Aristotles politiques, or Discourses of gouernment. Translated out of Greeke into French, with expositions taken out of the best authours, specially out of Aristotle himselfe, and out of Plato, conferred together where occasion of matter treated of by them both doth offer it selfe: the obseruations and reasons whereof are illustrated and confirmed by innumerable examples, both old and new, gathered out of the most renowmed empires, kingdomes, seignories, and commonweals that euer haue bene, and wherof the knowledge could be had in writing, or by faythfull report, concerning the beginning, proceeding, and excellencie of ciuile gouernment. By Loys Le Roy, called Regius. Translated out of French into English.
Aristotle.
Dee, John,1527-1608,attributed name.
I. D.,trans.
Talbot, Davenport,18th century,former owner.StEdNL
Stapylton, Robert,Sir,-1669,former owner.StEdNL
At London : printed by Adam Islip,
Anno Dom. 1598.
Translator's dedication signed: I.D., i.e. John Dee?.
The first leaf and the last leaf are blank.
Signatures: A-2N⁶.
STC (2nd ed),
Pforzheimer,
ESTC
Manuscript inscription in an 18th-century hand on the recto of the first flyleaf "Davenport Talbot". Bookplate on the verso of the first flyleaf "Hugh Sharp Collection 1938 National Library of Scotland". Manuscript inscription in a contemporary hand on the title page "Robert Stapylton: pa 46". There are also manuscript drawings of a man, a boy and a woman in 15th-century dress on the recto of the first and second front flyleaves.
Political science