Directorium humanae vitae.
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- [1488?-1493]
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Fables of Bidpai. Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. Latin. Arabic version. n 79063199
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[Strassburg] : [Johann Prüss], [1488?-1493]
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82 unnumbered leaves : woodcuts: 119 illustrations ; (folio)
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BM Inc i.125
Poynter 167
St J236
Notes
Leaf [1a] (t.-p.): Directorium humane vite alias parabole antiquorū sapientū
Latin version of Giovanni da Capua; for its genealogy cf. the "Pedigree" in Bīdpāʼi. Arabic version. Kalīlah wa-Dimnah. English. The earliest English version of the fables of Bidpai. London, 1888
Hain. Repertorium (with Add. and Copinger's Supplement) *4411. Stillwell. 2d census, J236a. C.F. Murray. Cat. early Germ. books, 70 (cf. for variant issues) Schramm. Bilderschmuck d. Frühdr., v. 20, p. 10, 26, and v. 9, illus. 280-406 (with omissions and transpositions)
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