The Arcadian princesse, or, The triumph of iustice
Subtitle: prescribing excellent rules of physicke, for a sicke iustice : digested into fowre bookes, and faithfully rendred to the originall Italian copy
By: by Ri. Brathwait.
Contributors: Silesio, Mariano.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650.; Harper, Thomas, d. 1656, printer.; Bostock, Robert, d. 1656, bookseller.; Hagen, Winston H. 1859-1918, former owner.; Eliot's Court Press,; English Printing Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed by Th. Harper [and Eliot's Court Press], for Robert Bostocke ...
Published: 1635
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Other titles: Triumph of iustice; Triumph of justice; Consuls charge
Notes: LC copy has two embossed medallions mounted to p. [2] of cover: Ex libris Winston H. Hagen; MCL [i.e., Marshall Clifford Lefferts?].
STC (2nd ed.) 22553
ESTC (RLIN) S117416
Probably a translation of an untraced Italian work by Mariano Silesio. Possibly an original work by Richard Brathwaite. Cf. ESTC.
The fourth book, entitled The consuls charge has separate pagination.
"Eliot's Court Press pr[inted] quires Aa-Qq; Harper the rest"--STC.
With an additional t.p., engr., signed: "Will: Marshall, scul:".
The prelim. matter contains the testimonies of Sabaeus Amnianus, Corranus Amnensis, Adrianus Barlandus, and Conradus Minutius on Silesio and his works.
"Poesies" by Brathwaite are interspersed throughout the text.
"The life of Mariano Silesio, the approved author of this worke": 7 unnumbered pages at end. Cf. Collier, Bibl. acct. of early Eng. lit., v. 1, p. 98: "it is not stated from what authority [the life] is derived and it may be doubted".
Includes errata on verso of final leaf.