Caton.

Title from incipit (leaf [1]/2r): Here begynneth the prologue or prohemye of the book callid Caton / whiche booke hath ben trnaslated in to Englysshe by Mayster Benet Burgh / late Archedeken of Colchestre and hye chanon of saint stephens at westmestre...
Colophon (leaf i9r): Here fynyssheth this persent book whiche is sayd or called Cathon translated oute of Frensshe in to Englysshe by William Caxton in thabbay of westmynstre the yere of oure lord M CCCC lxxxiii/ And the fyrst yere of the regne of kynge Rychard the thyrd the xxiii day of decembre.
Printed in Caxton's types 2*:135B and 4*:95(100)B.
Printing date based on date of translation and paper stocks.
Signatures: [1]⁶; a-h⁸ i¹⁰: 80 leaves, leaves [1]/1.6, a1, and i10 blank. Leaves [1]/2-3 signed ii and iii. Variant collation--first quire as [*]⁴ (with no blanks)--in BMC.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy with inked impression of fallen type, leaf g4r; see Claire Bolton, "Fallen Type: A Catalogue," Journal of the Printing Historical Society, third series, no. 2 (2021): 29-68, no. FT24.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 27.6 x 19 cm
PML copy missing 3 leaves: [1]/1.6 and a1 (blanks). Heavy worm damage at top gutter, text unaffected. Fallen type (20 x 5 mm) impressed at bottom of leaf g4r and misprint in the last line of g8r (see Bühler, "Caxton variants," 1936).