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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 13
Case VIII.—Specimens of the earliest Productions of the Printing Press in England
Case VIII.—Specimens of the earliest Productions of the Printing Press in England.
| 1. | Meditacions sur les Sept Pseaulmes Penitentiaulx.—Les quatre derrenieres choses.—Printed (abroad?) by Caxton. Unique. Described in the Archœologia, 1846, xxxi. 412. From the old royal collection.* |
| 2. | Le Fevre. Le Recueil des Ilistoires de Troyes.—Printed by Caxton, about 1470. This book is considered to be the first work printed abroad by Caxton, and the first book printed in French. Purchased in 1844. |
| 3. | Le Fevre. Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye.—Printed abroad by Caxton, in 1471. The first book printed in English. From the library of King George III. |
| 4. | The Game and Playe of the Chesse.—Printed by Caxton, in Westminster Abbey, in 1474. The first edition of this work, and the first book printed in England. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. |
| 5. | A Book of the Chesse moralysed.—Printed by Caxton in Westminster Abbey, about 1480. The second edition of the Game and Playe of the Chesse. The first book printed in England with woodcuts. From the library of King George III. |
| 6. | Chaucer. The book of the Tales of Cauntyrburye.—Printed by Caxton in Westminster Abbey, about 1476. The first edition of this work. Only two perfect copies known, the other being in the library of Merton College, Oxford. From the library of King George III. |
| 7. | The Ryal Book; or, a Book for a Kyng.—Printed by Caxton, in Westminster Abbey, in 1484. From the library of King George III. |
| 8. | Æsop. The subtyl historyes and Fables of Esope.—Printed by Caxton, in Westminster Abbey, in 1484. With woodcuts. The first English version of these Fables.
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Purchased in 1844. The copy belonging to the Royal Library was retained by King George IV., when he presented that collection to the nation, and is now at Windsor. |
| 9. | The Fifteen O's and other Prayers.—"Thiese prayers to fore wreton ben enprëted bi the cöinaüdenientes of the moste hye & vertuous pryncesse our liege ladi Elizabeth by the grace of God Quene of Englonde & of Fraüce, & also of the right hye & most noble pryncesse Margarete Moder vnto our souerayn lorde the kyng, &c. By their most humble subget and seruaüt William Caxton."—Printed in Westminster Abbey, about 1490. This is the only book known to have been printed by Caxton which is ornamented with borders. Unique. Purchased in 1851. |
| 10. | Bartholomreus de Glanvilla. De proprietatibus rerum. Translated into English by John Trevisa.—Printed by Wynkyn de Worde, at Westminster, about 1495. The first book printed on paper of English manufacture, made at Hertford by John Tate; the first paper-mill having been set up there in the reign of Henry VII. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks. |
| 11. | Watton. Speculum Xpistiani.—Printed by Wilhelmus de Machlinia, in the city of London, about 1480. From the library of King George III. |
| 12. | Dives and Pauper.—The first book printed by Pynson, at Temple Bar, London, in 1493. From the library of King George III. |
| 13. | Terence. Comœdiæ.—Printed by Pynson, at London, in 1497. The first Latin classic printed in England. From the library of King George III. |
| 14. | St. Jerome. Exposicio in Simbolum Apostolorum. Oxonie, 1468.—Upon the strength of this date, the honour of printing the first book in England has been by some denied to Caxton, and claimed for Oxford. The date, however, is a typographical error for 1478. From the library of King George III. |
| 15. | Aristotle. Libri ethicorum traducti à L. Arretino. Oxoniis, 1479.—The second book printed at Oxford. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville.page 17 |
| 16. | Exempla Sacræ Scripturæ.—Printed at St. Albans in 1481. From the library of King George III. |
| 17. | The Book of St. Albans. "The Bokys of Haukyng and Huntyng, and also of Cootarmuris."—Written by Dame Juliana Barnes or Berners, Prioress of Sopwell Nunnery, near St. Albans. Printed in St. Albans Abbey in 1486. (Described in Bill. Spencer. iv. 373.) Said to be the finest copy known of this very rare book. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. |
| 18. | Lucian. Lepidissimum opusculum Πεϱι διψαδωγ H. Bulloco interprete.—Printed at Cambridge, by John Siberch, in 1521. One of the first books printed at Cambridge. Bequeathed by the Right Hon. Thomas Grenville. |
* This and the two following works are placed in this case, because printed by Caxton, although not printed in England.