The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde : with many meruaylles & the vii scyences as gramayre, rethorike wyth the arte of memorye, logyke, geometrye, wyth the standarde of mesure & weyght, and the knowlege how a man sholde mesure londe, borde, & tymber, and than arsmetryke wyth the maner of accou[n]tes and rekenynges by cyfres, and than musyke, and astrnomye, with many other profytable and plesant co[m]modytes

Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name, translator, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator, Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264, attributed name, dubious author, Andrew, Laurence, active 1510-1537, printer, Britwell Court (Buckinghamshire, England). Library, former owner · 1527 · [London] : Enprynted by me Laurence Andrewe dwellynge in Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Golde[n] Crosse by Flete Brydge · 34 pictures

An encyclopedic compendium of the world, its marvels and the seven liberal arts, translated by William Caxton and printed in London in 1527 by Laurence Andrewe at the sign of the Golden Cross on Fleet Bridge for a general English readership. Its woodcuts show robed figures with scrolled banners, a bearded man in a niche, and a winged angel beside heraldic shields of fleurs-de-lis and lions, offering a designer medieval-style border ornament, pen-like linework and heraldic panels.

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