Polycronicon

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Creator

Ranulphus Higden, trans. John Trevisa.

Title

Polycronicon

Coverage

Westminster

Publisher

Wynkyn de Worde

Date

13 Apr. 1495

Description

The Grolier Club Library owes its collection of fifteenth-century books entirely to the generous donations of members. Paul Chrzanowski joined these distinguished ranks in 2019 with his gift of Wynkyn de Worde’s 1495 Polycronicon, the second printed edition of Ranulphus Higden’s widely popular universal history.  

Fifteenth-century books are generally collected by the Grolier Club not for their subject matter but as representatives of important facets of binding, printing, or type design. This edition of the Polycronicon is notable as the first English book to contain printed musical notation (the title-page is in fascimile).  

Source

Gift of Paul Chrzanowski, 2019.