Ariosto (Lodovico): Satyres in Seven Famous Discourses ... in English by Garvis Markham [Robert Tofte], London, by Nicholas Okes for Roger Jackson, 1608, sm. 4to, first edition in English (first 10 leaves frayed, some creasing of corners, final leaves rather browned), contemporary limp vellum (worn), morocco-backed slipcase [STC 744] -- Guevara (Antonio de): Golden Epistless, contayning varieties of discourse ... gathered ... by Geffrey Fenton, newly corrected and amended, London, by Ralph Newberie, 1582, sm. 4to, printed in black letter, woodcut title border (F7 holed with light loss, some old stains, occasional annotations in an early hand), 19th-century dark blue morocco, gilt, by Hammond for Stibbs. [STC 10796] (2)

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Ariosto (Lodovico): Satyres in Seven Famous Discourses ... in English by Garvis Markham [Robert Tofte], London, by Nicholas Okes for Roger Jackson, 1608, sm. 4to, first edition in English (first 10 leaves frayed, some creasing of corners, final leaves rather browned), contemporary limp vellum (worn), morocco-backed slipcase [STC 744] -- Guevara (Antonio de): Golden Epistless, contayning varieties of discourse ... gathered ... by Geffrey Fenton, newly corrected and amended, London, by Ralph Newberie, 1582, sm. 4to, printed in black letter, woodcut title border (F7 holed with light loss, some old stains, occasional annotations in an early hand), 19th-century dark blue morocco, gilt, by Hammond for Stibbs. [STC 10796] (2)

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Ariosto's Seven Satires, written in 1514, were much read in England. The attribution of this translation to Markham was a fiction by the publisher, Roger Jackson. The translater was actually Robert Tofte. Guevara's epistles were translated by Sir Geoffrey Fenton (1539-1608).

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