Caxton, the description of Britain : a modern rendering / by Marie Collins ; picture research by Deborah Pownall.
By: Collins, Marie
Contributor(s): Caxton, William. Description of England | Higden, Ranulf. Description of England
Publisher: London: Sidgwick and Jackson, 1988.Description: 176 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0283994363Subject(s): Great Britain -- Description and travelDDC classification: 942 LOC classification: DA610 | .C65 1988
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Based on Caxton's version of a 14th century Middle English translation of the Latin Polychronicon of Ranulf Higden, which was printed in 1498 by Wynkyn de Worde under title: The description of England.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 170-173.