The Essayes or, morall, politike, and militarie Discourses of Lord Michael De Montaigne, Knight Of the noble Order of Saint Michael, and one of the Gentlemen in Ordinary of the French Kings Chamber. The Third Edition. Whereunto is now newly added an Index of the principall matters and personages mentioned in this Booke. _London, Printed by M. Flesher, for Rich: Royston, in Ivie-lane next the exchequer office._ MDCXXXII.
Collation: A⁶, with engraved titlepage inserted after A 1, B-3G⁶ 3H⁸3I², paged. Explanatory verses on verso of A 1. Engraved titlepage signed Martin Dr[oeshout]. Epistle dedicatory to Anne of Denmark signed by the translator, Iohn Florio (leaf signed A2). Italian verses to the same signed ‘Il Candido’ (see Florio, ‘World of Words’). Address to the reader signed by the translator. Commendatory verses to Florio signed Sam. Daniel. Verses ‘Concerning the honour of bookes’. Table of contents. Author’s address to the reader. Titlepage on A 6, _i.e._ the second half of the sheet containing the verses preceding engraved title. Books ii and iii have separate titlepages, the former with imprint ‘London, Printed by Miles Flesher, 1631’, the latter ‘London, Printed in the yeare MDCXXXI.’. At the end, alphabetical table of contents. In the present copy sheet A is so arranged that the printed titlepage immediately follows the engraved, an arrangement which may be correct, but which necessitates binding the outer and two inner sheets of the quire separately. The arrangement proposed above is found in another copy in the Library (T. 11. 34).
Diana of George of Montemayor: Translated out of Spanish into English by Bartholomew Yong of the Middle Temple Gentleman. _At London, Printed by Edm. Bollifant, Impensis G. B._ 1598.
Title within woodcut border. Collation: a⁴A-2R⁶2S⁸, paged. Epistle dedicatory to Lady Rich, signed by the translator and dated High Onger in Essex, Nov. 28, 1598. Preface signed B. Y. Author’s epistle dedicatory to Iuan de Castella. Verses to the same. Commendatory verses to the author from Gaspar Romani and Hieronymo Sant-Perez. Argument and text of the first seven books. The second part begins on O 3 with head-title ‘The first Booke of the second Part of Diana of George of Montemayor. Written by Alonso Perez.’ Text of the eight books. The third part begins on 2I 2^v with head-title ‘The first Part of Enamoured Diana made by Gaspar Gil Polo’. Epistle dedicatory from the author to ‘Doña Maria de Austria y fuentes’, dated, Valencia, Feb. 9, 1564. Text of the five books. At the end is the note ‘All these three Partes were finished the first of May 1583. Boto el amor en Yugo’, followed by errata.