1464."[1] There are only six copies known: three perfect, of which this is one. Measurement, 1012 in. by 734 in. Folio. No place or date. (Bruges, 1476?)—Her Majesty the Queen.
157. The Game and Play of Chess Moralised: ten copies known; four of them perfect. This one wants a leaf of dedication; slightly wormed: known as the "bankes" copy; dated last day of March, 1474, which probably refers to the completion of the translation. Folio. (Bruges, 1475?)—Mr. Quaritch.
158. Higden's Polychronicon: Lilly's copy: imperfect: twenty-eight copies known; five only perfect. Folio. Westminster, 1482—Sir W. Tite, M.P.
159. The Book which the Knyght of the Toure made: six copies known; four perfect, including this one: known as "Corser's copy." Measure, 1034 in. by 712 in. Folio. Westminster, 1484—Mr. Quaritch.
160. Fables of Æsop. Woodcuts: perfect: only two other copies known, both imperfect: translation dated 1483. Folio. Westminster, (1484?)—Her Majesty the Queen.
161. The Doctrinal of Sapience: unique copy: printed on vellum: and has an additional chapter on "negligences happening in the mass." Eight other copies known, all on paper: three of them perfect. Folio. (Westminster, 1489?)—Her Majesty the Queen.
162. The Book of Faytes of Arms: imperfect, wanting last five leaves. Measure, 1012 in. by 7 in.: twenty copies known; eleven perfect. Folio. Westminster, 1489—Her Majesty the Queen.
163. Another copy: imperfect, wanting first two leaves, which are supplied in fac-simile: fine condition. Measure, 1012 in. by 714 in. Folio. Westminster, 1489—Sir W. Tite, M.P.
164. The Myrrour of the Worlde: second edition. Woodcuts. Dated as the first: perfect: very clean, and large, measuring 1018 in. by 734 in: eleven copies known; eight perfect. Folio. Westminster (1481). 1490?—Sir W. Tite, M.P.
165. Another copy: also perfect. Measure, 1034 in. by 712 in. Folio. Westminster (1481). 1490?—The Rev. J. Fuller Russell.
166. The Dictes and Sayinges: third edition: dated as the first: im- perfect, wanting four leaves at end. Measure, 38 in. by 758 in: seven copies known; three being perfect. Folio. Westminster (1477) 1490? The Rev. J. Fuller Russell.
167. The Golden Legend: first edition. Woodcuts. Imperfect, wanting 34 leaves. The largest co|)y known, measuring 1514 in. by 1012 in.: twenty-nine copies known: none perfect. Large folio. Westminster, 1483—The Rev. J. Fuller Russell.
168. Quatuor Sermons: on the Lord's Prayer, &c. Imperfect, wanting last nine leaves: five copies known; only one perfect: second edition. Folio. Westminster (1491)—Mr. Addington.
Wynkyn de Worde: b. , d. 1534. Caxton's chief workman and successor, naturalised in 1496. He commenced to print on his own
- ↑ If this date referred, as it has generally been taken to do, to the printing of the work, Caxton would be the first French printer, as well as the first English.
