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STC 24873 Caxton 1483
24874 " 1487

Caxton 1st published his translation of the Legenda Amea in 1483 - a
folio of 898 pages - and it was not until it reached the 8th &
last edition by 1529 that the market was satisfied

De Worde - publications 1492-1535
#24875Legenda Amea 1 F0 20 May 1493 (See #163) legenda from Latin legre, "to read"; hence "a reading."
#24876 - " " 2 F0 8 Jan 1498
3 F0 1507 #24878.3
F0 [1500?] was 78 -how #24880.5 Ninth Ed. in English + the 6th printed by Worde.
#24879 - 4 F0 15 Feb 1512
#24879.5 5 F0 30 Feb 1521
[Inserted] Short Title Catalogue edited by AW Polland + G R Redgrowe published by Bibliographical society in 1976. Z 2002 P77 Ref. Libl Vol 2 [end inserted] STC #24880 6 F0 27 Aug. 1527 [inserted] New York Public LibraryHuntington Lib. Folger Lib., D.C. Clark Library, Univ of Calif at LA Library fo Congress #1219

Caxton never used Roman letters, which was 1st introduced to
England by William Pinson in 1518. (see H. Cortes p92 - a
sermon of Savonarola of 1509 is the earliest example - S.T.C. 21800)

Clare of Assisi (St.) V. Foundress of the Poor Clares or MinoressesAug. 12
from 1194-1253 Born at Assisi

De Voragine - The Golden Legend - 235.2031 (Santa Clara)
De Worde's first roman type was introduced about 1520.
De Worde first introduced italic type to England in 1524.
first painted music in England (Higden's Polychronicon - 1495)

Golden Legend - consisted mainly of lies of the saints
including the Hebrew patriarch & apostles, based largely
on the relevant Biblical text. (177 (182) Chapters)

#71 Book Club of California -> 1949
Golden Legend was before 1535-7 the principal somer of
Biblical literature for the average Englishman. In fact
it was read in the churches. So in a sense, it can be
said that these early editions of the Golden Legend
represent the 1st printing of the English Bible.