The dictes and sayings of the philosophers : a facsimile reproduction of the first book printed in England by William Caxton, in 1477.
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| Author / Creator: | al-Mubashshir ibn Fatik, Abū al-Wafā, 11th cent. |
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| Imprint: | London : E. Stock; New York : J. W. Bouton, 1877. |
| Description: | xii p., facsim : [150] p. ; 30 cm. |
| Language: | English Middle English French Arabic |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3298593 |
| Item Description: | Preface signed : William Blades. Lord Rivers' translation of Tignonville's French version of the Dicta philosophorum, a collection of sayings of wise men, originally compiled in Arabic. Revised and edited, with some additional matter, by William Caxton. Facsimile of the first edition, without t.-p., colophon, folios, catchwords or signatures (blank leaves not reproduced) Caxton's epilogue and additions begin on the 73d recto: Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres enprynted by me William Caxton at Westmestre the yere of our Lord M.CCCC.LXXVIJ. |
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| Physical Description: | xii p., facsim : [150] p. ; 30 cm. |