Alexander (1475-1552) & MAGEE, David (1905-1977). An Original Leaf from the First Edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of Sebastian Brant's Ship of Fools. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press for David Magee, 1938.

Folio. Original leaf from the first edition of Brant's Ship of Fools (1509) with  wood-cut miniature; woodcut illustrations printed in colors in margins. Original cream linen-backed decorative paper-covered boards, printed paper label to spine;  original slipcase. 

LIMITED EDITION, one of 115 unnumbered copies with an original leaf bearing a woodcut of a total edition of 160. Among the passengers in Brant's famous allegory is the Book-Collector: "So in lyke wyse of bokys I have store / But few I rede and fewer understande / I followe not theyr doctryne nor theyr lore / It is enoughe to bere a boke in hande.” GB 300.