Caxton, the description of Britain
Subtitle: a modern rendering
By: by Marie Collins ; picture research by Deborah Pownall.
Contributors: Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.; Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Great Britain -- Description and travel
Other titles: Description of Britain.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 170-173.
Based on Caxton's version of a 14th century Middle English translation of the Latin Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden, which was printed in 1498 by Wynkyn de Worde under title: The description of England.
Includes index.