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The French academie : wherein is discoursed the institution of maners, and whatsoever else concerneth the good and happie life of all estates and callings by precepts of doctrine, and examples of the lives of ancient sages and famous men / by Peter de la Primaudaye ... ; translated into English by T.B.

Accession number
PML 37282
Creator
La Primaudaye, Pierre de, approximately 1545-
Published
Londini : [Printed at Eliot's Court Press], impensis Geor. Bishop, 1602.
Credit line
Gift of Roland L. Redmond, 1942.
Notes
Identification of printer from STC.
T.B. is Thomas Bowes. Cf. ESTC.
Title page within woodcut border; woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces.
Signatures: A-3C⁸ 3D⁶.
With side- and shoulder-notes.
Identified as STC 768:01 on UMI microfilm.
Description
[28], 757, [11] pages ; 20 cm (4to)
Inscriptions/Markings
Annotations: List of virtues by Henry Oxinden (inside rear cover).
Provenance
Richard Oxinden (1588-1629), of Little Maydekin in Barham, Kent, inscription (leaf A1r); Henry Oxinden (1609-1670), inscriptions and cypher (inside front cover and A1r); unidentified shelf mark: W376 (inside front cover); Pierpont Morgan Library, gift of Roland L. Redmond, 1942.
Binding
17th-century limp vellum with fore-edge (Yapp) extensions, sewn on 4 supports. 2 ties missing.
Classification
Department