Barlaam and Josephat

  • 1986
By Caxton, William
1986. Greenbrae: The Allen Press, 1986.

8vo, 53 pp. Blue cloth lettered in rust colored ink on upper cover and backstrip. A fine copy in acetate dust jacket with the original prospectus laid in.

§ Edition of 140 copies. A Christianized telling of the life of the Buddah, translated and first published by William Caxton in the Golden Legend in 1484. Designed, printed, and bound by Lewis and Dorothy Allen.

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Title

Barlaam and Josephat

Author

Caxton, William

Condition

Unknown

Date

1986


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