| Other author/creator | Cicero, Marcus Tullius. Laelius de amicitia. English. |
| Other author/creator | Buonaccorso, da Montemagno, ca. 1391-1429, De vera nobilitate. English. |
| Other author/creator | Worcester, John Tiptoft, Earl of, 1427-1470. |
| Other author/creator | Worcester, William, 1415-1482?, attributed name. |
| Other author/creator | Scrope, Stephen, d. 1472, attributed name. |
| Uniform title | Cato maior de senectute. English |
| Variant title |
Cato Major de senectute. |
| Variant title |
Here begynneth the prohemye upon the reducynge, both out of latyn as of frensshe in to our englyssh tongue, of the polytyque book named Tullius de senectute. |
| Series |
Early English books online. ^A888680
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| General note | Colophon, i3r, reads: Thus endeth the boke of Tulle of olde age translated out of latyn in to frenshe by laurence de primo facto [i.e. Laurent de Premierfaict] at the comaundement of the noble prynce Lowys Duc of Burbon, and enprynted by me symple persone William Caxton in to Englysshe at the playsir solace and reuerence of men growyng in to olde age the xii day of August the yere of our lord. M.CCCC.lxxxj:. |
| General note | The translation of this first work has been attributed to William Worcester and to Stephen Scrope. |
| General note | Signatures: 1⁶ a⁶ b-h i⁴; ² a-f. |
| General note | The first leaf is blank. |
| General note | Quires ² a-f have caption title "Here foloweth the said Tullius de Amicicia translated in to onr [sic] maternall Englissh tongue by the noble famous Erle, the Erle of wurcestre ..". Caption title, ² d5r, "Here foloweth the argument of the declamacyon, which laboureth to shewe. wherin honoure sholde reste:". The "declamacyon" is a translation (also by John Tiptoft, Earl of Worcester) of "De vera nobilitate" by Buonaccorso, da Montemagno. Quires ² a-f lack a dated colophon. |
| General note | Reproductions of the original in the British Library. |
| General note | Appears at reel 11 and at reel 1571 (same copy filmed twice). |
| General note | Item at 11:28 incorrectly labelled STC 5275 in reel guide. |
| References |
STC (2nd ed.) 5293. |
| Citation/References note |
Needham, P. Printer & the pardoner, Cx 45. |
| Citation/References note |
Duff 103. |
| Citation/References note |
GW 6992. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 11:27, 11:28, 1571:04) |
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