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Excerpt from Three Hundred Notable Books Added to the Library of the British Museum Under the Keepership of Richard Garnett 1890-1899
The Curio Sapientiae is a poem written in seven-line stanzas, containing descriptions of plants, fishes, birds, beasts, etc., and a survey of the arts and sciences. It is mentioned by Stephen Hawes as one of the works of John Lydgate, and is attributed to Lydgate by Stow in the manuscript copy of the poem at Trinity College, Cambridge. Of this edition only two other copies, be sides fragments, are known. It is without place, date, or printer''s name, but is printed in Caxton''s type 4, and may be assigned to the year 1481. The present copy, which is quite perfect, with the two blank leaves at the end, was purchased, early in the year 1878, from the representatives of Maurice Johnson, of Spalding, an eighteenth-century collector.
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The Curio Sapientiae is a poem written in seven-line stanzas, containing descriptions of plants, fishes, birds, beasts, etc., and a survey of the arts and sciences. It is mentioned by Stephen Hawes as one of the works of John Lydgate, and is attributed to Lydgate by Stow in the manuscript copy of the poem at Trinity College, Cambridge. Of this edition only two other copies, be sides fragments, are known. It is without place, date, or printer''s name, but is printed in Caxton''s type 4, and may be assigned to the year 1481. The present copy, which is quite perfect, with the two blank leaves at the end, was purchased, early in the year 1878, from the representatives of Maurice Johnson, of Spalding, an eighteenth-century collector.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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ISBN - 9780267350834
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 193
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ISBN - 9781332349289
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm
Page Count - 195
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