The familiar epistles of Sir Antony of Gueuara, preacher, chronicler, and councellour, to the Emperour Charles the fifth : translated out of the Spanish toung, by Edward Hellows, Groome of the Leash : wherin are contained very notable letters, excellent discourses, curious sayings, and most naturall reasons : wherin are contained expositions of certaine figures, authorities of holy scripture, very good to be preached, and better to be followed : wherin are contained declarations of ancient stampes, of writings vpon stones, epitaphes of sepulchres, lawes and customes of Gentils : wherin are contained doctrines, examples, and counsels, for princes, for noble men, for lawyers, and church men; very profitable to be followed, and pleasant to be read.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guevara, Antonio de, -1545?

Contributor:

Hellowes, Edward.

Middleton, Henry, -1587, printer.

Newbery, Ralph, -1604, bookseller.

STC Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Epístolas familiares. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Penn Provenance:

Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912 (honoree)

Furness, Horace Howard, Jr. (donor)

Furness, Louise Brooks Winsor (donor)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, 512, that is, 513 pages, 7 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Familiar epistles of Sir Antony of Guevara, preacher, chronicler, and councellour, to the Emperour Charles the fifth

Place of Publication:

Printed at London : [by Henrie Middelton] for Raufe Newbery ..., [1574]

Language Note:

Translation into English of: Epistolas familiares.

Notes:

Printer's name and publication date from colophon.

With two final contents leaves.

Colophon leaf reads: Imprinted at London by Henrie Middelton, for Rafe Newbery: dwelling in Fleetestreat a little aboue the Conduit. Anno. 1574.

Signatures: [par.]⁴ A-Y⁴ 2A-2Y⁴ 3A-3X⁴.

Page number 512 repeated in sequence.

Title page within ornamental woodcut border; woodcut initials and tail-pieces.

With side- and shoulder-notes.

Often found bound with an edition of "Golden epistles" edited by Sir Geoffrey Fenton.

Identified as STC 300:01 on UMI microfilm.

Local Notes:

Library copy wanting last leaf with colophon (3X4).

With some marginal drawings in black ink or pencil.

Binding: contemporary full vellum.

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 12432

ESTC S103492

OCLC:

228713324