Title: Single leaf from De consolatione philosophiae, printed by William Caxton Author: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Place: [Westminster] Publisher: Date: [c.1478] Description: 29 lines, black letter, in English. 27x19 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: Lower corner restored affecting only the blank margin; ¼" spot of adhesion damage affecting one word and the two letters of another word; a handsome leaf, crisp and clean. Item number: 267322
Title: Single leaf from De consolatione philosophiae, printed by William Caxton Author: Boethius, Anicius Manlius Torquatus Severinus Place: [Westminster] Publisher: Date: [c.1478] Description: 29 lines, black letter, in English. 27x19 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: Lower corner restored affecting only the blank margin; ¼" spot of adhesion damage affecting one word and the two letters of another word; a handsome leaf, crisp and clean. Item number: 267322
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