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ELYOT, Sir Thomas (1490?-1546), translator. The doctrinal of princes made by the noble oratour Isocrates, translated out of Greke in to Englishe by syr Thomas Eliot knight. London: Thomas Berthelet [c. 1550].
Small 8° (132 x 90mm). Collation: A-B8 C4. Woodcut titleborder [McKerrow & Ferguson 30, dated 1534]. 19th-century brown straight-grained morocco gilt, by Bedford, edges gilt. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate.
The second edition. A translation of Isocrates Ad Nicoclem, previously published in 1533, apparently to supplement Elyot's famous treatise, The boke named the Governour. It is in an identical format, with the same titleborder. STC 14279 (records 7 copies, including the present). Of the first edition only 4 copies are known.
Small 8° (132 x 90mm). Collation: A-B8 C4. Woodcut titleborder [McKerrow & Ferguson 30, dated 1534]. 19th-century brown straight-grained morocco gilt, by Bedford, edges gilt. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate.
The second edition. A translation of Isocrates Ad Nicoclem, previously published in 1533, apparently to supplement Elyot's famous treatise, The boke named the Governour. It is in an identical format, with the same titleborder. STC 14279 (records 7 copies, including the present). Of the first edition only 4 copies are known.