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Title: Single leaf from De consolatione philosophiae, printed by William Caxton Author: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Place: [Westminster] Publisher: Date: [1477-1478] Description: 29 lines, black letter, in English. 26.5x18.7 cm (10½x7½"). Leaf from the first edition in English of Chaucer's translation of Boethius. Printed by William Caxton in England, following the Canterbury Tales and the Sayings of the Philosophers, both c.1477. One of the earliest works printed in English, and the first major philosophical text in English. Lot Amendments Condition: Paper slightly toned, top and gutter margins extended, lower corner replaced (well away from text); very good. Item number: 287514