Verard, under title, the "Kalendayr of Shypars"; the second, a revised English edition of the Scottish, printed by Pynson, 1506, under the title "Kalender of Shepherdes".
"Various editions of 'Le compost et Kalendrier des bergiers' ... [and] of the Kalender of Shepherdes": p. [11]-59.
Cf. E. Gordon Duff: The first two books printed in the Scottish language (Papers of the Edinburgh bibliographical society. v. 1, no. 14)
Each volume with separate t.p.
"This facsimile of the unique perfect copy of the edition of Paris, 1503, was executed at the British Museum by Mr. Charles Praetorius."--T.p. verso, vol.II.
"Chiswick Press: - C. Whittingham and Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane."--P. [183].
No. 3 of 300 copies.
Description
3 v. in 1. : ill., facsims., woodcuts ; 26 cm (4to)
Provenance
E. Clark Stillman, his 6 June 1964 gift to Elizabeth M. Riley.
Binding
Bound in paper over boards with paper spine.
Classification
Department