COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL050344dc
Reference Number:
Spencer 10002
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Retraction
Parent Work Title:
Canterbury tales
Creator:
Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492
Creator Role:
Printer
Creator:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Creator Role:
Author
Creator:
Caxton, William, 1422-1491
Creator Role:
Printer
Date Created:
c1492
Publication Details:
London: Richard Pynson
Description:
Double page opening: The verso of the final page of text and the recto of the following facing page. The verso of the final page has the printer's device and some ink sketches of horses on it. On the facing page is the handwritten retraction concerning the proceeding work 'The Canterbury tales'.
Language Code:
enm-GB
Subject:
Printing--History
Subject:
English literature
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Incunabula
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
1200 - 1500 CE
Places Covered:
England
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2005-02-01
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Retraction
