Here fynyssheth the boke yf [sic] Eneydos / compyled by Vyrgyle, which hathe be translated oute of latyne in to frenshe, and oute of frenshe reduced in to Englysshe by me wyll[ia]m Caxton, the xxij. daye of Iuyn. the yere of our lorde. M.iiij. Clxxxx. The fythe yere of the regne of kynge Henry the seuenth.
Alternate Title(s):
Here fynyssheth the boke of Eneydos
Published / Created:
[Westminster] : [William Caxton], [not before 23 June 1490]
Physical Description:
[172] p. ; 26 cm (fol.)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
A translation of a French version by Guillaume Le Roy of an Italian paraphrase of parts of the "Aeneid" by Virgil and "De casibus illustrium virorum" by Giovanni Boccaccio.
Subject Terms:
Brereton, Joseph, 1719–1787 -- Bookplate. | Dysart, William John Tollemache, 1859–1935 -- Provenance. | Incunabula in Yale Library.
Form/Genre:
Printer's marks. | Woodcuts.
Contributors:
Caxton, William, approximately 1422–1491 or 1492, printer, translator. | Free translation of (work): Virgil. Aeneis. | Free translation of (work): Le Roy, Guillaume, active 1473–1493. Livre de Eneydes. | Free translation of (work): Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313–1375. De casibus virorum illustrium.