Rare Books

The dictes and sayings of the philosophers

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Description: Lord Rivers' translation of Tignonville's French version of the Dicta philosophorum, a collection of sayings of wise men, originally compiled in Arabic.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1901]
Call number: 642218
Creator: Mubashshir ibn Fātik, Abū al-Wafāʼ (active 11th century)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller, July 2023.
Restrictions: Unopened pages. Requires curatorial review to cut pages.
Dimensions: 29 cm
Associated people: Guillaume, (-1414.); Caxton, William, (approximately 1422-1491 or 1492.); Rivers, Anthony Woodville, (1442?-1483,); Booth, George G. (1864-1949,)
Associated organization: Cranbrook Press,
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