AN ORIGINAL LEAF FROM THE FIRST EDITION OF ALEXANDER BARCLAY'S ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF SEBASTIAN BRANT'S SHIP OF FOOLS

by Sebastian Brant

A$950 · Offered by Kay Craddock Antiquarian Bookseller

printed by Richard Pynson in 1509. With an essay by James D. Hart. Pp. iv +16 last blank , printed in red & black, 15 coloured marginal illustrations, one decorative red initial, plus the original leaf tipped-in after the title page within a red rule border; med. 4to; qr. cloth, paper title label printed in red on spine, dark grey papered boards decorated in black; uncut; a little light offsetting;printed for David Magee by The Grabhorn Press, San Francisco, 1938. Edition limited to 260

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