• Mirror of the world

Uniform title:

• Image du monde. English (Middle English).
• Myrrour of the worlde

Alternative:

• Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde.
• Here begynneth the table of the rubrices of this presente volume named the mirrour of the world or thymage of the same.

Publisher:

• [Westminster : William Caxton, 1481]

Format:

• Book

Date:

• 1481

Extent:

• 100 leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 27.4 x 20.3 cm (folio).

Language:

• English, Middle (1100-1500)

Description:

• Leaf [a6 recto] has title: Hier begynneth the book callid the myrrour of the worlde.
• Leaf [a2 recto] begins: Here begynneth the table of the rubrices of this presente volume named the mirrour of the world or thymage of the same ...
• Translated by William Caxton from a prose version of the Image du monde (or Livre de clergie) attributed by some authorities to Gossuin, by others to Gautier, of Metz. It is derived from various Latin sources, chiefly the Imago mundi, probably comp. by Honorius Solitarius. cf. George Sarton. Introd. to the hist. of science, Washington, 1931, v. 2, p. 591; Image du monde. Caxton's Mirrour of the world, ed. by O.H. Prior, London, 1913, Introd.
• First illustrated book printed in England.
• WHS copy wanting initial blank leaf.

Former owner:

• Thorold, John, Sir, 1734-1815

Bookseller:

• Rosenbach Company

Call number:

• 44.7
• Electronic Resource

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9946070823506421

Subject:

• Geography—Early works to 1800
• Encyclopedias and dictionaries—Early works to 1800
• Illustration of books—15th century—Great Britain

Collections:

• Incunabula at Princeton
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• The Scheide Library
• Treasures of Rare Book Division

Available online:

• Digital content