A treatise of morrall philosophie : wherein is contained the worthy sayings of philosophers, emperours, kings, and orators: their liues and answeres: of what linage they came: and of what country they were: whose worthy sentences, notable precepts, counsels, and parables, doe hereafter follow / first gathered and set forth by William Baulwin, and now the fourth time since inlarged by Thomas Palfreyman, gentleman

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Printing - Page design (Leaf A2 recto)<br>Printing - Decorative elements - Initials (Leaf A2 recto)<br>Owners - Signatures and stamps (Leaf A2 recto)

[8], 189, [3] leaves ; 14 cm. (8vo)

Letterpress on handmade laid paper

Woodcuts

Rebound in the 19th century, vellum over boards; sewn on 3 cords.<br>Stuck-on headbands.<br>Spine tooled in gold with double rules.<br>Red leather spine label with title tooled in gold with handle letters.<br>All edges stained red.<br>Marbled endpapers.

Signatures: A-2B[superscript 8] [$4 (-S4) signed; missigning P4 as Q4]; 200 leaves, ff. [8] [1] 2-6 [7] 8-189 [3] [misnumbering 30 as 32, 32 as 30, 100 as 109, 138 as 139].<br>

UW copy missing conjoint leaves N1.8 (ff. 89, 96).<br>

First published in 1547.<br>

With table of contents on final 3 leaves.<br>

Black letter; closely trimmed, affecting text.<br>

Woodcut decorated initials and headpieces.<br>

Engraved illustration facing t.p.<br>

Handwritten note on verso of last leaf.

John L. Lievsay

In twelve books; the first consists of biographies.