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06102

Title

Subject

Encyclopedic treatise

Description

William Caxton's earliest publishing venture, the first edition of this encyclopedic Latin treatise "on the properties of things," was printed anonymously, without location or date of publication. The longstanding uncertainty surrounding its origins is reflected by an eighteenth-century inscription at the end this copy.

Creator

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century, Printer of Flores S. Augustini, Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492, and Schilling, Johann, printer.

Source

06102. BARTHOLOMAEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1200–1272). De proprietatibus rerum. [Cologne: Johann Schilling, for William Caxton, c. 1471–72].

Publisher

Bridwell Library Special Collections

Date

Rights

Please cite Bridwell Library Special Collections, SMU, as the source of this file. A high-resolution version of this file may be obtained by contacting Special Collections (bridsc@smu.edu).

Relation

England

Format

Displayed as .jpg

Language

Type

Royal folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century, Printer of Flores S. Augustini, Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492, and Schilling, Johann, printer. , “06102,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 20, 2024, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1287.