The historie of Guicciardin : containing the vvarres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares vnder sundrie kings and princes, together with the variations and accidents of the same: and also the arguments, with a table at large expressing the principall matters through the whole historie. Reduced into English by Geffray Fenton.
1599
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Title
The historie of Guicciardin : containing the vvarres of Italie and other partes, continued for manie yeares vnder sundrie kings and princes, together with the variations and accidents of the same: and also the arguments, with a table at large expressing the principall matters through the whole historie. Reduced into English by Geffray Fenton.
Uniform title
Historia d'Italia. English
Created/published
Imprinted at London : By Richard Field, dwelling in the Blackfriers by Ludgate, 1599.
Description
[10], 459, 500-786, 789-943, [13] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540. author.
Fenton, Geoffrey, approximately 1539-1608.
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Fenton, Geoffrey, approximately 1539-1608.
Bliss, Philip, 1787-1857, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Note
A translation of: La historia d'Italia.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Includes index.
Signatures: A-4H⁶.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Includes index.
Signatures: A-4H⁶.
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), 12459
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 442
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S120758
Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, 442
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S120758
Genre/form
Annotations.
Prices (Provenance)
Underscoring.
Prices (Provenance)
Underscoring.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 12459 copy 1
Folger-specific note
HH101/19. Lacking blanks. Manuscript markings, including underscoring. Manuscript note on Fenton on t.p. Manuscript title on fore-edge. Armorial calf binding, rebacked. Provenance: royal arms of Queen Elizabeth stamped in gilt on front and back covers; manuscript mark of ownership on t.p. crossed out in ink, affecting legibility; bought at Sotheby's, 4 March 1929:242; collated by E. Dring at Quaritch; Harmsworth copy
Call number
STC 12459 copy 2
Folger-specific note
Smedley. Lacking blanks. Wormed, affecting final gathering. Calf binding with gilt centerpiece ornament, rebacked. Provenance: manuscript mark of ownership on t.p. faded, affecting legibility; bookplate of W.T. Smedley (motto "forward")
Call number
STC 12459 copy 3
Folger-specific note
cs84. Lacking blanks. Holes in leaves 2B1 and 2C3, affecting text. Calf armorial binding, rebacked. Provenance: royal arms of Queen Elizabeth in gilt on front and back covers; inscription on t.p.: "[C Warton?]"
Call number
STC 12459 copy 4
Folger-specific note
cs1010. Lacking blanks. Manuscript markings, including bookseller's code? on t.p. Manuscript pencilled contents notes on front paste-down. T.p. backed. Hole in leaf 2S1, affecting text. Provenance: inscription on back paste-down: "W. Brown"; bought by Folger from Pickering, 1921, cat. 196:4381
Call number
STC 12459 copy 5
Folger-specific note
cs755. Lacking blanks. Manuscript markings. Armorial calf binding, in slipcase. Provenance: royal arms of James I in gilt on front and back covers; inscriptions on t.p., some crossed out in ink, affecting legibility: monogram "A T R" and "Art: [Arthur] Maynwaring 1614"; bought by Folger from Anderson sale, 12 December 1917:382
Call number
STC 12459 Copy 6 Bd.w. STC 17162 copy 5
Folger-specific note
cs87.2. With: Machiavelli, N. The Florentine historie. London, 1595. Manuscript price on front fly-leaf of volume and bookseller's code? on t.p. of STC 17162. Manuscript table of contents for volume on front fly-leaf. Gilt tooled calf binding. Provenance: inscription on fly-leaf: "of Parker, Oxon. from Dr. Hoskyns's books"; Philip Bliss copy, with his manuscript mark of ownership around B1r signature of STC 17162: "P.B.33."