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  hEre begynneth the volume intituled and named the recuyell of the historyes of Troye, composed and drawen out of dyuerce bookes of latyn in to frensshe by the ryght venerable persone and worshipfull man. Raoul le ffeure. preest and chapelayn vnto the ryght noble gloryous and myghty prynce in his tyme Phelip duc of Bourgoyne of Braband [et]c in the yere of the incarnacion of our lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and foure, and translated and drawen out of frenshe in to englisshe by Willyam Caxton mercer of ye cyte of London, at the comau[n]deme[n]t of the right hye myghty and vertuouse pryncesse hys redoubtyd lady. Margarete by the grace of god. Duchesse of Bourgoyne of Lotryk of Braband [et]c., whiche sayd translacion and werke was ... fynysshid in the holy cyte of Colen the. xix. day of septembre the yere of our sayd lord god a thousand foure honderd sixty and enleuen [sic] [et]c ...
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  1473
  

  Author(s):

  Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  A translation of: Recueil des histoires de Troye. Title from ¹[A]2r, which is printed in red. Imprint from STC and Needham; see also Lotte Hellinga, "Caxton in focus", p. 38-9, 48. Signatures: [A-O¹⁰ P; A-I¹⁰ K L⁶; A-K¹⁰]. ...
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  [T]o the right noble, right excellent [and] vertuous prince George duc of Clarence Erle of warwyk and of salisburye, grete chamberlayn of Englond [and] leutenant of Irelond oldest broder of kynge Edward by the grace of god kynge of England and of frau[n]ce, your most humble seruant william Caxton amonge other of your seruantes sendes vnto you peas. helthe. ioye and victorye vpon your enemyes ...
  Date of publication:
  1474
  

  Author(s):

  Jacobus, de Cessolis, fl. 1288-1322 and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  A translation by William Caxton, primarily from a French version by Jean de Vignay, of: Cessolis, Jacobus de. De ludo scachorum. Title from opening words of text, [A]2r. [A]3r opens: This booke conteyneth. iiii. traytees ...
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  Stans puer ad mensam
  Date of publication:
  1476
  

  Author(s):

  Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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  By John Lydgate, who is named in the envoi on [A]3r. In verse. Caption title. Place of publication and printer's name from STC; publication date conjectured by Needham. Signatures: [A]⁴. "An holy salue regina in englissh", ...
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  Hic incipit paruus Catho
  Date of publication:
  1476
  

  Author(s):

  Cato, Marcus Porcius, 234-149 B.C., attributed name. and Burgh, Benedict.
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  A loose translation into English by Benedict Burgh, with the original Latin text, of selections from the "Parvus Cato" and of the whole of "Catonis disticha". The disticha, wrongly attributed to Marcus Porcius Cato, in ...
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  [The chorle and the birde]
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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  By John Lydgate. In verse. Title and imprint from STC. 1st page, line 6: writyng. Ends:.Explicit the chorle and the birde. Imperfect; fragment consisting of 2 leaves only, the second of which is mutilated. Reproduction of ...
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  The temple of glas
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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  By John Lydgate. Wrongly attributed to Stephen Hawes. Place of publication and printer's name from STC; publication date conjectured by STC. Caption title. In verse. Leaves unsigned. Signatures: [A]-[D] [E]² (-[E]2, ...
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  [The horse the ghoos & the sheep]
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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  By John Lydgate. Title taken from fo. [14]v: Thus endeth the horse the ghoos [and] the sheep. Imprint from STC. Leaves not signed; signature collation from Duff. In verse. Some pages stained. Imperfect; leaves [1] and [6] ...
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  If it plese ony man spirituel or temporel to bye ony pyes of two and thre comemoracio[n]s of saliburi vse ...
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. and Church of England. Book of common prayer. Ordinal.
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  Advertisement by William Caxton for: Ordinale seu pica secundum usum Sarum (STC 16228). Reproduction of the originals in the Bodleian Library.
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  wHan that Apprill with his shouris sote and the droughte of marche hath p[er]cid þe rote ...
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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  By Geoffrey Chaucer, whose name appears on [3A]5r. An edition of: Canterbury tales. Title from opening words of text, [A]2r. Imprint from STC. Signatures: [A-2I 2K¹⁰ 2L-2Q 2R⁶ 2S-2Z 3A⁶]. The first leaf, [2K]10, and the ...
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  The lyf so short the craft so lo[n]ge to lerne
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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  By Geoffrey Chaucer. Imprint conjectured by STC. [1]r begins: The lyf so short the craft so lo[n]ge to lerne. In verse. [17]r: Explicit the temple of bras. Quires unsigned. Imperfect: Title page and all after leaf [24] ...
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  Thou fiers god of armes, mars the rede
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
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  An edition of: Chaucer, Geoffrey. Queen Anelida and false Arcyte. Title from first line of text, [A]1r. Place of publication and printer's name from and publication date conjectured by STC. In verse. Signatures: [A]¹⁰. ...
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  Here endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophhres ...
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim. ; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  A translation, by Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, of a French version by Guillaume de Tignonville of a compilation ultimately based on: Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafā'. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim. Revised and ...
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  For as moche as late by the comau[n]dement of the right hye [and] noble princesse my right redoubted lady my lady Margarete by the grace of god Duchesse of Bourgoyne Brabant [et]c. [...] as to the historie of Iason [...]
  Date of publication:
  1477
  

  Author(s):

  Lefèvre, Raoul, fl. 1460. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  A translation by William Caxton, of Le Fefèvre, Raoul. Jason et Medée. Title from opening words of text. Imprint from STC. Signatures: a-s t⁶. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. Appears at reel 47 and at ...
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  Boecius de consolacione philosophie
  Date of publication:
  1478
  

  Author(s):

  Boethius, d. 524. ; Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. rans. and Surigonus, Stephanus.
  Description:
  An English translation by Geoffrey Chaucer, who is named on [M]5v. Includes a portion of the original Latin text. Caption title, [A]2r. Caxton is named on [M]5v; publication date from Needham. Signatures: [A-L M⁶]. The ...
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  The morale prouerbes of Cristyne
  Date of publication:
  1478
  

  Author(s):

  Christine, de Pisan, ca. 1364-ca. 1431. and Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl of, 1442?-1483.
  Description:
  In verse. Translation of author's Proverbs moraux. Caption title. Translated in verse by A. Wydeville--Cf. STC (2nd ed.). Publisher from colophon. Place and date of publication suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Reproduction of ...
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  The hors. the shepe [and] the ghoos
  Date of publication:
  1478
  

  Author(s):

  Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?
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  By John Lydgate. Title from heading, [A]1r. An edition of: Lydgate, John. The horse the ghoos & the sheep. Imprint from STC. Leaves not signed. In verse. Signatures: [A]1-6+. Imperfect; all after [A]6 lacking. Reproduction ...
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  Thus endeth the prologue of this book named. Cordʻyal. Whiche treteth of the four last and final thinges that ben to come ...
  Date of publication:
  1479
  

  Author(s):

  Denis, the Carthusian, 1402-1471, attributed name. ; Gerardus, de Vliederhoven, 14th cent, attributed name. ; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. ed.
  Description:
  A translation by Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers (named on [K]4v) of the French version by Jean Miélot of "Cordiale quattuor novissimorum", which is sometimes attributed to Denis le Chartreux and to Gerardus de Vliederhoven. ...
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  [Explicit liber primus de curia sapiencie]
  Date of publication:
  1480
  

  Author(s):

  Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451?, attributed name.
  Description:
  Often wrongly attributed to John Lydgate. Signatures: a-e[-e7-8]. Title from b7r. Signature collation from Duff. Imprint from STC. In verse. Title page, and leaves e7-8 blank, lacking. Some print show-through. Reproduction ...
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  Here endeth this doctrine at Westmestre by london in fourmes enprinted. In the whiche one euerich may shortly lerne. Frenssh and englissh ...
  Date of publication:
  1480
  

  Author(s):

  Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491, attributed name.
  Description:
  Variously known as "Vocabulary in French and English", "A book for travellers", "Instructions for travellers", and "A book to learn French and English". The text is derived from the "Livre des mestiers", "almost certainly ...
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  In the yere of thyncarnacion of our lord Ih[es]u crist M.CCCC.lxxx. and in the xx. yere of the regne of kyng Edward the fourthe, atte requeste of dyuerce gentilmen I haue endeauourd me to enprinte the cronicles of Englond as in this booke shall by the suffraunce of god folowe ...
  Date of publication:
  1480
  

  Author(s):

  Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  With additions by William Caxton. Also known as "Brut". Title from opening words of text, second leaf recto. Leaf a2r has heading: How the lande of Englonde was fyrst namd Albyon and by what encheson it was so namd .. ...
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  hEre endeth the book named the dictes or sayengis of the philosophres enprynted. by me william Caxton at westmestre the yere of our lord .M.CCCC.Lxx vij. Whiche book is late translated out of Frenshe into englyssh. by the noble and puissant lord Lord Antone Erle of Ryuyers lord of Scales ...
  Date of publication:
  1480
  

  Author(s):

  Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ, 11th cent. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim. ; Rivers, Anthony Woodville, Earl, 1442?-1483. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  A translation, by Anthony Woodville, Earl Rivers, of a French version by Guillaume de Tignonville of a compilation ultimately based on: Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafā'. Mukhtār al-ḥikam wa-maḥāsin al-kalim. Revised and ...
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  Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne ...
  Date of publication:
  1480
  

  Author(s):

  Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. and Trevisa, John, d. 1402.
  Description:
  Title from colophon, which reads: Here endeth the discripcion of Britayne the, whiche conteyneth englond wales and scotland .. which I haue taken oute of Policronicon, and bicause it is necessarie to alle englisshmen to ...
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  Here begynneth the boke intituled Eracles, and also of Godefrey of Boloyne the whiche speketh of the conquest of the holy londe of Iherusalem ...
  Date of publication:
  1481
  

  Author(s):

  Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  Title from caption, leaf "1"2r. Opening words of text, a2r: [T]he hye couragyous faytes, and valyaunt actes of noble illustrous and vertuous personnes ben digne to be recounted .. Colophon reads: Thus endeth this book ...
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  This is the table of the historye of reynart the foxe
  Date of publication:
  1481
  

  Author(s):

  Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  A translation, by William Caxton, of: Die historie van Reinaert die vos, gheprent ter goude in hollant by mi gheraert leeu Jnt iaer Mcccc en Lxxix.--Blades, William Caxton, v.2 p.87. Signatures: A-H [blank]¹ I K-L⁶ (A1 and ...
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  Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde ...
  Date of publication:
  1481
  

  Author(s):

  Gossuin, of Metz, attributed name. ; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491. and Vincent, of Beauvais, d. 1264, attributed name.
  Description:
  A translation of a prose version of: Image du monde. Sometimes attributed to Gossuin of Metz; misattributed to Vincent of Beauvais. Translated by William Caxton, whose name appears on a4v. The dates of translation are given ...
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  hEre begynneth the prohemye vpon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute ...
  Date of publication:
  1481
  

  Author(s):

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius. ; et al.show everyone

  Cicero, Marcus Tullius. ; Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Laelius de amicitia. English. aut ; Buonaccorso, da Montemagno, ca. 1391-1429, De vera nobilitate. English. aut ; Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl of, 1427-1470. ; Worcester, William, 1415-1482?, attributed name. ; Scrope, Stephen, d. 1472, attributed name.
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  Colophon, i3r, reads: Thus endeth the boke of Tulle of olde age translated out of latyn in to frenshe by laurence de primo facto [i.e. Laurent de Premierfaict] at the comaundement of the noble prynce Lowys Duc of Burbon, ...
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  Prolicionycion [sic]
  Date of publication:
  1482
  

  Author(s):

  Higden, Ranulf, d. 1364. ; Trevisa, John, d. 1402. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  By Ranulf Higden. An English translation by John Trevisa. Edited and with a continuation by William Caxton. All three individuals are named on a3v. Caxton's continuation is reprinted from "The chronicles of England", STC ...
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  [The siege of Rhodes]
  Date of publication:
  1482
  

  Author(s):

  Caoursin, Guillaume, d. 1501. and Kay, John, poet.
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  By Guillaume Caoursin. Title from and imprint suggested by STC. Heading, folio 1r: [T]o the moste excellente, moste redoubted, and most crysten kyng: Kynge Edwarde the fourth Johan kay hys humble poete lawreate, and most ...
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  [The cronycles of Englond]
  Date of publication:
  1482
  

  Author(s):

  Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
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  Title and imprint from colophon. Beginning pi2r: In the yere of thyncarnacyon .. .--Cf. STC. Heading, a2r reads: How the land of Englond was fyrst named Albyon, and by what encheson it was so named. Also known as "Brut". ...
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  [Long parvula]
  Date of publication:
  1482
  

  Author(s):

  Stanbridge, John, 1463-1510, attributed name.
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  Wrongly attributed to John Stanbridge. Title and imprint from STC. Imperfect; consists of leaf B2 and one unsigned leaf only. Leaf B2r, line 1, reads: case As I must goo to the mayster Oporet me ire. Unsigned leaf, recto, ...
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  tHis book is intituled confessio amantis, that is to saye in englysshe the confessyon of the louer maad and compyled by Iohan Gower squyer ...
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Gower, John, 1325?-1408.
  Description:
  In English verse. Title from opening words of text, pi2r. Imprint from colophon. Signatures: pi (pi2-4 signed ij, iij, and iiij respectively) 1 b-z [et] A-B C⁶. The first leaf and the last leaf are blank. Reproduction of ...
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  [Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia] [Wyllyam Caxton]
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  "Thus endeth the legende named in latyn legenda aurea that is to saye in englysshe the golden legende"--p. CCCCxliiii. T.p. lacking?; title suggested by NUC pre-1956 imprints. Attributed to Jacobus de Voragine by STC (2nd ...
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  The prologe of this reuelation
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Adam, of Eynsham, fl. 1196-1232.
  Description:
  Caption title. Translated from the Latin "Visio" written down by Adam, of Eynsham--STC. Imprint from STC. Signatures: [a]-[g] [h]¹⁰ (-[h]10, blank). Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  The book of fame made by Gefferey Chaucer
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
  Description:
  Caption title. Printer's name from colophon; place and date of publication from STC. Edited by William Caxton.--STC. In verse. Signatures: a-d (a1 and d8 are blanks). Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  [Troilus and Criseyde]
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400.
  Description:
  By Geoffrey Chaucer. An edition of: Chaucer, Geoffrey. Troilus and Criseyde. Imprint from STC. Opening line aiir: The double sorow of Troylus to telle. Signatures: a-g h¹⁰ i-o p⁶. Some print faded. Reproduction of the ...
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  Here foloweth the copye of a lettre whyche maistre Alayn Charetier wrote to hys brother ... translated out of frensshe in to englysshe
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Chartier, Alain, 15th cent. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  A translation of: Chartier, Alain. Le curial. Imprint from STC. Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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  The promisse of matrimonie
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  England and Wales. Sovereign (1509-1547 : Henry VIII) and Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
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  Caption title. Printer's name and publication date from STC. "Anti-French propaganda, possibly printed in connection with the opening of parliament on 20 January 1483."--STC. "Sections 1-3; terms of the Treaty of Picquigny, ...
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  The holy appostle and doctour of the peple saynt Poule sayth in his epystle. Alle that is wryten is wryten vnto our doctryne and for our lernyng ...
  Date of publication:
  1483
  

  Author(s):

  Jacobus, de Cassolis, fl. 1288-1322. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  A translation by William Caxton, primarily from a French version by Jean de Vignay, of: Cessolis, Jacobus de. De ludo scachorum. Title from opening words of text, a2r. Imprint from STC; colophon reads "Explicit per Caxton". ...
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  O glorious Ihesu, o mekest Ihesu, o mooste swettest Ihesu, I prayethe that I may haue newe confession, contrition and satisfaction or I dye ...
  Date of publication:
  1484
  

  Author(s):

  Unknown author
  Description:
  Title from first three lines of text. Imprint suggested by STC (2nd ed.). Formerly also STC 6442--Cf. STC (2nd ed.). Reproduction of original in the John Rylands University Library of Manchester.
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  Here begynneth the book of the subtyl historyes and fables of Esope whiche were translated out of Frensshe in to Englysshe by wylliam Caxton at westmynstre in the yere of oure Lorde M. CCCC. lxxxiij
  Date of publication:
  1484
  

  Author(s):

  Aesop. and Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.
  Description:
  Translated by William Caxton. Caption title, a2r. Publication date at colophon reads: M CCCC lxxxiiij Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
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