Scala perfecc[i]onis.

Scale of perfection. English

Text, a2r, begins: Cap[itu]la prime partis, Here begynnen the chapytours of this present volume of Waltere Hylton, namyd in laten Scala perfecc[i]onis, englisshed the ladder of perfecc[i]on

[Westminster] : [Wynkyn de Worde], 1494.

[298] p. : 1 ill. (woodcut) ; 27 cm (fol.)

Envoi and colophon, leaf following s4, read: .. and Wynkyn de Worde this hath sett in prynt in Willyam Caxstons hows .. Finit felicit[er] liber intitulatus Scala perfeccionis inpressus a[n]no salutis· M.cccc.lxxxxiiii.

"Here begynneth the table of the thyrde booke of Water [sic] Hylton named Vita mixta or scala perfeccionis", caption title, A1r. This book is lacking in most copies; its presence may constitute a later state.

Signatures: Signatures: a⁴ b-q⁸ r⁶ s⁴ chi1 A⁸ B⁶. Gathering m mis-signed 'k'.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106485
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 14042
Duff 203
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, H-564

Great Britain -- England -- Westminster.

STC 14042

Imperfect: wanting gathering a, supplied in facsimile; wanting Book 3 (all after chi1). Leaf b1 inlaid. Repaired at margins, slightly affecting text. In a Russia leather binding with gold tooling. Provenance: Autograph on leaf s5r "Jone Clarke" and inscription in same handwriting on leaf q8r "I prey for the Rev[?] Jone Stafforton"; armorial bookplate of William Horatio Crawford (motto "durum patientia frango"); Britwell Court copy (with manuscript pencilled note "Britwell sale May 1920:254"); collated by Max Privett at Quaritch, 26 May 1920; Harmsworth copy