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Title

  • Image du monde.

Names

  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, translator, printer.
  • Gautier, of Metz, active 1245, attributed name.
  • Vincent, of Beauvais, -1264, attributed name.
  • Terry, Roderick, 1849-1933, former owner.
  • Huth, Henry, 1815-1878, former owner.
  • Bemis, Frank Brewer, 1861-1935, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Westminster] William Caxton [1490]

Headings

  • -  English language--Middle English, 1100-1500--Texts
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1490

Notes

  • -  Leaf [1a]: Here begynneth y[e] table of the rubrices of this presente volume named The myrrour of the world or thymage of the same ...
  • -  Translated by William Caxton from a prose version of the Image du monde (or Livre de clergie) attributed by some authorities to Gautier of Metz (also known as Gossuin of Metz.) It is derived from various Latin sources, chiefly the Imago mundi, probably compiled by Honorius Solitarius. Cf. George Sarton. Introd. to the hist. of science, Washington, 1931, v. 2, p. 591; Image du monde. Caxton's Mirrour of the world, edited by O.H. Prior, London, 1913, Introd.
  • -  Also attributed to Vincentius. Cf. STC 24762.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 571
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, M-884
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 11657
  • -  Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 95; 8.
  • -  Duff, E.G. Fifteenth century English books, 402
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: leaves [1]-[3] partly in facsimile.
  • -  Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Other provenance information: Bookplates of Huth Library, Roderick Terry and Frank Brewer Bemis.

Medium

  • [88] leaves. woodcuts: illus., diagrs., printer's device. 24 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. 1490 .I5 PQ1486.I5

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48041981

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Gautier, Of Metz, Active 1245, Attributed Name, Of Beauvais Vincent, Roderick Terry, Henry Huth, Frank Brewer Bemis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. Image Du Monde. translateds by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492Lator, Printer [Westminster William Caxton, 1490] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/48041981/.

APA citation style:

Gautier, O. M., Vincent, O. B., Terry, R., Huth, H., Bemis, F. B. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1490) Image Du Monde. Caxton, W., trans [Westminster William Caxton] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/48041981/.

MLA citation style:

Gautier, Of Metz, Active 1245, Attributed Name, et al. Image Du Monde. trans by Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492Lator, Printer [Westminster William Caxton, 1490] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/48041981/>.