Speculum Peccatorum : 'The Mirror of Sinners' printed in London by Wynkyn de Worde c.1509 -10. With an Introduction and Translation by Jeremy Griffiths.

Worde, W. de ; Griffiths, J.

Published by Printed for presentation to the members of The Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1992, 1992

About this Item

Cloth, small 8vo, 19 cm, 64 pp, [18] facsimile plates. From the introduction: "The anonymous Latin prose text of the Speculum Peccatorum, printed in London, at the Sign of the Sun in Fleet Street, by Wynkyn De Worde, exists in an unique copy in the library of Lord Sackville at Knole. The De Worde printing is the only edition in any language produced in England before. It has not previously been published and is reproduced here in facsimile, with an accompanying modern English prose translation." Contents: Preface; Introduction; Physical Description; Binding and Provenance; Illustration and Decoration; Type and Compositorial Practice; Dating; Authorship and Text; The Place of The Speculum Peccatorum in de Worde's Oeuvre; Appendix: Products of de Worde's Press 1508-1510; List of Works Cited; The Translation. Designed and printed by Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press. Fine. Seller Inventory # ABE-43023

Bibliographic Details

Title: Speculum Peccatorum : 'The Mirror of Sinners...

Publisher: Printed for presentation to the members of The Roxburghe Club, Cambridge, first edition, 1992

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition