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Book/Printed Material Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute. Title from explicit (leaf i3): ... Tulle Of Olde age / Here beginneth the prohemye upon the reducinge both out of Latin as of French in to our English tongue of the politique book named Tullius de senectute / Tullius de senectute / Tulle Of Olde age

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Title

  • Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute.

Other Title

  • Title from explicit (leaf i3): ... Tulle Of Olde age
  • Here beginneth the prohemye upon the reducinge both out of Latin as of French in to our English tongue of the politique book named Tullius de senectute
  • Tullius de senectute
  • Tulle Of Olde age

Names

  • Cicero, Marcus Tullius.
  • Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl of, 1427-1470, translator, attributed name.
  • Worcester, William, 1415-1482?, translator, attributed name.
  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
  • Buonaccorso, da Montemagno, approximately 1391-1429.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Westminster, London, England] : ... Enprynted by me symple persone William Caxton ..., ... the xij day of August the yere of our lord MCCCClxxxj [12 Aug. 1481]

Headings

  • -  Old age--Early works to 1800
  • -  Friendship--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1481

Notes

  • -  This translation of De senectute (Cato maior), though frequently ascribed to John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester, is probably by William Worcester; cf. DNB, XIX, p. 893; XXI, p. 914.
  • -  Printer and date from explicit (leaf i3); place from Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.)
  • -  Signatures: 1⁶ a⁶ b-h⁸ i⁴ ²a-²f⁸ (first leaf, a6, and i4 blanks).
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 562
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-627
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 5311
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6992
  • -  Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ic00627000
  • -  Ricci, S. de. A census of Caxtons 31
  • -  Capital spaces with guide letters.
  • -  Includes the author's De amicitia (²a1-²d4 verso) and Buonaccorso da Montemagno's The declamacyon Which laboureth to shewe Wherin honoure sholde reste (²d5-²e3 verso, 2nd group of collation), both translated by John Tiptoft.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy's initials, paragraph marks, and underlining in red. Leaf i3 partly inlaid. Wanting initial and i4 blanks.
  • -  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

  • [240] p. ; 30 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PQ1486.I5 E5 1481
  • Incun. 1481 .I5

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031318

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius, William Caxton, Da Montemagno Buonaccorso, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute. translateds by Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl Of, Attributed Name, and Worcester, William, ?, Attributed Name [Westminster, London, England: ... Enprynted by me symple persone William Caxton ..., ... the xij day of August the yere of our lord MCCCClxxxj 12 Aug, 1481] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48031318/.

APA citation style:

Cicero, M. T., Caxton, W., Buonaccorso, D. M. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1481) Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute. Worcester, J. T. & Worcester, W., transs [Westminster, London, England: ... Enprynted by me symple persone William Caxton ..., ... the xij day of August the yere of our lord MCCCClxxxj 12 Aug] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48031318/.

MLA citation style:

Cicero, Marcus Tullius, et al. Here begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute. trans by Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl Of, Attributed Name, and Worcester, William, ?, Attributed Name [Westminster, London, England: ... Enprynted by me symple persone William Caxton ..., ... the xij day of August the yere of our lord MCCCClxxxj 12 Aug, 1481] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48031318/>.