A forme of Christian pollicie drawne out of French by Geffray Fenton. A worke very necessary to al sorts of people generally, as wherein is contayned doctrine, both vniuersall, and special touching the institution of al Christian profession: and also conuenient perticularly for all magistrates and gouernours of common weales, for their more happy regiment according to God.

A forme of Christian pollicie drawne out of French by Geffray Fenton. A worke very necessary to al sorts of people generally, as wherein is contayned doctrine, both vniuersall, and special touching the institution of al Christian profession: and also conuenient perticularly for all magistrates and gouernours of common weales, for their more happy regiment according to God.

Police chrestienne. English

Imprinted at London : By H. Middelton for Rafe Newbery, dwelling in Fleetestreat a little aboue the Conduit, Anno. 1574.

[16], 352 [i.e. 408] p. ; (4to)

Translation of: Talpin, Jean. La police chrestienne.

Numerous errors in pagination.

Variant: title page has "gathered out of French".

Signatures: [par.]⁴ 2[par.]-3[par.]² A-Z⁴ [et]⁴ [con]⁴ 2A-2V⁴ 3A-3F⁴.

Signatures from DFo.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 10793a
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S101953

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 10793a

HH85/23. Manuscript notes: chapter numbers added in margin of 'Table'. Variant title page. Sig. V misfolded: 3,4,1,2; wormed. Bound at end are sigs. S2 and S3 of Gesner, Konrad. A new booke of destillatyon, 1565, previously used as endpapers. Provenance: inscription on [par.]2r: 'R.M.'; bookplate of George Kenyon of Peel (motto "Magnanimiter crucem sustine"); Hodgson sale, 5 December 1930:414; collated by E. M. D. [Dring] at Quaritch; Harmsworth copy