A discourse of life and death. : VVritten in French by Ph. Mornay. Antonius, a tragoedie written also in French by Ro. Garnier. Both done in English by the Countesse of Pembroke.
1592
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Title
A discourse of life and death. : VVritten in French by Ph. Mornay. Antonius, a tragoedie written also in French by Ro. Garnier. Both done in English by the Countesse of Pembroke.
Uniform title
Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort. English
Marc Antoine. English.
Marc Antoine. English.
Created/published
At London : Printed [by John Windet] for William Ponsonby, 1592.
Description
[106] p. ; (4to)
Associated name
Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623. author.
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621.
Aggas, Edward.
Garnier, Robert, 1544-1590. Marc Antoine. English.
White, William Augustus, 1843-1927, signer.
Pembroke, Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of, 1561-1621.
Aggas, Edward.
Garnier, Robert, 1544-1590. Marc Antoine. English.
White, William Augustus, 1843-1927, signer.
Note
Translations of "Excellent discours de la vie et de la mort" by Philippe de Mornay (apparently edited from Edward Aggas's translation, STC 18136) and "Marc Antoine" by Robert Garnier.
The second work is in verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-E⁴ F⁴(-F1) G-N⁴ O² (E4 signed "F.").
Cancelled F1 contained a defective setting of the text on E4.
Entered 3 May [1592]
The second work is in verse.
Printer's name from STC.
Signatures: A-E⁴ F⁴(-F1) G-N⁴ O² (E4 signed "F.").
Cancelled F1 contained a defective setting of the text on E4.
Entered 3 May [1592]
Folger-specific note
Curatorial file available.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
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)
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 108(a)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S112977
Greg, W.W. Bibliography of the English printed drama to the Restoration, I, 108(a)
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S112977
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 18138
Folger-specific note
cs0532. Manuscript price on t.p. Some leaves foxed, affecting text. Quarter bound with remains of circular label pasted to front board and manuscript: "833". Provenance: pencilled note on front paste-down: "2833 Bright" [B.H. Bright]; pencilled note on front free end-paper: "P.M. Barnard; pencilled inscription on front free end-paper: "W. A. White Jan'y 20, 1925"; bought by Folger from Rosenbach, April 1929