The Historie of Two the moste Noble Capitaines of the Worlde, Annibal and Scipio

Remarkable for the fragments of early 16th century books found in the binding, many hitherto unknown, comprising Gringore: Castle of Labour 1510; Richard Pynson: The Breuyate and shorte Tragycall hystorie of the fayre Custance; The History of the Excellent Knight Generides; Erasmus: Epistle to Christopher Bishop of Basle, 1530; Wyllyam Myddylton: Enterlude of the iiii cardynal vertues c.1545; A Prayer for Victorie and Peace 1548; Myddylton: A Merry Jest of the Friar and the Boy c.1545; Tyndales Exposition of St Matthew in an unidentified edition. Illustrated as plates III and IV of AR

Item author: Antonie Cope
Item date: 1548
Grant Value: 160
Item cost pre-decimal: 160
Item date acquired: 1949
Item institution: British Library
Town/City: London