Dallington (Sir Robert) Aphorismes ciuill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, first title first word is xylographic and with engraved portrait of dedicatee Prince Charles verso, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking blanks, title trimmed and window mounted with portrait verso visible, 2L-2N2 thin worm trace to side-notes column, occasionally just touching part of the odd letter of text, occasional staining to lower margins, contemporary limp vellum, ms. ink title to spine, lacking ties, a little staining, [STC 6197], folio, [R. Field] for Edward Blount, 1613. ⁂ In 1609 Dallington presented Prince Henry with a manuscript Aphorismes civill and militarie, comprising pieces selected from the Italian historian Guicciardini. Following the prince's death in 1612 Dallington reworked these, which were published in 1613 with a new dedication to Prince Charles, later King Charles I. Provenance: 'William ?' (two contemporary ink signatures to B1).
Dallington (Sir Robert) Aphorismes ciuill and militarie: amplified with authorities, and exemplified with historie, out of the first quarterne of Fr. Guicciardine, 2 parts in 1, first edition, titles with woodcut printer's device, first title first word is xylographic and with engraved portrait of dedicatee Prince Charles verso, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, lacking blanks, title trimmed and window mounted with portrait verso visible, 2L-2N2 thin worm trace to side-notes column, occasionally just touching part of the odd letter of text, occasional staining to lower margins, contemporary limp vellum, ms. ink title to spine, lacking ties, a little staining, [STC 6197], folio, [R. Field] for Edward Blount, 1613. ⁂ In 1609 Dallington presented Prince Henry with a manuscript Aphorismes civill and militarie, comprising pieces selected from the Italian historian Guicciardini. Following the prince's death in 1612 Dallington reworked these, which were published in 1613 with a new dedication to Prince Charles, later King Charles I. Provenance: 'William ?' (two contemporary ink signatures to B1).
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