06103

Title

Subject

Description

The first English edition of "the propritees of thynges" features a lengthy rhymed postscript that identifies William Caxton as the first printer of this title in Latin at Cologne. This edition is illustrated with woodcuts introducing each of the nineteen books.

Creator

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century, Trevisa, John, –1402, translator, Worde, Wynkyn de, –1534?, printer, Tate, John, papermaker, and Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492.

Source

06103. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1200–1272). De proprietatibus rerum. Translated into English by John Trevisa. [Westminster: Wynkyn de Worde, c. 1496].

Relation

England

Format

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Language

English

Type

Chancery folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century, Trevisa, John, –1402, translator, Worde, Wynkyn de, –1534?, printer, Tate, John, papermaker, and Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492. , “06103,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed June 10, 2026, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1285.