The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton.
Title
The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton.
Alternative Title
Full title: The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton.
Creator
Philippe de Commynes, approximately 1447-1511.
Publisher
[London] : Imprinted at London by Ar. Hatfield, for I. Norton
Date
1596
Format
[16], 396, [2] pages : genealogy tables ; 30 cm. (folio)
Description
Translator's dedication signed: Thomas Danett.
With a final errata leaf.
For additional details on copies, see Michael Jones, "The reception of the Memoirs of Philippe de Commynes in early modern Britain" in "1521-2011 Philippe de Commynes" (Geneva: Droz, 2012).
Bound with: Machiavelli, N. The Florentine historie, London, 1595, and La Popelinière, L.-V. The historie of France, London, 1595.
With a final errata leaf.
For additional details on copies, see Michael Jones, "The reception of the Memoirs of Philippe de Commynes in early modern Britain" in "1521-2011 Philippe de Commynes" (Geneva: Droz, 2012).
Bound with: Machiavelli, N. The Florentine historie, London, 1595, and La Popelinière, L.-V. The historie of France, London, 1595.
Provenance
Bookplate of Robert S. Pirie on front pastedown.
Manuscript waste used as binding supports on front and back hinges; remnants of cloth ties
On first fly-leaf, recto: early accounting note (undeciphered)
On first fly-leaf, verso: "John Searle his booke".
On second fly-leaf, recto: early signature of "Walterus fflemynge" and "Gualterus Fleminge" (and other variations)
On second fly-leaf, verso: in small hand: "12s Maye the 21, 1597"; inscription: "Richard Maijor his booke, the gift of his vncle John Serle, 1622"; early signature of "Major Danche"
On A2r: early signature of "L. Stephens, pr. 2s."
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Manuscript waste used as binding supports on front and back hinges; remnants of cloth ties
On first fly-leaf, recto: early accounting note (undeciphered)
On first fly-leaf, verso: "John Searle his booke".
On second fly-leaf, recto: early signature of "Walterus fflemynge" and "Gualterus Fleminge" (and other variations)
On second fly-leaf, verso: in small hand: "12s Maye the 21, 1597"; inscription: "Richard Maijor his booke, the gift of his vncle John Serle, 1622"; early signature of "Major Danche"
On A2r: early signature of "L. Stephens, pr. 2s."
Purchased on the Schulich-Woolf fund.
Contributor
Danett, Thomas, active 1566-1601, translator.
Hatfield, Arnold, -1612, printer.
Norton, John, -approximately 1640, publisher.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Hatfield, Arnold, -1612, printer.
Norton, John, -approximately 1640, publisher.
Schulich-Woolf Collection.
Language
English
Identifier
Dated 1596 .C66 folio
ESTC S107247
STC (2nd ed.), 5602
Pforzheimer, 190
ESTC S107247
STC (2nd ed.), 5602
Pforzheimer, 190
Files
Collection
Citation
Philippe de Commynes, approximately 1447-1511., “The historie of Philip de Commines Knight, Lord of Argenton.,” Schulich-Woolf Rare Book Collection, accessed April 29, 2024, https://schulichwoolf.omeka.net/items/show/93.