The woodcuts which appeared in the first edition of the "Ordinary"
printed in 1502 are in this second edition replaced by others of
different design and better execution, borrowed mainly from "The crafte
to lyve well and to dye well", printed by de Worde in 1505 and like the
present work translated by Chertsey from a French original, _L'art de
bien vivre et de bien mourir_. Two of these illustrations, "Temptation
to Impatience" (fol. 73^b) and "Soul leaving the Body" (fol. 218^a), are
copied from the early block-book _Ars moriendi_.
Bound by Alfred Matthews in blind-tooled crimson morocco, with inside
gold borders and gilt edges. Leaf 8-1/4 x 5-3/4 in.
Wynkyn de Worde, Caxton's assistant, was a native of Woerth, Alsace. He
came into possession of his master's printing materials on his death in
1491 and continued to occupy his house in Westminster until 1500 when he
moved to Fleet Street within the city. In the number of his books,
almost eight hundred, he surpassed all the early printers, but many of
them were works of small size and consequence.
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