The mirrour of the world
Subtitle: or Thymage of the same.
Contributors: Gossuin, of Metz.; Gautier, of Metz, fl. 1245.; Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491, tr.
Publisher: William Caxton
Published: 1481
Place of publication: [Westminster
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: English language -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- Texts
Notes: Goff M-883
Hain-Copinger 11656
Duff. 15th cent. Eng. books, 401.
Ricci. Census of Caxton, 94.
Leaf [2a]: Here begynneth the table of the rubrices of this presente volume named The mirrour of the world or thymage of the same ...
Translated by William Caxton from a prose version of the Image du monde (or Livre de clergie) attributed by some authorities to Gossuin, by others to Gautier of Metz. It is derived from various Latin sources, chiefly the Imago mundi, probably compiled by Honorius Solitarius. cf. George Sarton. Introd. to the history of science. 1931, v. 2, p. 591; Image du monde. Caxton's Mirrour of the world, edited by O.H. Prior. 1913, introd. See Goff for further attribution, including Vincent of Beauvais.
LC copy has initials and paragraph marks supplied in red; table of contents in 16th century hand inside front cover. Contemporary blind stamped brown calf binding by John Reyne (with his monogram). Exlibris of J.W. Ellsworth.
With this are bound: Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ. The dictes and notable wyse sayenges of the phylosophers. Westminster, 18 Nov. 1477 [i.e. ca. 1479].--Cicero M.T. Of olde age. [Westminster] 12 Aug. 1481.--Cordiale quattuor novissimorum. English. Of the four last thinges. [Westminster] 24 Mar. 1479.