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Of wisdom : three books / written originally in French by the Sieur de Charron ; with an account of the author ; made English by George Stanhope ... from the best edition, corrected and enlarged by the author a little before his death.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Swift's Reading Collection BJ1051 .C3513 1697 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Charron, Pierre, 1541-1603.
- Standardized Title:
- De la sagesse. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Ethics--Early works to 1800.
- Ethics.
- Genre:
- Armorial bindings -- 17th century.
- Penn Provenance:
- Vienken, Heinz J. (honoree)
- Elias, Susan Homans (honoree)
- Gower, John Leveson, of Trentham in Stafford Shire Baronet (bookplate)
- Earl Gower (bookplate)
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)
- Other Title:
- Sieur de Charron's Three books of wisedom made English
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for M. Gillyflower, M. Bentley, H. Bonwick, J. Tonson, W. Freeman, T. Goodwin, M. Wotton, J. Walthoe, S. Manship, and R. Parker, 1697.
- Language Note:
- Translation into English of: De la sagesse.
- Notes:
- Added engraved title page, with title: The Sieur de Charron's Three books of wisedom made English.
- Volume 2 title: Of wisdom: the second and third books.
- Pagination: vol. 1: [64], 516; vol. 2: [6], vi, 708 p.
- Title pages within woodcut borders; woodcut initial.
- With side-and shoulder-notes.
- Errata at end of vol. 2.
- Local Notes:
- This title is part of The Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift: a Partial Replication, a collection given to the University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library in 2005 in memory of Susan Homans Elias and in honor of the late Heinz J. Vienken.
- Library's copy with: armorial bookplates of John Leveson Gower of Trentham in Stafford Shire Baronet pasted on verso of t.p.; armorial bookplates from one of the Earls of Gower pasted on front pastedown.
- Binding: full brown calf with coat of arms blind stamped on front cover.
- Cited in:
- Wing (2nd ed., 1994) C3720
- ESTC R2811
- Passmann-Vienken. Swift's Library, I, 395
- OCLC:
- 6969052
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