The kalender of shepherdes : the edition of Paris 1503 in photographic facsimile, a faithful reprint of R. Pynson's edition of London 1506 / edited with a critical introduction and glossary, by H. Oskar Sommer.

Compost et kalendrier des bergiers. n 81034957

London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1892.

3 volumes in 1 : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm

"Only 300 copies of this edition are printed"

Two early versions from the French: the first in broad Scots, printed at Paris in 1503, probably by Antoine Verard, under title, the "Kalendayr of Shypars"; the second, a revised English edition of the Scottish, printed by Pynson, 1506, under title "Kalender of Shepherdes"

"Various editions of ʻLe compost et Kalendrier des bergiers'... [and] of The Kalender of Shepherds": p.[27]-59

Cf. E. Gordon Duff: The first two books printed in the Scottish language (Papers of the Edinburgh bibliographcal society. v. 1, no. 14)

Copy 1 Supplier/ Donor: Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 5-10 December 1898. No. 47 of a limited edition of 300 copies ; loose cover. No William Morris book label but is lot 607 from the Morris sale catalogue.

I. Prolegomena.--II. Photographic facsimile of the edition, Paris 1503. [Executed by Charles Praetorius from the original in the Duke of Devonshire's library at Chatsworth]--III. Reprint of R. Pynson's edition London 1506. [From the copy in the Grenville collection in the British museum. Omits the woodcuts]