The historye of Reynart the foxe (Caxton)

The historye of Reynart the foxe (Caxton): Edition Description

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    Title: The historye of Reynart the foxe
    Other Authors: Translated from Dutch by William Caxton
    Place: [Westminster]
    Printer/Publisher: [Caxton, William]
    Date: [after 6 June 1481]
    Edition / Issue: 1st edn
    Main Language: English
    Contents:
      Item 1: Table of contents listing chapters [2r-3r; a2r-3r]
        Item 2: The History of Reyard the Fox [3v-84r; a3v-l5r]

          Incipit: Hyer begynneth thystorye of reyard the foxe | in this historye ben wreton the parables / goode lerynge /

        Item 3: Caxton's epilogue and colophon of his translation [84v; l5v]

          Incipit: And yf ony thyng be said of wreton herin / that my | greue or dysplease ony man / blame not me / but the foxe /

          Explicit: and by me willm Caxton trans// | lated in to this rude & symple englyssh in tehabbey of west// | mestre. fynysshed the vj daye of Iuyn the yere of our | lord . M.CCCC.Lxxxj. & the xxj yere of the regne of | kynge Edward the iiiijth / | Here endeth the historye of Reyard the foxe &C

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    Form: Codex

    Format: F°

    Ideal collation: a-g8 h9 (h8+1) i8 k l6. 85 leaves, fols 1 and 85 blank.

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        • Columns: 1
        • Written Lines: 29

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