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This book was compyled [and] made atte requeste of kyng Phelyp of Fraunce ... : whyche book is callyd in frensshe. le liure Royal· that is to say the ryal book. or a book for a kyng...
Van Pelt - Microtext STC I Reel 17:5.
Mixed Availability
- Format:
- Microformat
- Author/Creator:
- Laurent, d'Orléans, active 1279
- Series:
- Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 17:5.
- Standardized Title:
- Somme des vices et vertus. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Conduct of life--Early works to 1900.
- Conduct of life.
- Physical Description:
- 324 unnumbered pages
- 35 mm
- monochrome
- service copy
- positive
- Other Title:
- Somme des vices et vertus.
- Royal Book.
- Le liure royal.
- Ryal book.
- Whan I remembre and take hede of the conuersacion of vs that lyue in this wretched lyf. in which is no surete ne stable abydyng.
- Whan I remembre and take hede of the conversacion of us that lyve in this wretched lyf. in which is no surete ne stable abydyng.
- Here foloweth the table of the rubriches of thys presente book entytled and named Ryal.
- Place of Publication:
- [Westminster] : [Printed by William Caxton], [1485 or 6]
- Notes:
- A translation of: Laurent. Somme des vices et vertus.
- Title from colophon, which continues: .. in the yere of thyncarnacyon of our lord, M.CC.lxxix. [and] translated or reduced out of frensshe in to englysshe by me wyllyam Caxton. atte requeste of a worshipful marchaunt [and] mercer of london. .. whiche translacion .. was achyeued. .. the xiij day of Septembre .. M,CCCC.lxxxiiij ..
- Imprint from Needham.
- Signatures: a-t u10.
- Text, a2r, begins: W2 han I remembre and take hede of the conuersacion of vs that lyue in this wretched lyf. in which is no surete ne stable abydyng. ..
- Text, a3r, begins: H2 ere foloweth the table of the rubriches of thys presente book entytled [and] named Ryal ..
- The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
- Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
- Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1938. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640; 17:05). s1938 miun a
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 21429.
- Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 83.
- Duff 366.
- Hain-Copinger 3691; Hain 14049.
- OCLC:
- 55161038
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