Those fyue questions, which Marke Tullye Cicero, disputed in his manor of Tusculanum: written afterwardes by him, in as manye bookes, to his frende, and familiar Brutus, in the Latine tounge. And nowe, oute of the same translated, & englished, by Iohn Dolman, studente and felowe of the Inner Temple. 1561.
1561
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Title
Those fyue questions, which Marke Tullye Cicero, disputed in his manor of Tusculanum: written afterwardes by him, in as manye bookes, to his frende, and familiar Brutus, in the Latine tounge. And nowe, oute of the same translated, & englished, by Iohn Dolman, studente and felowe of the Inner Temple. 1561.
Uniform title
Tusculanae disputationes. English
Created/published
Imprinted at Londo[n] : In Flete-strete nere to S. Dunstons church by Thomas Marshe, [1561]
Description
[448] p. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Note
Signatures: [par.]⁸ B-Z⁸ ²A-E⁸.
With two final errata leaves.
Stationers' register: Entered 11 May 1561.
With two final errata leaves.
Stationers' register: Entered 11 May 1561.
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), 5317
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107988
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107988
Genre/form
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Call number
STC 5317 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs294. Plain calf binding, remains of clasps. T.p. mended; headlines slightly trimmed; stained. Manuscript notes. Provenance: signatures of W. Lockton, 1634 and Robert Morris 1730
Call number
STC 5317 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs363. Lacking I4,5; I3 mutilated. Manuscript notes. Pages numbered in ink. Provenance: inscription of R. Farmer, 1785 (Richard Farmer)
Call number
FAST ACC 272050
Folger-specific note
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Purchase made possible by The Richard J. Kuhta Fund for Library Acquisitions.
From dealer's description: "CICERO, Marcus Tullius. THOSE FYVE QUESTIONS, which Marke Tullye Cicero, disputed in his Manor of Tusculanum: written afterwardes by him, in as many bookes, to his frende, and familiar Brutus, in the Latine tounge. And nowe, out of the same translated, & englished, by John Dolman, studente and felowe of the Inner Temple. 1561. Imprinted at Londo[n] in Flete-streete nere to S. Dunstons churche by Thomas Marshe. [1561]. Small 8vo (132 x 82mm), ff. [224], but wanting leaves S1 and S8 (modern photofacsimiles of the recto of each leaf loosely inserted); with a later (French) portait of Cicero as frontispiece; in black letter throughout; title page a little browned, else a good copy, rebound in the late 17th or early 18th century in black morocco, panelled in blind, titled in gilt on spine; marbled endpapers, black edges. Sole edition of this translation of Cicero’s Tusculanae disputationes by John Dolman. This appears to be the only work published independently by Dolman, although he did contribute a tragedy to the edition of the Mirror for Magistrates of 1563. From a prosperous family of Newbury clothiers, Dolman was educated at Oxford, where he came under the influence of John Jewel, later Bishop of Salisbury: he dedicates this book to his old mentor. After university he joined the Inner Temple, as the title page here attests, although he was not called to the bar until 1570/1 – perhaps because, as the dedication shows, he was more delighted with learning than with the law. The translation of this book was undertaken as a farewell to a book with which ‘I was neuer more delighted ... except it were the sacred volume of the holye Scriptures’. This copy is incomplete, lacking two leaves of text, although it does have the two leaves of errata (with the colophon) at the very end. S1 and S8 may have been missing for at least three centuries, as there is no sign that they were there when the book was rebound; and it is possible that they were never there at all. STC 5317.
From dealer's description: "Provenance. Early and quite distinctive inscription on title of ‘Ric. Stonley’ on the title page. This is Richard Stonley (c. 1520-1600), one of four Tellers of the Exchequer throughout almost all of Elizabeth’s reign: he gained the office in 1554, and only finally relinquished it in 1598. He was probably no more corrupt than the average civil servant in Tudor England, but he succumbed to temptation and regularly borrowed money from the crown’s revenues, in order to fund purchases of land; and when he was found out, was unable to repay what he had taken. Nevertheless, as an MP he was able to prevaricate for many years and he was not finally compelled to face reality until the late 1580s, and even then he was allowed much latitude to sell land in order to settle his debts – pursued all the while by his nemesis, Lord Burghley. By 1597 he was in prison, owing assessed as owing £12,000. Stonley is more important, however, for his diary. He probably kept it continuously for many years, but only three volumes now survive: those for 1581-2, 1593-4 and 1597-8 (all, since 1973, in the Folger Shakespeare Library). These are not only informative about his daily life, thoughts and religious practices: they also record his reading and book purchases, of which the most notable was a copy of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis, purchased on 12 June 1593 – the very first record of any book by Shakespeare having been purchased. He thus becomes an accidental, but presumably representative, character in the story of Shakespeare’s early reception by the reading public. Stonley’s diary has been transcribed by Alan Nelson for the Folger’s website. Unfortunately, and predictably, there is no mention of his having bought this book – but then, the diary only covers a very small proportion of his long life. However, in 1597 a full inventory of Stonley’s possessions at his house in Aldersgate was taken, and a detailed list made: it still survives in the National Archives. The full list of the books in the inventory was printed by Leslie Hotson in 1949, and is also available through the Folger’s website, as part of Private Libraries in Renaissance England: the latter adds other books from Stonley’s library that have been actually identified, many of them by Alan Nelson. The unusually full inventory (complete with values for each book) records Stonley as possessing several editions of Cicero, including copies of the De Officiis both in English and in Latin, but none of the Tusculanae disputationes in either language. Apart from those books, whose existence is only known from the inventory, it seems that just 14 books with Stonley’s ownership inscription have been actually located. These are scattered between eleven libraries in the English-speaking world: the Bodleian, Middle Temple, Folger, Glasgow, Yale, Harvard, Toronto, St Andrews and others. The present volume, therefore, is a new addition to Stonley’s known library, and one of only a handful whose actual existence has been verified. Bought: from Smallwood, for £95, in 1983. For the transcript of Stonley’s 1597 inventory, see Leslie Hotson, ‘The library of Elizabeth’s embezzling teller’, in Studies in Bibliography 2 (1949), pp. 49-61; the version in PLRE has many titles more fully identified."
Ordered from Christopher Edwards, D9436, 2021-02-10, List 79, item #70.
Purchase made possible by The Richard J. Kuhta Fund for Library Acquisitions.
From dealer's description: "CICERO, Marcus Tullius. THOSE FYVE QUESTIONS, which Marke Tullye Cicero, disputed in his Manor of Tusculanum: written afterwardes by him, in as many bookes, to his frende, and familiar Brutus, in the Latine tounge. And nowe, out of the same translated, & englished, by John Dolman, studente and felowe of the Inner Temple. 1561. Imprinted at Londo[n] in Flete-streete nere to S. Dunstons churche by Thomas Marshe. [1561]. Small 8vo (132 x 82mm), ff. [224], but wanting leaves S1 and S8 (modern photofacsimiles of the recto of each leaf loosely inserted); with a later (French) portait of Cicero as frontispiece; in black letter throughout; title page a little browned, else a good copy, rebound in the late 17th or early 18th century in black morocco, panelled in blind, titled in gilt on spine; marbled endpapers, black edges. Sole edition of this translation of Cicero’s Tusculanae disputationes by John Dolman. This appears to be the only work published independently by Dolman, although he did contribute a tragedy to the edition of the Mirror for Magistrates of 1563. From a prosperous family of Newbury clothiers, Dolman was educated at Oxford, where he came under the influence of John Jewel, later Bishop of Salisbury: he dedicates this book to his old mentor. After university he joined the Inner Temple, as the title page here attests, although he was not called to the bar until 1570/1 – perhaps because, as the dedication shows, he was more delighted with learning than with the law. The translation of this book was undertaken as a farewell to a book with which ‘I was neuer more delighted ... except it were the sacred volume of the holye Scriptures’. This copy is incomplete, lacking two leaves of text, although it does have the two leaves of errata (with the colophon) at the very end. S1 and S8 may have been missing for at least three centuries, as there is no sign that they were there when the book was rebound; and it is possible that they were never there at all. STC 5317.
From dealer's description: "Provenance. Early and quite distinctive inscription on title of ‘Ric. Stonley’ on the title page. This is Richard Stonley (c. 1520-1600), one of four Tellers of the Exchequer throughout almost all of Elizabeth’s reign: he gained the office in 1554, and only finally relinquished it in 1598. He was probably no more corrupt than the average civil servant in Tudor England, but he succumbed to temptation and regularly borrowed money from the crown’s revenues, in order to fund purchases of land; and when he was found out, was unable to repay what he had taken. Nevertheless, as an MP he was able to prevaricate for many years and he was not finally compelled to face reality until the late 1580s, and even then he was allowed much latitude to sell land in order to settle his debts – pursued all the while by his nemesis, Lord Burghley. By 1597 he was in prison, owing assessed as owing £12,000. Stonley is more important, however, for his diary. He probably kept it continuously for many years, but only three volumes now survive: those for 1581-2, 1593-4 and 1597-8 (all, since 1973, in the Folger Shakespeare Library). These are not only informative about his daily life, thoughts and religious practices: they also record his reading and book purchases, of which the most notable was a copy of Shakespeare’s Venus and Adonis, purchased on 12 June 1593 – the very first record of any book by Shakespeare having been purchased. He thus becomes an accidental, but presumably representative, character in the story of Shakespeare’s early reception by the reading public. Stonley’s diary has been transcribed by Alan Nelson for the Folger’s website. Unfortunately, and predictably, there is no mention of his having bought this book – but then, the diary only covers a very small proportion of his long life. However, in 1597 a full inventory of Stonley’s possessions at his house in Aldersgate was taken, and a detailed list made: it still survives in the National Archives. The full list of the books in the inventory was printed by Leslie Hotson in 1949, and is also available through the Folger’s website, as part of Private Libraries in Renaissance England: the latter adds other books from Stonley’s library that have been actually identified, many of them by Alan Nelson. The unusually full inventory (complete with values for each book) records Stonley as possessing several editions of Cicero, including copies of the De Officiis both in English and in Latin, but none of the Tusculanae disputationes in either language. Apart from those books, whose existence is only known from the inventory, it seems that just 14 books with Stonley’s ownership inscription have been actually located. These are scattered between eleven libraries in the English-speaking world: the Bodleian, Middle Temple, Folger, Glasgow, Yale, Harvard, Toronto, St Andrews and others. The present volume, therefore, is a new addition to Stonley’s known library, and one of only a handful whose actual existence has been verified. Bought: from Smallwood, for £95, in 1983. For the transcript of Stonley’s 1597 inventory, see Leslie Hotson, ‘The library of Elizabeth’s embezzling teller’, in Studies in Bibliography 2 (1949), pp. 49-61; the version in PLRE has many titles more fully identified."
Ordered from Christopher Edwards, D9436, 2021-02-10, List 79, item #70.
Folger accession
272050