Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Those Fyve Questions, which Marke Tullye Cicero, Disputed in his Manor of Tusculanum... Englished, by John Dolman, black letter, woodcut initials, with 2 final errata ff., title a little soiled, final f. with small portion of restoration, not affecting text, some minor fraying to margins at end, initial and final gatherings neatly mounted on stubs, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Thomas Bellot and occasional ink notes and marginalia in his hand, contemporary calf, blindstamped shield to covers, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, later endpapers, [STC 5317], 8vo, In Flete-strete nere to S. Dunstons church by Thomas Marshe, 1561. ⁂ A good copy of a rare work with an interesting provenance. Thomas Bellot appears to be either the Thomas Bellot who acted as William Cecil's steward and executor or his son. Bellot is mentioned in Rev. W. H. Charlton's The Life of William Cecil: "Then he called for Thomas Bellot, his steward, one of his executors, and delivered him his will, saying, 'I have ever found thee true to me, and I now trust thee with all.'"
Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Those Fyve Questions, which Marke Tullye Cicero, Disputed in his Manor of Tusculanum... Englished, by John Dolman, black letter, woodcut initials, with 2 final errata ff., title a little soiled, final f. with small portion of restoration, not affecting text, some minor fraying to margins at end, initial and final gatherings neatly mounted on stubs, contemporary ink ownership inscription of Thomas Bellot and occasional ink notes and marginalia in his hand, contemporary calf, blindstamped shield to covers, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, later endpapers, [STC 5317], 8vo, In Flete-strete nere to S. Dunstons church by Thomas Marshe, 1561. ⁂ A good copy of a rare work with an interesting provenance. Thomas Bellot appears to be either the Thomas Bellot who acted as William Cecil's steward and executor or his son. Bellot is mentioned in Rev. W. H. Charlton's The Life of William Cecil: "Then he called for Thomas Bellot, his steward, one of his executors, and delivered him his will, saying, 'I have ever found thee true to me, and I now trust thee with all.'"
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