The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentlema[n]. By Henry Peacham. Mr. of Arts sometime of Trinity Coll: in Cambridge.
1622
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Title
The compleat gentleman : fashioning him absolute in the most necessary & commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie that may be required in a noble gentlema[n]. By Henry Peacham. Mr. of Arts sometime of Trinity Coll: in Cambridge.
Created/published
[London] : Anno 1622 Imprinted at London [by John Legat] for Francis Constable, and are to bee sold at his shop at the white lio[n] in Paules churchyard, [1622]
Description
[14], 124, 129-162, 161-172, [1], 170-211, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; (4to)
Associated name
Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643, author.
Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 1590-1627, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Delaram, Francis, 1589 or 1590-1627, printmaker.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
Title page is engraved and signed "Fr. Delaram. sculp. Anno 1622".
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁴(A1 + chi1) B-V⁴ X⁴(-X4+'X4'.'X5') Y⁴(Y4+'Y4'.'Y5') Z-2D⁴ 2E².
First leaf is blank.
The page after the first 172 is numbered 166.
X4 is replaced by cancel fold X4.5; another fold ²Y4.5 inserted after ¹Y4. Variant: with cancellandum X4.
Stationers' register: Entered 3 July [1622]
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A⁴(A1 + chi1) B-V⁴ X⁴(-X4+'X4'.'X5') Y⁴(Y4+'Y4'.'Y5') Z-2D⁴ 2E².
First leaf is blank.
The page after the first 172 is numbered 166.
X4 is replaced by cancel fold X4.5; another fold ²Y4.5 inserted after ¹Y4. Variant: with cancellandum X4.
Stationers' register: Entered 3 July [1622]
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Copy 1 Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2006. "Noyses, sounds, and sweet aires" (catalog entry 69)
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 19502
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 787
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114333
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 787
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S114333
Linked resources
Selected image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19502 copy 1 - selections only.
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19502 copy 3: "Marks in Manuals", The Collation (16 April 2020)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library STC 19502 copy 3: "Marks in Manuals", The Collation (16 April 2020)
Genre/form
Annotations.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 19502 copy 1
Folger-specific note
2/27/39. Calf binding with blind-tooling, marbled edges. Arms are hand-colored. Lacking blank. Bound with: Peacham, Henry. Graphice. London, 1612 (STC 19507 copy 1). Provenance: G.E.P. Arkwright copy
Call number
STC 19502 copy 2
Folger-specific note
HH161/22. Calf binding with blind-tooling and gilt fillets, marbled edges, and with binder's ticket of H. Faulkner ... Adelphi. Lacking blank. Bound with: Peacham, Henry. The gentlemans exercise. London, 1612 (STC 19508 copy 2). Provenance: bookplate of Raikes Currie; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 19502 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs295. Sprinkled sheep binding. T.p. cut, mounted, and colored. Lacking blank. A few manuscript notes