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The letters of Mounsieur de Balzac. Translated into English, according to the last edition. By W.T. Esq.

Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de, 1597-1654, author.; Tyrwhit, William.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
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Title
The letters of Mounsieur de Balzac. Translated into English, according to the last edition. By W.T. Esq.
Uniform title
Correspondence. English. Book 1
Created/published
London : Printed by Nicholas Okes, for Richard Clotterbuck, and are to be sold at his shop, at the Ball in Little-Brittaine, 1634.
Description
[24], 80, 83-401 [i.e. 410], [4] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Balzac, Jean-Louis Guez de, 1597-1654, author.
Tyrwhit, William.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
A translation of: Epistolarum liber unus.

Translator's dedication signed: William Tirwhyt.

With two final contents leaves.

P. 410 misnumbered 401.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ A⁴ a⁴ B-3F⁴ 3G².

Imprimatur on leaf a4v: Perlegi hunc librum ... Gulielmus Haywood. Capellan: domest. Archiep. Cantuar.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
RPM 10/17/96
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 12452
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S103512
Genre/form
Printing privileges.
Imprimaturs.
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 12452 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH19/11. Vellum binding, with rules and ornaments in gilt; with visible holes for ties. Provenance: bookplate of the Earl of Guilford, Wroxton Abey (motto 'La Vertu est la seule noblesse'); Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 12452 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Manuscript markings. Copy badly stained. Provenance: inscription on front endpaper: 'Arthur J. Munby...Inner Temple 1865'; bookplates of Munby (motto 'virtus tutamen suum') and W. T. Smedley
Call number
STC 12452 copy 3
Folger-specific note
1.16.40. Vellum binding, with visible holes for ties. Manuscript notes: full page of bibliographical notes on front fly-leaf, signed 'M. Haslitt, 1862'. Copy stained. Provenance: inscription inside back cover: 'Arthur Brewer'; W. C. Hazlitt copy; bookseller's label: Myers & Co., 102 New Bond Street London, W. 1