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PROPOSITIO JOHANNIS RUSSELL PRINTED BY WILLIAM CAXTON CIRCA A.D. 1476. REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE.

   

- Manchester and London : University Press and Bernard Quaritch, and Sherratt and Hughes 1909
- 8vo.
- quarter vellum, cloth-covered boards.
- 35, (9) pages.
- ISBN none / Order Nr. 59209
- Price: $ 55.00



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Facsimile of William Caxton's original printing reproduced here as book one of the John Rylands facsimile series. This book consists of an oration delivered by Russell on the occasion of his embassy in February 1470 to invest Charles the Bold with the Order of the Garter. Contains a new historical introduction by Henry Guppy along with a list of all works printed in this same "no.2" type. Some foxing of spine.

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