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The golden booke, of Marcus Aurelius Emperour, and eloquent oratour. 1566.

Guevara, Antonio de, -1545? author.; Berners, John Bourchier, Baron, 1466 or 1467-1533.
1566
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Title
The golden booke, of Marcus Aurelius Emperour, and eloquent oratour. 1566.
Uniform title
Relox de príncipes. English
Created/published
Imprynted at London : By Iohn Audeley, dwellying in litle Britaine streete, beyonde Aldersgate, [1566]
Description
[568] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Guevara, Antonio de, -1545? author.
Berners, John Bourchier, Baron, 1466 or 1467-1533.
Note
A translation of the unauthorised version of: Guevara, Antonio de. Relox de principes.

Translator's name from colophon, which reads: Thus endeth thys volume of Marke Aurelye .. translated out of Frenche into Englyshe by Iohn Bourchier, knight lorde Barners ..

Imprimatur at foot of title: Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

Signatures: A-Y⁸ 2A-2N⁸ 2O⁴.

A reissue, with quires A-E reset, of STC 12445, which has "Awdeley" in the imprint.

In this edition, M2r line 4 reads: tye...to; B1r line 2 ends: shall.
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), 12445a
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S103526
Genre/form
Printing privileges.
Imprimaturs.
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 12445a
Folger-specific note
cs480. Manuscript notes on t.p. Imperfect: wanting sig. 2O4 (colophon leaf), supplied in photostat from another copy; last leaf mended; copy stained. Provenance: inscriptions on t.p.: 'W. Foulis 1662' and 'Thomas Edwa[rds]'; Anderson sale of Louis J. Haber library, December 1909:1172

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