The counseller : a treatise of counsels and counsellers of princes / written in Spanish by Bartholomew Phillip, doctor of the ciuill and cannon lawe ; Englished by I.T. graduate in Oxford.
Filippe, Bartholomeu. author.; Thorie, John, 1568- translator.; Wolfe, John, -1601, printer.; Charlewood, John, -1592, printer.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914, former owner.; Ormsby Gore (Family : Barons of Harlech : Wales), former owner.; Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library, former owner.
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Title
The counseller : a treatise of counsels and counsellers of princes / written in Spanish by Bartholomew Phillip, doctor of the ciuill and cannon lawe ; Englished by I.T. graduate in Oxford.
Uniform title
Tractado del conseio y delos consejeros delos principes. English
Created/published
London : Printed by Iohn Wolfe, 1589.
Description
[12], 191, [1] p. ; 20 cm (4to)
Associated name
Filippe, Bartholomeu. author.
Thorie, John, 1568- translator.
Wolfe, John, -1601, printer.
Charlewood, John, -1592, printer.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914, former owner.
STC 10753 copy 4 Ormsby Gore (Family : Barons of Harlech : Wales), former owner.
Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library, former owner.
Thorie, John, 1568- translator.
Wolfe, John, -1601, printer.
Charlewood, John, -1592, printer.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Wright, William Aldis, 1831-1914, former owner.
STC 10753 copy 4 Ormsby Gore (Family : Barons of Harlech : Wales), former owner.
Trinity College (University of Cambridge). Library, former owner.
Note
I.T. = John Thorie.
Translation of: Tractado del consejo y de los consejeros de los principes.
Also printed by J. Charlewood (STC) "Wolfe app[arently]. pr[inted]. only the 1st quire".
Stationers' register: Entered 4 April [1589].
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ A-2A⁴.
Errata: leaf [superscript pi]A6 recto.
Translation of: Tractado del consejo y de los consejeros de los principes.
Also printed by J. Charlewood (STC) "Wolfe app[arently]. pr[inted]. only the 1st quire".
Stationers' register: Entered 4 April [1589].
Signatures: [superscript pi]A⁶ A-2A⁴.
Errata: leaf [superscript pi]A6 recto.
Bibliography, etc.
Includes bibliographical references and a name index.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, S101905
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 10753
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 10753
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London, -- publication place.
Item Details
Call number
STC 10753 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH85/5. Diced Russia leather, with spine lettered in gilt: 'The Counsell. Barth Phillip. London . 1589'; paper label on spine numbered: '34/3'. Manuscript notes: bibliographical note on front flyleaf. Provenance: inscriptions on t.p.: 'W. Temple' and initials of W. Herbert, with citation to Ames; anonymous armorial bookplate (motto 'Si deus pro nobis quis contra nos')[i.e. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex]; bookplate of Michael Tomkinson, Franche Hall Worcestershire (motto 'Sperans pergo'); Sotheby sale, 5 April 1922:700; collated by E. Talbot at Quaritch, 7 April 1922; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 10753 copy 2
Folger-specific note
cs584. Vellum binding, with rules and center ornaments in gilt; remnants of ties. Wormed and stained. Provenance: bought by Folger in 1913 from Barnard Catalogue 81:66
Call number
STC 10753 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs653. Vellum binding, with visible holes for ties; red leather label on spine lettered in gilt: 'Phillip's Counsels 1589'. Provenance: bookplate of William Aldis Wright, Trinity College Cambridge; Hodgson sale of W. A. Wright books, 9 April 1915:80
Call number
STC 10753 copy 4
Folger-specific note
Annotated throughout in an early hand in Spanish and English (some cropping at fore-edges), by a reader commenting on, cross-referencing, and occasionally translating the Spanish original. In a late 19th-century inboard leather (mottled calf) binding with gold filleting; marbled endpapers; edges red. Acquired from Bonhams (sale 24150, of Lord Harlech's property: lot 298), 2017-03-30.
Folger accession
270072