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
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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).
Goff C-627
Hain-Copinger 5311
GW 6992
Illustrated ISTC (CD-ROM, 2nd ed.) ic00627000
Ricci, S. de. A census of Caxtons 31
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 562
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.
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.
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