The courte of ciuill courtesie: fitly furnished with a pleasant porte of stately phrases and pithie precepts: assembled in the behalfe of all younge gentlemen, and others, that are desirous to frame their behauiour according to their estates, at all times, and in all companies: therby to purchase worthy prayse, of their inferiours: and estimation and credite amonge theyr betters. Out of Italian, by S.R. gent.
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- The courte of ciuill courtesie: fitly furnished with a pleasant porte of stately phrases and pithie precepts: assembled in the behalfe of all younge gentlemen, and others, that are desirous to frame their behauiour according to their estates, at all times, and in all companies: therby to purchase worthy prayse, of their inferiours: and estimation and credite amonge theyr betters. Out of Italian, by S.R. gent.
- Court of civil courtesy New yeeres gift New years gift
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Imprinted at London: y Richard Jhones, primo Ianuarij, 1577.
- Publication year
- 1577-1577
- ESTC No.
- S4860
- Grub Street ID
- 148778
- Description
- [8], 51, [1] p. ; 4⁰
- Note
- The title page in L copy is a variant setting, omitting the first line 'A new yeeres gift', the title under which it is entered in STC (2nd ed.).
Running title: The courte of ciuill curtesie for yonge gentlemen.
Purports to be a translation from 'Bengalassa del Mont. Prisacchi Retta' but is actually by Robson; it is sometimes wrongly attributed to Samuel Rowlands--Cf. STC (2nd ed.) and NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Signatures: A-G? H?.
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- Catalogued from the original in the British Library