Of olde age.
Contributors: Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl of, 1427-1470.; Worcester, William, 1415-1482?; Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Buonaccorso, da Montemagno, ca. 1391-1429.
Publisher: William Caxton
Published: 1481
Place of publication: [Westminster]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Old age -- Early works to 1800.; Friendship -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: Tulle of olde age.
Notes: Goff C-627
Hain-Copinger 5311
GW 6992
Ricci. Census of Caxtons, 31
Leaf [71a]: Explicit. Thus endeth the boke of Tulle Of Olde age ...
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.
Includes the author's De amicitia (leaves [73]-100) and Buonaccorso da Montemagno's The declamacyon which laboureth to shewe wherin honoure sholde reste (leaves [101-120]), both translated by John Tiptoft.
LC copy: initials, paragraph marks, and underlines supplied in red.
With: Image du monde. English. The mirrour of the world, or Thymage of the same. [Westminster, 1481].