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Title

  • The booke callyd Caton.

Other Title

  • Caton

Names

  • Caxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492, printer.
  • Ailesbury, Charles Bruce, Earl of, 1682-1747, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Westminster, William Caxton, after 23 Dec. 1483]

Headings

  • -  Aphorisms and apothegms--Early works to 1800
  • -  Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Genre

  • Incunabula--England--London--1483

Notes

  • -  Title extracted from incipit of prologue (leaf [2a]): Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the booke callyd Caton ...
  • -  Translation by Caxton of a French paraphrase with English commentary.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 567
  • -  Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, C-313
  • -  Copinger, W.A. Supplement to Hain's Repertorium bibliographicum, 4754 (variations)
  • -  Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 6361 (variations)
  • -  Ricci, S. de. Census of Caxtons, 16; 10
  • -  LC copy: leaves partly numbered in ms. On flyleaf in red: Cato commented vppon. Seventeenth cent. (?) sheepskin binding.
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Charles, viscount Bruce of Ampthill, 1712.

Medium

  • [80] leaves ([1], [6-7], and [80] blank, wanting). 26.7 cm. (fol.)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • Incun. X .C358 PA8300

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 48031304

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492, Printer, Charles Bruce Ailesbury, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The booke callyd Caton. [Westminster, William Caxton, after 23 De, 1483] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031304/.

APA citation style:

Caxton, W., Ailesbury, C. B. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1483) The booke callyd Caton. [Westminster, William Caxton, after 23 De] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/48031304/.

MLA citation style:

Caxton, William, Approximately Or 1492, Printer, Charles Bruce Ailesbury, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The booke callyd Caton. [Westminster, William Caxton, after 23 De, 1483] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/48031304/>.