The essayes, or, Morall, politike and millitarie discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne ... / first written by him in French, and now done into English by ... Iohn Florio.; Essayes; Morall, politike and millitarie discourses of Lo. Michaell de Montaigne
Creator:
Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.
Timespan:
1603
Date:
1603
Description:
This copy lacks correction slip over word 'towns,' line 25 of B1r.; Penn Libraries copy has covers detached; leaves closely cropped at outer margins with damage to many side-notes; a few wormholes in bottom margin throughout; title leaf and leaves A2, A3, [par.]1, and B1-B3 mended at bottom and inner margins; leaves A4-A8, [par.]2, B6 and C1 mended at inner margin.
Paul, John Dennis (label); Parnther, John, b. 1706 or 7 (bookplate); Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (honoree); Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor); Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor); Turner, Justin G. (stamp); Justin G. Turner Collection (stamp)
Publisher:
Printed at London : By Val. Sims for Edward Blount ..., 1603.
Florio, John, 1553?-1625.; Simmes, Valentine, active 1585-1622, printer.; Blount, Edward, active 1588-1632, bookseller.
Corporate Name:
STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania); English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Geographic Subject:
England -- London.
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?
Notes:
Translated by John Florio.; In three parts. Book 2 has special dated title page on leaf R1r; book 3 has special dated title page on leaf 2R1r; signatures are continuous.; Signatures: A⁸ [par.]² B-Q⁶ R⁴ S-2P⁶ 2Q-2R⁴ 2S-3I⁶ 3K⁴ [3L]².; Leaf 2Q4 is blank.; "Preliminaries include quire [par.]² following A8. [Par.]1 bears a poem to John Florio; [par.]2 bears errors and omissions; these 2 leaves are frequently lacking."--ESTC.; For collation see Pforzheimer catalogue, I, 362-4.; First word of title is xylographic.; Woodcuts: initials, head- and tail-pieces.; Printed marginalia.; Contains commendatory verses signed Sam: Danyel. "These verses are frequently wanting--the three British Museum copies lack them."--Pforzheimer, I, 363 n.; Errata on last two printed leaves.; Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640; 895:16 on UMI microfilm.
Physical Location:
Folio PQ1642.E5 F6 1603
Collection:
STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania); English Renaissance in Context Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
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