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Counsellor of estate : contayning the greatest and most remarkeable considerations seruing for the managing of publicke affaires, diuided into three parts : the first contaynes the meanes to settle an estate : the second, the meanes to preserue it : and the third, the meanes to encrease it / written in French by one of the ancient counsellors to the most Christian kings, Henry the Fourth and Leuuis the thirteenth ; translated by E.G.

Author/creator Béthune, Philippe de, comte de Selles et de Charost, 1561-1649
Other author/creatorGrimeston, Edward translator.
Other author/creatorOkes, Nicholas printer.
Other author/creatorAtkins, Weaver, former owner.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoLondon : Printed by Nicholas Okes, 1634.
Description32 unnumbered pages, 336 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait (engraving) ; 20 cm (4to)
Subject(s)
Uniform titleConseiller d'estat. English
Variant title Covnsellor of estate
Variant title Binder's spine title: Grimeston's Counsellor of estate
Local noteJoyner Rare copy lacking portrait. Armorial bookplate of Weaver Atkins. Stuart Wright Book Collection #101.19, placed in Rare.
General noteThe epistle dedicatory signed: Edward Grimeston.
General noteErrors in paging: 101-106 omitted; 257-258 repeated.
General noteHead-pieces, initials.
General noteSignatures: A⁸ a⁸ B-X⁸ Y⁶.
References STC (2nd ed.) 1977
Acquisitions source Joyner Rare copy Purchased from Stuart Wright, 2013
Genre/formEarly works.
LCCN 09021129

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner Rare Collection JC155 .B5313 1634 ✔ Available Request Material