The descrypcyon of Englonde : Here foloweth a lytell treatyse the whiche treateth of the descrypcyon of this londe which of olde tyme was named Albyon and after Brytayne and now is called Englonde and speketh of the noblesse and worthynesse of the same
| Author/creator | Higden, Ranulf |
| Other author | Trevisa, John, d. 1402. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Westminster : Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, 1498] |
| Description | [48] p. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2264202332 |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2264193121 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Polycronicon. English. Selections |
| Variant title | Polycronicon. Selections. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Imprint from colophon, which reads: Here endeth the decrypcyon of Brytayne .. therfore I haue sette the desrypcyon [sic] of the same after the sayd Brytayne, which I haue taken out of Polycronycon. And by cause it is necessarye to all Englysshmen to know the propretees co[m]modytees and meruayles of them, therfore I William Caxton haue them sette fyrste in enprynte accordynge to the translac[i]on of Treuisa, whiche atte request of the lorde Barkeley translated the boke of Polycronycon in to Englysshe. Fynysshed and enprynted at Westmestre by me Wynken de worde, the yere of our lorde a. M.CCCC. and foure score and .xviij. |
| General note | The "Polycronicon" is by Ranulf Higden. |
| General note | With a title-page woodcut. |
| General note | Signatures: A-D⁶. |
| General note | Item at reel 924:4b bound with the Saint Albans chronicle, STC 9996. |
| General note | Reproductions of the original in the British Library. |
| General note | Appears at reel 13 and at reel 924 (same copy filmed twice). |
| References | STC (2nd ed.) 13440b. |
| Citation/References note | Duff 114. |
| Citation/References note | GW 6675(II). |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 13:10, 924:4b) |
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