Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ...
| Author/creator | Higden, Ranulf |
| Other author | Trevisa, John, d. 1402. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Westminster : Printed by William Caxton, 1480 (18 Aug.)] |
| Description | [60] p. |
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| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Polycronicon. English. Selections |
| Variant title | Polycronicon. |
| Variant title | Hit is so that in many and diuerse places the comyn cronicles of englond ben had. |
| Variant title | Names of this iland. Capitulo j. First as Galfride saith this lande was named Albion. |
| Variant title | First as Galfride saith this lande was named Albion. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Title from colophon, which reads: Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne the, whiche conteyneth englond wales and scotland .. which I haue taken oute of Policronicon, and bicause it is necessarie to alle englisshmen to knowe the propretees co[m]moditees [and] meruailles of them, therfore I haue sette them in enprinte according to the translacion of Treuisa, whiche atte request of the lord Barkeley translated the book of Policronicon in to englissh, fynysshed by me william Ca[and]ton the xviij. day of August the yere of our lord god M.CCCC.lxxx. and the xx. yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourthe. |
| General note | The "Polycronicon" is by Ranulf Higden. |
| General note | Text, [A]1v, begins "Hit is so that in many and diuerse places the comyn cronicles of englond ben had ..". Text proper begins on [A]2r: "The names of this iland. Capitulo j. fIrst as Galfride saith this lande was named Albion ..". |
| General note | Signatures: [A-C D⁶]. |
| General note | The "x" in "Caxton" in the colophon is misprinted as a Tironian "et". |
| General note | The last leaf is blank. |
| General note | Variant: colophon begins "Here endeth het ..". |
| General note | Sometimes bound with an edition of "Chronicles of England" (STC 9991 et seq.). |
| General note | Identified as STC 13440+ on UMI microfilm reel 519. |
| General note | Reproductions of the originals in the British Library and the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| General note | Appears at reel 13 (British Library copy) and at reel 519 (Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery copy). |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 13440a. |
| Citation/References note | Duff 113. |
| Citation/References note | Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 40. |
| Citation/References note | GW 6670(II). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 13:9, 519:17) |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |