The doctrine of the English gentleman in the sixteenth century
By: with a bibliographical list of treatises on the gentleman and related subjects published in Europe to 1625.
Publisher: P. Smith
Published: 1964
Place of publication: Gloucester, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Great Britain -- Intellectual life -- 16th century; England -- Social life and customs -- 16th century.
Other titles: English gentleman in the sixteenth century.
First sentence: From the Preface.  

A treatise upon treatises of the sixteenth centruy-that age of letters dedicatory and prefaces explanatory-would surely go ill-furnished into the world without some foward, to disarm new critics, perhaps, and to thank old.

From Introduction

Of all the researches magnificent that have engaged the human spirit the most honorable and the most ancient has been the quest for the perfect man.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 165-280.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Index