A discourse vpon the meanes of vvel governing and maintaining in good peace, a kingdome, or other principalitie. . Divided into three parts, namely, the counsell, the religion, and the policie, vvhich a prince ought to hold and follow. Against Nicholas Machiavell the Florentine. Translated into English by Simon Patericke.
Innocent Gentillet (1535-1595)
Category
Books
Date
1602
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3051967
Summary
Bibliographic description
[20],374,[6]p. . fol... Wanting initial and final blank leaves. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: Binder's label on front pastedown: 'Bound by J. Winstanley 25 Fountain Strt., Manchester'. manuscript inscription on title page: "Richard Asshetons booke prite[?] iiijs. viijd. 1645[?]".. Binding: Late eighteenth-century gilt panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges and turn-ins; gold-tooled spine, with gilt title label: 'Patericke's Discourse on government'. Marbled edged and endpapers.
Makers and roles
Innocent Gentillet (1535-1595) Simon Patrick (d.1613)