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De Worde, Wynkyn; Higden, Ranulph, The Chronicles of England [with The Descripcyon of Englonde., 1497-1498. Westminster. Wynkyn de Worde.
De Worde, Wynkyn; Higden, Ranulph, The Chronicles of England [with The Descripcyon of Englonde., 1497-1498. Westminster. Wynkyn de Worde.
De Worde, Wynkyn; Higden, Ranulph, The Chronicles of England [with The Descripcyon of Englonde., 1497-1498. Westminster. Wynkyn de Worde.

De Worde, Wynkyn; Higden, Ranulph

The Chronicles of England [with The Descripcyon of Englonde., 1497-1498. Westminster. Wynkyn de Worde.
A very rare complete English incunable, and one of the earliest English Chronicles to appear in print.

Complete English incunable printed by Wynkyn de Worde, the first chronicle of England published in English, and one of the earliest English Chronicles to appear in print, we locate only 4 complete copies in institutional holdings.
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Two works bound in one, chancery folio, (260 x 190 mm). 226 ff. Collation: Aa⁶ a-z⁶ [con]⁶ A-H⁶ I⁴; [2]A-D⁶, both works complete; printed in double columns, black letter, first work 41 lines plus headline and second work 42 lines plus headline. Early 19th century brown calf gilt, raised bands to spine, stamped in blind and gilt in compartments, spine tooled and lettered in gilt, both covers stamped in blind with double fillet diamond design gilt, marbled edges; rebacked preserving spine, slightly worn and rubbed, lower joint cracked. First leaf laid down, first quire stained and repaired at edges, other occasional damp-staining, last leaf of first part torn and repaired (affecting printer's device), final quire stained, a few small wormholes, overall in very good condition except from the flaws mentioned.

Provenance: Robert Berkeley Esq., of Spetchley Park, Worcestershire (1794-1874), with his armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. John Trevisa, the vicar of Berkeley and translator of Higden’s Polychronicon, was also chaplain to Thomas Lord Berkelely, one of whose descendants owned this copy.
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