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The castell of labour, translated from the French of Pierre Gringore by Alexander Barclay. Reprinted in facsimile from Wynkyn de Worde's edition of 1506, with the French text of 31 March 1501 and an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard: PB 13-1912

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Current Location: In storage

Titles

The castell of labour, translated from the French of Pierre Gringore by Alexander Barclay. Reprinted in facsimile from Wynkyn de Worde's edition of 1506, with the French text of 31 March 1501 and an introduction by Alfred W. Pollard

Maker(s)

Author: Gringore, Pierre
Translator: Barclay, Alexander
Editor: Pollard, Alfred W.
Contributor: Duff, Edward Gordon
Publisher: Roxburghe Club
Printer: Constable, Thomas

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Description

An "extended paraphrase" of "Le chemin de povreté et de richesse," a poem written in 1342 by Jehan Bruyant. cf. Introd.
A reproduction from the unique copy preserved at the University library, Cambridge, superintended by E. Gordon Duff, who first suggested the edition and collected material which served as a starting point of the present study.
Sixty copies printed.
Dedicated and presented to the Roxburghe club by the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
Charles Brinsley Marlay's copy (name in red in list of members).
Includes bibliographical references (pages xlii-lxiii).

Lxiv pages, 1 leaf, facsimile ([102] pages), 1 leaf, 111 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Edinburgh

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

Production date: AD 1905

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 13-1912
Primary reference Number: 199951
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Created: Wednesday 26 November 2014 Updated: Thursday 16 January 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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