Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earle of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes.
1636
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Title
Precepts, or, Directions for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life, through the whole course thereof: left by William, Lord Burghly, to his sonne, at his death, who was sometimes Lord Treasurer of this kingdome. Also some other precepts and advertisements added, which sometimes was the iewell and delight of the right Honourable Lord and father to his country Francis, Earle of Bedford, deceased. In two bookes.
Uniform title
Certaine precepts
De duodecim abusivis saeculi. English.
De duodecim abusivis saeculi. English.
Created/published
London : Printed [by Thomas Harper] for Thomas Iones, and are to be sold at his shop in the Strand, neare Yorke House, 1636.
Description
[14], 144, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; (8vo)
Associated name
Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430, attributed name.
Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430, attributed name.
Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage, attributed name.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
An expanded version of: Certaine precepts.
Printer's name from colophon.
In two parts; pagination and register are continuous.
"A glasse wherein those enormities and foule abuses may most evidently bee seen, which are the destruction and overthrow of every Christian common-wealth", a translation of "De duodecim abusivis saeculi", sometimes attributed to St. Augustine and to St. Cyprian, has separate dated title page; reprinted from STC 84.5.
Signatures: A-K⁸ L⁴.
Last leaf is blank.
Printer's name from colophon.
In two parts; pagination and register are continuous.
"A glasse wherein those enormities and foule abuses may most evidently bee seen, which are the destruction and overthrow of every Christian common-wealth", a translation of "De duodecim abusivis saeculi", sometimes attributed to St. Augustine and to St. Cyprian, has separate dated title page; reprinted from STC 84.5.
Signatures: A-K⁸ L⁴.
Last leaf is blank.
ESTC staff note
"De duodecim abusionum gradibus" = "De duodecim abusivis saeculi". Copy catalogued tightly bound, with considerable loss of print.
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
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), 4899
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118517
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118517
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 4899 copy 1
Folger-specific note
cs1561. Calf binding, with initials; 'SR T B' stamped in gilt on both covers, remains of ties. Lacking blank. Provenance: signatures of Gobert Barrington; Britwell Court library copy
Call number
STC 4899 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH50/1. Lacking blank. Wormed; some lower margins shaved. Manuscript shelf mark on front free endpaper. Provenance: armorial bookplate of Francis Fulford, Fulford, Devon, 1699; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 4899 copy 3
Folger-specific note
4/5/47. Side margins trimmed, slightly affecting text. Slightly stained. Bound with: Naunton, R. Fragmenta regalia ... 1653 (N253) and Bacon, Francis. Felicity of Queen Elizabeth. London, 1651 (B297)