Policronicon
Contributors: Worde, Wynkyn de, d. 1534? printer; Trevisa, John, d. 1402; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491 or 2.; Otto Vollbehr Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: By Wynkyn Theworde
Published: 1495
Place of publication: Enprynted at Westmestre [Westminster, London]
Language: enm
Number of pages: 50
Subjects: World history; Early works to 1800; Description and travel; Geography
Other titles: Polycronicon; Grete thankynges laude and honour we merytoryously ben bounde to yelde and offre vnto wryters of hystoryes
Work titles: Polychronicon
Notes: The author is named on the colophon page.

Place and printer from colophon; imprint date appears before place and printer.

Leaf i: the last word is "englisshe". Variant: earlier (trial?) setting, last word "englysshe."

Signatures: 2a⁸ 2b-2h⁶ a-y⁸ z⁶ A-S⁸ T⁶ V-X⁸ (2h6 blank).

With a title-page woodcut.

Caxton's device on last leaf`.

LC copy is the variant with last word on leaf i spelled "englysshe". Leaves 2a2-2a8 inlaid.  Imperfect: title leaf and last leaf are facsimiles.

Goff H-268

Hain-Copinger 8660

BM 15th cent., XI, p. 195-196 (IB. 55173, IB. 55172)

GW 12469

Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ih00268000

An English translation by John Trevisa, who is named on leaf R6.