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Lot 2274

The First American Edition of The Treatise of Fysshynge with an Angle

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Dame Juliana Berners; Geo. W. Van Siclen. AN AMERICAN EDITION OF THE TREATYSE OF FYSSHYNGE WYTH AN ANGLE, FROM THE BOKE OF ST. ALBANS, BY DAME JULIANA BERNERS, A. D. 1496. New York: James L. Black, 1875. First American edition. Hardcover. In the original pebbled rust colored cloth boards stamped in gilt and black, with all edges red. 12mo; 118pp. Reprinted from the 1827 London Pickering edition. With a new preface by Van Siclen, the preface to the 1827 English edition, illustrations, and glossary.

7 x 5 1/2 in.

Originally printed in 1496 in Wynkyn De Worde's edition of The Book of St. Albans. This is the third separate edition, and first American edition.

A lovely copy with mild rubbing to boards, spine slightly darkened and with wear to ends; interior with light toning, some scattered foxing, and minor handling wear; tissue guard detached. Now in protective, removable mylar cover. Very good.