First published 1509

The Ship of Fools

by Sebastian Brant

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  1. Printed by Richard Pynson1509 Hardback I own Stultifera Nauis, Printed by Richard Pynson 1509 Log in to want this

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Woodcut title page of an early German Narrenschiff showing a crowded ship of fools under a block of black letter text
The woodcut title page of an early printed edition of Sebastian Brant's Das Narrenschiff.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Title page of The Ship of Fools translated by Alexander Barclay with a woodcut of fools aboard a ship
Title page of an 1874 edition of Alexander Barclay's English translation of The Ship of Fools.Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain