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Introduction to wisedome. : Banket of sapience. Preceptes of Agapetus.

Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. author.; Morison, Richard, Sir, -1556.; Paynell, Thomas, active 1528-1567.; Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.; Berthelet, Thomas, active 1520-1555.; Herbert, William, 1718-1795, former owner.; Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Aliquot sententiae insignes. Selections. English.; Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546. Bankette of sapience.; Agapētos. Adhortationes de benè administrando imperio. English.
1563
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Title
Introduction to wisedome. : Banket of sapience. Preceptes of Agapetus.
Uniform title
Ad sapientiam introductio. English
Dicta sapientum. Selections. English.
Created/published
[Imprinted at London] : [in Fletestreete by Tho. Powell], [anno. 1563]
Description
[448] p. ; (16mo)
Associated name
Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540. author.
Morison, Richard, Sir, -1556.
Paynell, Thomas, active 1528-1567.
Taverner, Richard, 1505?-1575.
Berthelet, Thomas, active 1520-1555.
Herbert, William, 1718-1795, former owner.
Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. Aliquot sententiae insignes. Selections. English.
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546. Bankette of sapience.
Agapētos. Adhortationes de benè administrando imperio. English.
Note
A translation by Sir Richard Morison of "Introductio ad sapientiam" by Juan Luis Vives. Also reprints "The bankette of sapience" by Sir Thomas Elyot"; a translation by Thomas Paynell of "Adhortationes de benè administrando imperio" by Agapētos; selections from "Aliquot sententiae insignes" by Desiderius Erasmus, translated by Richard Taverner; and selections from "Dicta sapientum", translated by Thomas Berthelet.

Imprint from colophon.

Signatures: A-2E⁸.

Includes index.

Identified as STC 24850+ on UMI microfilm reel 506.
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), 24850.7
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S111591
Genre/form
Manuscript waste.
Manicules.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 24850.2
Folger-specific note
6/1/44. MS. markings, including manicules. Wormed throughout, affecting text. Bound in contemporary calf; MS. waste spine lining. Provenance: inscribed on front fly-leaves: "William White ow[ne]the me"; "The booke was given me by my uncle Mr James ffrethern [Frethern] the 17th day of October 1658, who told me it was a Booke of my Great Grandfather Mr. William White."; William Herbert copy? (cf. MS. markings beneath colophon: "W.H. 193"); collated [at Quaritch?] by F.W.

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