The kalender of shepherdes : the edition of Paris 1503 in photographic facsimile, a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506
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Type of record: Book
Title: The kalender of shepherdes : the edition of Paris 1503 in photographic facsimile, a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506
Other titles: Compost et kalendrier des bergiers; Kalendayr of Shyppars
Classmark: BC Gen q/KAL
Additional creator(s): Pynson, Richard (1530) (Other); Praetorius, Charles (Other); Sommer, H Oskar (1861-) (Other)
Related people: Pynson, Richard; Praetorius, Charles; Sommer, H. Oskar
Publisher: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co.,ltd
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1892
Language: English
Size and medium: 3 v in 1
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/277818
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000622359705181
Description
"Only 300 copies of this edition are printed".
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 title "Kalender of Shepherdes."
"Various editions of ʻLe compost et Kalendrier des bergiers'... [and] of The Kalender of Shepherds": p.[27]-59.
Cf. E. Gordon Duff: The first two books printed in the Scottish language (Papers of the Edinburgh bibliographcal society. v. 1, no. 14).
Anon.
Contents: I. Prolegomena.--II. Photographic facsimile of the edition, Paris 1503. [Executed by Charles Praetorius from the original in the Duke of Devonshire's library at Chatsworth]--III. Reprint of R. Pynson's edition London 1506. [From the copy in the Grenville collection in the British museum. Omits the woodcut.
Additional description
Unnumbered set of an edition limited to 300 copies
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