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HAGIOGRAPHY. Capgrave, John, falsely attributed to. Nova legenda Anglie. 1516

(HAGIOGRAPHY.) Capgrave, John, falsely attributed to. Nova legenda Anglie. Full-page woodcut of Saints in Glory on A1r, repeated on verso and on recto of penultimate leaf; full-page woodcut royal arms on A6v; printer's device on verso of penultimate leaf. [6], 334, [2] leaves, including final blank, with leaves 283-293 supplied from a shorter copy. Printed in black letter. Folio, 276x194 mm, early 19th-century russia, rebacked retaining original backstrip with crest and arms of Sir Richard Colt Hoare (1758-1838); occasional soiling, scattered marginal stains, small marginal repairs without text loss on A1, X5, h4, and n5, upper margin of A2 restored with top line of text partly supplied in manuscript, blank outer margin of n5 and 2c1-2d5 restored with few letters in manuscript on 2d5, small hole in t1 repaired with few letters in manuscript. Signature of the antiquary Sir Roger Twysden (1597-1672) dated 1631 on recto of first leaf, notes in his hand on blank leaves bound in front; bookplates of John Arthur Brooke and Viscount Mersey; signature of G. Boyle dated 1978. (London: Wynkyn de Worde, 27 February 1516)

  • Notes: first edition of an alphabetically arranged version of the Sanctilogium, a compilation of English saints' lives by the 14th-century chronicler John of Tynemouth. STC 4601.

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