The English secretorie, or, Methode of vvriting of epistles and letters : with a declaration of such tropes, figures and schemes as either vsually, or for ornament sake are therein required. Also the parts and office of a secretorie. Diuided into two bookes. Now newly reuised, and in many parts corrected and amended: by Angel Day.
1621
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Title
The English secretorie, or, Methode of vvriting of epistles and letters : with a declaration of such tropes, figures and schemes as either vsually, or for ornament sake are therein required. Also the parts and office of a secretorie. Diuided into two bookes. Now newly reuised, and in many parts corrected and amended: by Angel Day.
Uniform title
English secretorie
Created/published
London : Printed by Thomas Snodham, [1621]
Description
[8], 147, p. 147, 133, [7] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Day, Angel, active 1575-1595, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
"The second part of the English secretorie" has caption title on L3r; pagination is separate. "A declaration of all such tropes and figures or schemes as for excellencie and ornament in writing, are especially vsed in this methode" has separate title page dated 1621; pagination and register are continuous.
Signatures: A⁴ B-T⁸.
Identified as STC 6407a on UMI microfilm reel 780.
Signatures: A⁴ B-T⁸.
Identified as STC 6407a on UMI microfilm reel 780.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 2004-2005. Letterwriting in Renaissance England (catalog entry 14)
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), 6406.5
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118106
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S118106
Includes
Declaration of all such tropes and figures or schemes as for excellencie and ornament in writing, are especially vsed in this methode
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 6407.2
Folger-specific note
HH67/12.Lacks leaves T6-8. Provenance: Harmsworth copy