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The arte of rhetorike : for the use of all suche as are studious of eloquence / sette foorth in Englishe, by Thomas Wilson, 1553 ; and now newly set forth againe, with a prologue to the reader, 1567.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rhetoric--Early works to 1800.
- Rhetoric.
- Oratory--Early works to 1800.
- Oratory.
- Penn Provenance:
- Place, Edward (autograph)
- Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (bookplate) (honoree)
- Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor)
- Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 225 pages, 11 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Arte of rhetorique
- Place of Publication:
- Imprinted at London : By Ihon Kingston, 1584.
- Notes:
- Numerous errors in paging.
- Title within woodcut border (McK. & F. no. 117, with side panels transposed); woodcut initials, head-piece and tail-pieces.
- "Includes 'An epistle to perswade a yong gentleman to mariage, deuised by Erasmus', D4v-E8v, a translation of 'Matrimonii encomium' (not the same as that in STC 10492)."--ESTC.
- Printed marginalia.
- Identified as Early English books, 1475-1640; 403:1 on UMI microfilm.
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. notes and marginal marks in ink or pencil.
- Cited in:
- STC (2nd ed.) 25805
- ESTC S120094
- OCLC:
- 22787147
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