The dictes and sayings of the philosophers : a facsimile reproduction of the first book printed in England by William Caxton in 1477.
- Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, active 11th century.
- Date:
- 1877
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Elliot Stock, 1877.
Physical description
xii, 150 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Notes
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.
Language note
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.
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