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[T]o the right noble, right excellent [and] vertuous prince George duc of Clarence Erle of warwyk and of salisburye, grete chamberlayn of Englond [and] leutenant of Irelond oldest broder of kynge Edward by the grace of god kynge of England and of frau[n]ce, your most humble seruant william Caxton amonge other of your seruantes sendes vnto you peas. helthe. ioye and victorye vpon your enemyes

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [31 March 1474]
Call number: 82738
Creator: Jacobus (active 1288-1322)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Occasional short contemporary marginal annotations, very faded and mostly illegible (washed?). From the library of Roger Wilbraham. Chatsworth library bookplate on front pastedown, with shelfmark filled in "Bookcase 1, Shelf D", and beneath, "T.I.". Purchased by George D. Smith as part of the Devonshire Caxtons for Henry E. Huntington, 1914.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 27 cm (folio)
Associated people: Caxton, William, (approximately 1422-1491 or 1492,); Mansion, Colard, (active 15th century,); Wilbraham, Roger, (1743 or 1744-1829,); Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, (1790-1858,); Lewis, Charles, (1786-1836,)
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