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Book/Printed Material The history of Helyas, Knight of the Swan;

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Title

  • The history of Helyas, Knight of the Swan;

Names

  • Copland, Robert, active 1508-1547, translator.
  • Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?
  • Hoe, Robert, 1839-1909.
  • Grolier Club
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • New York, The Grolier Club, 1901.

Headings

  • -  Chevalier au cygne--(Legendary character)
  • -  London (England)--Imprints--Facsimiles

Notes

  • -  Original title: The knyght of the swanne [on a ribbon at head of page] [Printer's mark] Here begynneth the hystory of the noble He [Printer's mark] lyas knyght of the swanne newly translated [Printer's mark] out of frensshe into englysshe at thynstygacy-[Printer's mark] on of the puyssaunt & Illustryous Prynce lor- [Printer's mark] de Edwarde Duke of Buckyngham. [Woodcut]
  • -  Colophon: Thus endeth the lyfe and mysraculous hystorye ... En [Printer's mark] prynted in the famous cyte of London in ẏ Fletestrete [Printer's mark] at the sygne of the sonne by Wynkyn de Worke. In the year of grace, M.CCCCC.XII, the VI day of February [Printer's mark] ... [Printer's mark on verso]
  • -  Introduction signed: R. H. (i.e. Robert Hoe)
  • -  "One of three hundred and twenty-five copies on Whatman paper, and three copies on vellum."
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2414
  • -  LC copy on Whatman paper. Bound in full leather with Wynkyn de Worde's device on covers and clasps.
  • -  LAC nsk 2019-12-10 update (2 cards)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-05-23 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-05-23

Medium

  • xviii p., 1 l., reprint ([150] p., illus.) 1 l. 24 x 18 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PR2235.C7 H5 1901

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02003081

OCLC Number

  • 3210205

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Worde, Wynkyn De, -1534?, Robert Hoe, Grolier Club, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The history of Helyas, Knight of the Swan. translateds by Copland, Robert, Active New York, The Grolier Club, 1901. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02003081/.

APA citation style:

Worde, W. D., Hoe, R., Grolier Club & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1901) The history of Helyas, Knight of the Swan. Copland, R., trans New York, The Grolier Club. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02003081/.

MLA citation style:

Worde, Wynkyn De, -1534?, et al. The history of Helyas, Knight of the Swan. trans by Copland, Robert, Active New York, The Grolier Club, 1901. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02003081/>.