The myrrour & dyscrypcyon of the worlde : with many meruaylles & the vii scyences as gramayre, rethorike wyth the arte of memorye, logyke, geometrye, wyth the standarde of mesure & weyght, and the knowlege how a man sholde mesure londe, borde, & tymber, and than arsmetryke wyth the maner of accou[n]tes and rekenynges by cyfres, and than musyke, and astrnomye, with many other profytable and plesant co[m]modytes (1527)

Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name, translator, Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator, Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264, attributed name, dubious author, Andrew, Laurence, active 1510-1537, printer, Britwell Court (Buckinghamshire, England). Library, former owner · [London] : Enprynted by me Laurence Andrewe dwellynge in Fletestrete, at the sygne of the Golde[n] Crosse by Flete Brydge · leaf 133

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