Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye

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Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye or Recueil des Histoires de Troye, is a French courtly romance written by Raoul le Fevre, chaplain to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy. Translated by William Caxton, and printed by him with Colard Mansion around 1475 at Bruges. The work is now known mainly as the first book printed in the English language.

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