Caxton's Mirrour of the world / edited by Oliver H. Prior.

Format Microform
Publication InfoLondon : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co. ; New York : H. Milford, Oxford University Press, 1913.
Descriptionxxv, 192 pages : illustrations.

Other author/creatorGossuin, of Metz.
Other author/creatorGauthier, of Metz, active 1245.
Other author/creatorCaxton, William, approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.
Other author/creatorPrior, Oliver H. (Oliver Herbert), 1871-
Other author/creatorVincent, of Beauvais, -1264.
Uniform titleImage du monde. English (Middle English)
SeriesEarly English text society. Extra series ; CX
Early English Text Society (Series). Extra series no. 110. ^A494097
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General note"Caxton's Mirrour ... the first work printed in England with illustrations ... was translated in 1480 ... The first edition [here reprinted] ... was probably produced ... in 1481."--Introd.
General noteTranslated from a prose version, sometimes known as the Livre de clergie, of the Image du monde, a compilation from various Latin sources, including the Imago mundi attributed to Honorius Solitarius or Inclusus. The compilation is attributed by some authorities to Gossuin, by others to Gautier, of Metz. The date of composition of the prose version used by Caxton is placed not far from the year 1246 (1245 o.s.) generally assigned to the original rhymed version. A longer rhymed version of slightly later date is known as the Mappemonde; a plagiarized version was published by Buffereau in 1517 under title, Mirouer du monde. cf. Introd.; Langlois, Connaissance de la nature et du monde au moyen âge, 1911; Gröber, Grundriss d. romanischen philol., v. 2, p. 757; La petite philosophie (Anglo-Norman poem) A critical edition ... by W. H. Trethewey. [London, 1939] p. liii.
General noteAlso attributed to Vincentius (?) cf. S.T.C. 24762.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1970. 1 microfiche : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 10247)
Other titleMirrour of the world.