Here begynneth a lytell cronycle / translated & imprinted at the cost & charge of Rycharde Pynson, by the co[m]maundement of the ryght high and mighty prince, Edwarde Duke of Buckingham, Yerle of Gloucestre, Staffarde, and of Northamton.

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Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314, Here begynneth a lytell cronycle , [approximately 1520?]

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Creator:: Hayton, Frère, approximately 1235-approximately 1314
Title(s):: Here begynneth a lytell cronycle / translated & imprinted at the cost & charge of Rycharde Pynson, by the co[m]maundement of the ryght high and mighty prince, Edwarde Duke of Buckingham, Yerle of Gloucestre, Staffarde, and of Northamton.
Additional Title(s):: Fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient. English
Published/Created:: [London] : Imprinted by the sayd Richarde Pynson, printer vnto the kinges nobel grace, [approximately 1520?]
Physical Description:: [2], xliiii, [1] leaf ; 25 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
DS33.5 .H48 1520
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3338401
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Imprint from colophon; publication date conjectured by Pollard.
Signatures: A-E⁶, F-G⁴, H⁶, I⁴ (G₄ blank).
With a large woodcut illustration on the title page.
Printer's device on verso of last leaf.
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) 13256
Hodnett, E. English woodcuts, 1480-1535, 1512
Grolier Club. Fifty-five books printed before 1525 (1968), 49
Selected exhibitions: "Fifty-five Books Printed before 1525: Representing the Works of England's First Printers, an Exhibition from the Collection of Paul Mellon" (Grolier Club, 17 January-3 March 1968).
BAC DS33.5 .H48 1520: Bookplate of John Pierpont Morgan. Bound in 19th-century brown morocco, by Francis Bedford.
A translation, by Richard Pynson, of: Frère Hayton. La fleur des histoires de la terre d'Orient.
Subject Terms:: Asia -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Cilicia -- History -- Armenian Kingdom, 1080-1375 -- Early works to 1800.
Cilicia -- History -- Armenian Kingdom, 1080-1375 -- Sources.
Crusades -- Early works to 1800.
Mongols -- History -- Sources.
Tatars -- History -- Early works to 1800.
Form/Genre:: Travel literature.
Woodcuts.
Contributors:: Pynson, Richard, -1530, translator, printer.
Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883, binder.
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