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Book/Printed Material Thus endeth thys book of the dictes and notable Wyse sayenges of the phylosophers Text begins, leaf [1]2: [W]Here it is so that euery humayn Creature by the suffrance of our lord god is born & ordeigned to be subgette and thral vnto the stormes of fortune / Text begins, leaf [1]4: [S]Edechias was the first Philosophir by Whom thorugh the Wil and pleaser of oure lorde god Sapience was vnderstande and lawes rescyued / Thus endeth this book of the dictes and notable wise sayings of the philosophers / Dictes and notable wyse sayenges of the phylosophers / [W]Here it is so that euery humayn Creature by the suffrance of our lord god is born & ordeigned to be subgette and thral vnto the stormes of fortune / [S]Edechias was the first Philosophir by Whom thorugh the Wil and pleaser of oure lorde god Sapience was vnderstande and lawes rescyued

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Title

  • Thus endeth thys book of the dictes and notable Wyse sayenges of the phylosophers

Other Title

  • Text begins, leaf [1]2: [W]Here it is so that euery humayn Creature by the suffrance of our lord god is born & ordeigned to be subgette and thral vnto the stormes of fortune
  • Text begins, leaf [1]4: [S]Edechias was the first Philosophir by Whom thorugh the Wil and pleaser of oure lorde god Sapience was vnderstande and lawes rescyued
  • Thus endeth this book of the dictes and notable wise sayings of the philosophers
  • Dictes and notable wyse sayenges of the phylosophers
  • [W]Here it is so that euery humayn Creature by the suffrance of our lord god is born & ordeigned to be subgette and thral vnto the stormes of fortune
  • [S]Edechias was the first Philosophir by Whom thorugh the Wil and pleaser of oure lorde god Sapience was vnderstande and lawes rescyued

Names

  • Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, active 11th century.
  • Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483, translator.
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer, editor.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Westminster, London, England : William Caxton], ... fynisshed the xviij day of the moneth of Nouembre, and the seuenteth yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourth [18 Nov. 1477, i.e. ca. 1480]

Headings

  • -  Philosophers, Ancient--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1479

Notes

  • -  Translated from the French version of Guillaume de Tignonville by Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers; edited by William Caxton.
  • -  Title and date from colophon.
  • -  Place and publisher, and corrected imprint date from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.)
  • -  Signatures: [1-9]⁸ [10]⁶ (1st and last 2 leaves blank).
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 560
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, D-273
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 8322
  • -  Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) id00273000
  • -  Ricci, S. de. A census of Caxtons 38
  • -  Capital spaces, some with guide letters.
  • -  LC copy has paragraph marks and initials in red. Leaf [1]3 partly inlaid. Wanting final 2 blank leaves.
  • -  LC copy gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.
  • -  With: [Image du monde. English (Middle English)]. Here begynneth the table of the rubrices of this presente volume named the Mirrour of the World ... [Westminster, London, England : William Caxton, 1481]. Issued separately.

Medium

  • [156] p. ; 30 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ1486.I5 E5 1481

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031317

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  • pdf
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Mubashshir Ibn Fātik, Abū Al-Wafāʼ, Active 11Th Century, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Thus endeth thys book of the dictes and notable Wyse sayenges of the phylosophers. editeds by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492, Printer, translateds by Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483 [Westminster, London, England: William Caxton, ... fynisshed the xviij day of the moneth of Nouembre, and the seuenteth yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourth 18 Nov. 1477, i.e, 1480] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48031317/.

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Mubashshir Ibn Fātik, A. A. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, Caxton, W., ed. (1480) Thus endeth thys book of the dictes and notable Wyse sayenges of the phylosophers. Rivers, A. W., trans [Westminster, London, England: William Caxton, ... fynisshed the xviij day of the moneth of Nouembre, and the seuenteth yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourth 18 Nov. 1477, i.e] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48031317/.

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Mubashshir Ibn Fātik, Abū Al-Wafāʼ, Active 11Th Century, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Thus endeth thys book of the dictes and notable Wyse sayenges of the phylosophers. ed by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492, Printer, trans by Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483 [Westminster, London, England: William Caxton, ... fynisshed the xviij day of the moneth of Nouembre, and the seuenteth yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourth 18 Nov. 1477, i.e, 1480] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48031317/>.