Lot 375
Caxton, William - Ranulph Higden
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
A single leaf [sig. 28/4, folio CCXX] from Polychronicon by Ranulf Higden, translated by John Trevisa, printed by William Caxton, Westminster, 1482 , 22.3 x 17.4cm, 40 lines plus headline, black letter (Caxton's type 4), containing the end of chapter 30 and the start of chapter 31 from book four (relating to the Emperor Theodosius), one three-line initial supplied in red with red paraphs and marginal notes added in Caxton's printing shop, framed and glazed to show both sides of leaf, a few small marginal repairs; with a single leaf [sig. &2, folio CLXXXVI] from The Golden Legend, Jacobus de Voragine, published London by Wynkyn de Worde, 1527, probably translated by William Caxton, 24.5 x 18.5cm, containing part of the life of St Peter ad Vincula, mentioning King Herod and Antony and Cleopatra, outer margins trimmed [STC 24880] (2)