The golden boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour.

The golden boke of Marcus Aurelius Emperour and eloquent oratour.

Relox de príncipes. English

Londini : [In Paules churcheyarde, at the sygne of the Lambe, by [W. Copland for] Abraham Vele], An. M.D.LVII. [1557]

[568] p. ; (8vo)

A translation of the unauthorised version of: Guevara, Antonio de. Relox de principes.

Actual printer's name from STC; publisher's name from colophon, which reads: Thus endeth the volume of Marke Aurelie .. translated out of Frenche into Englishe by Iohn̄ Bourchier, knyght lorde Barners ..

Signatures: A-Y⁸ 2A-2N⁸ 2O⁴.

Running title reads: Marcus Aurelius.

In this edition, M2r line 4 reads: ^DBB tee ... doyng... to ^DBB.

Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 3:1)

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 12442
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S103520

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 12442

11.1.46. Rebound in brown calf binding, with original calf covers (with gilt and blind decoration), retained; on covers: a gilt roundel block contains the arms of Robert Dudley, flanked by separately tooled initials 'R. D.' See F. Bearman. Fine and Historic Bookbindings from the Folger, pp. 54-5. Manuscript notes. Imperfect: wanting gatherings A-E and leaves F1 and F8. Provenance: Earl of Leicester copy; bookplate of Cunliffe (motto 'fideliter'); bought by Folger at Sotheby sale, 13 May 1946:234