The ship of fools
Title:
The ship of fools
Author:
Brant, Sebastian, 1458-1521.
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Publication Information:
Edinburgh : W. Paterson, 1874.
Physical Description:
2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) illustrations, plates. ; 24 cm
General Note:
A free rendering of the Latin version (by Jacob Locher) of Sebastian Brant's "Narrenschiff."
Ed. by T. H. Jamieson.
"The text ... has been printed exactly as it stands in the earlier impression (Pynson's) ... The woodcuts ... have been facsimiled for the present edition from the originals ... in the Basle edition of the Latin ... 1497."--Pref.
Provenance: Cornelius Paine (bookplate); Earl of Derby (superexlibris)
Language:
English
Contents:
v. 1. Introduction. Notice of Barclay and his writings. Barclay's will. Notes. Bibliographical catalogue of Barclay's works. The ship of fools.--v. 2. The ship of fools (cont.) Glossary. Chapter 1. of the original (German) and of the Latin and French versions of the Ship of fools.
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Format :
Book