Certaine precepts, or directions, for the well ordering and carriage of a mans life: as also oeconomicall discipline for the gouernment of his house: with a platforme to a good foundation thereof, in the aduised choise of a wife: left by a father to his son at his death, who was sometimes of eminent note and place in this kingdome. And published from a more perfect copy, then ordinary those pocket manuscripts goe warranted by. With some other precepts and sentences of the same nature added: taken from a person of like place, and qualitie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burghley, William Cecil, Baron, 1520-1598.

Series:

Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1405:5.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life--Early works to 1800.

Conduct of life.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, 41 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations, portrait

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by T. C[reede] and B. A[lsop] for Ri. Meighen, and Thom. Iones, and are to be sold at St. Clements Church without Temple Barre, 1617.

Notes:

Anonymous. By William Cecil Burghley.

An edition dated 1616, once recorded at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa., cannot be traced--STC.

Imperfect; tightly bound, with some loss of text.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Photocopy of microfilm. (Early English books, 1475-1640)

Cited in:

STC (2nd ed.) 4897.