No. 76 of 100 copies. Translated from the French by John Lydgate. First printed by William Caxton about 1478. Printed in Caslon Old Black type on handmade paper. 4to.,original quarter cream buckram over swan-patterned paper covered boards, slightly chipped printed title label to spine, mildly worn and rubbed at extremities. With the booklabel of Stanley Scott of Chard, Somerset.

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Title: The Chorle and the Birde, done into English from the French by Master John Lydgate.
Publisher: The Swan Press, Chelsea
Publication Date: 1929
Binding: Hardcover

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