• Doctrinal of sapience

Uniform title:

• Doctrinal de sapience. English (Middle English)

Alternative:

• Doctrinal of sapyence.

Publisher:

• Westminster : William Caxton, [after 7 May 1489].

Format:

• Book

Date:

• 1489

Extent:

• 92 leaves : ill. (woodcuts) ; 25.1 x 17.7 cm (folio).

Language:

• English, Middle (1100-1500)

Description:

• Colophon: Thus endeth the doctrinal of sapyence the whyche is ryght vtile and prouffytable to alle crysten men, whyche is translated out of Frenshe in to englysshe by wyllyam Caxton at westmestter fynysshed the. vij. day of may the yere of our lord, M,cccc lxxx ix Caxton me fieri fecit.
• Signatures: A-I⁸ K-L¹⁰.

Former owner:

• Mussell, Ebenezer
• Ratcliffe, John
• Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782

Bookseller:

• Christie, Manson & Woods

Call number:

• 44.9
• Electronic Resource

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9951413063506421

Subject:

• Christian education—Early works to 1800
• Conduct of life—Early works to 1900
• Christian life—Catholic authors—Early works to 1800
• Theology, Doctrinal—Early works to 1800

Collections:

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

Available online:

• Digital content