(LEAF BOOK) Brandt Sebastian The Ship of Fools

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(LEAF BOOK.) Brandt, Sebastian. The Ship of Fools. Original leaf (B.iii, chapter CXLIX, with woodcut illustration of Justice being blindfolded), with pencil marginalia, from the First Edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation printed by Richard Pynson in 1509; hand-colored illustrations throughout. 4to, 1/4 linen. one of 260 copies. San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1938

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with--The Shyp of Fooles by Sebastian Brandt. Translated by Alexander Barclay, 1509. Edited by Phyllis C. Robinson. Woodblock illustrations after Albrecht Durer. 4to, 1/4 linen-backed boards, printed paper label on spine; a little soiling to rear leaves. Number 140 of copies 51 to 200, from a total edition of 200. Seal Harbor: High Loft Press, 1982.