The Mirrour of the World
- Three sections of unsewn signatures in the French style, each in colored paper wrappers, contained in a hinged green fabric-cove
- Kentfield, California:: Allen Press,, 1964
Kentfield, California: Allen Press, 1964 One of 139 copies, printed letterpress on handmade paper, in Romanée type. Three sections of unsewn signatures in the French style, each in colored paper wrappers, contained in a hinged green fabric-covered box lined with brown wood veneer. . Folio. Hand-colored initial letters, and thirty-three woodcut illustrations from the original work by Caxton. Light smudges and small dent to top of clamshell case. Bookplate from previous owner affixed to interior of case. Otherwise, a fine copy. A lovely edition of the first English printed work with illustrations and the first complete cosmography in English, a popular encyclopedia of knowledge in the Middle Ages. It was printed by William Caxton, the first English printer, in 1481 on the first English printing press, which he had established in 1476.
Details
Title
The Mirrour of the World
Author
[Allen Press]. Caxton, William.
Binding
Three sections of unsewn signatures in the French style, each in colored paper wrappers, contained in a hinged green fabric-cove
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Allen Press,: Kentfield, California:
Date
1964
Edition
One of 139 copies, printed letterpress on handmade paper, in Rom
Size
Folio