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CAXTON, William (?1422-91, printer) -- Ranulphus HIGDEN (d. 1364). Polycronicon, translated by Johann de Trevisa (1326-1412), edited, and with continuation, by William Caxton. [Westminster]: William Caxton, [between 2 July and 20 November 1482]. One single leaf, chancery 2° (268 x 197mm). Bastarda type 4:95, 40 lines and headline, contemporary manuscript rubrication: two 2-line initials in red, one with printed guide-letter, paragraph marks in red, a few marginal annotations (margins frayed, marginal repair, light staining, pencil marks on margin). Framed and glazed.

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CAXTON, William (?1422-91, printer) -- Ranulphus HIGDEN (d. 1364). Polycronicon, translated by Johann de Trevisa (1326-1412), edited, and with continuation, by William Caxton. [Westminster]: William Caxton, [between 2 July and 20 November 1482]. One single leaf, chancery 2° (268 x 197mm). Bastarda type 4:95, 40 lines and headline, contemporary manuscript rubrication: two 2-line initials in red, one with printed guide-letter, paragraph marks in red, a few marginal annotations (margins frayed, marginal repair, light staining, pencil marks on margin). Framed and glazed.

An attractive leaf (fo. LXXV) from the FIRST EDITION of the Polycronicon in English, printed by England's first printer. HC 8659; Duff 172; STC 13438.
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