A myrroure for magistrates. : Wherein may be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperitie is founde, even of those, whom fortune seemeth most highly to fauour. Anno. 1559.
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A myrroure for magistrates. : Wherein may be seen by example of other, with howe greuous plages vices are punished: and howe frayle and vnstable worldly prosperitie is founde, even of those, whom fortune seemeth most highly to fauour. Anno. 1559.
Uniform title
Mirrour for magistrates. Part 3.
Created/published
Londini : In aedibus Thomae Marshe, [1559]
Description
[5], lxxxv, [1] leaves ; (4to)
Associated name
Baldwin, William, approximately 1518-1563?
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium.
Note
Running title: A myrrour for magistrates
Anonymous. By William Baldwin and others.
In verse.
A continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes", which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum".
A revised edition of: A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of King Richard the seconde, have been unfortunate in the realme of England.
The first two parts of "A mirror for magistrates" were written by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset respectively; this third part was in fact written before the others.
With a final colophon and errata leaf.
Stationers' register: Entered 1558-59.
Anonymous. By William Baldwin and others.
In verse.
A continuation of John Lydgate's "The fall of princes", which is a translation of Giovanni Boccaccio's "De casibus illustrium virorum".
A revised edition of: A memorial of suche princes, as since the tyme of King Richard the seconde, have been unfortunate in the realme of England.
The first two parts of "A mirror for magistrates" were written by John Higgins and Thomas Blenerhasset respectively; this third part was in fact written before the others.
With a final colophon and errata leaf.
Stationers' register: Entered 1558-59.
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2000. Fortune (catalog entry 13)
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), 1247
Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies., 4(b)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 730
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104522
Case, A.E. Poetical miscellanies., 4(b)
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 730
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S104522
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 1247
Folger-specific note
214618. Lacking first gathering and last leaf (colophon); F4 torn, affecting text. T.p. supplied in manuscript, thought to be transcribed by Edmond Malone. Provenance: Edmond Malone copy (?)