The quintesence of wit
Subtitle: being a corrant comfort of conceites, maximies, and poleticke deuises
By: selected and gathered together by Francisco Sansouino ; wherin is set foorth sundrye excellent and wise sentences, worthie to be regarded and followed ; translated out of the Italian tung [by R. Hitchcock] and put into English for the benefit of all those that please to read and vnderstand the works and worth of a worthy writer
Contributors: Sansovino, Francesco, 1521-1586.; Guicciardini, Francesco, 1483-1540.; Lottini, Gio. Francesco 1512-1572.; Hitchcock, Robert, Captain
Series: Early English books, 1475-1640 -- 1714:2
Publisher: Printed by Edward Allde
Published: 1590
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 200
Subjects: Political ethics; Maxims
Notes: Translation of the first book of "Propositioni overo Considerationi in materia di cose di stato ... di M.F. Guicciardini, G.F. Lottini, F. Sansovino," edited by Sansovino--Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints

Translator's dedication signed: Robert Hitchcock

Includes index

Pages numbered on recto only

Signatures: A-Yp4s 2A-2Ep4s 2Fp2s

Errors in paging: p. 49 misnumbered 45, numbers 66 and 81 repeated in the pagination

Imperfect: cropped, with print show-through

Master microform held by: UnM

Reproduction of original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

STC (2nd ed.) 21744a

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, 1982. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1714:2)

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