The "Byrth of Mankynde"; Its Author and Editions
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believed to be among the first, if not the very first, examples of copper-plate engraving which were produced in England, gives the book an importance from the standpoint of the annals of typography which can hardly be exaggerated. Published first in the year 1540, and dedicated to " the most gracious and in all goodnesse most excellent vertuous Lady Quene Katheryne," the work lived on till 1676, new editions constantly appearing with but few alterations, until finally it had to give place to
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