Vnhappy prosperitie : expressed in the histories of Aelius Seianus and Philippa the Catanian /
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Author / Creator: | Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621, author. |
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Uniform title: | Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. English |
Imprint: | [London] : Printed by Io. Hauiland for Godfrey Emondson, 1632. |
Description: | [6], 299, [1] pages ; 19 cm (4to) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy is number 1 of 2 titles bound together; bound with: Politicall obseruations upon the fall of Seianus / Gio. Baptista Manzini. London : Anne Griffin, for Godfrey Emerson, 1634. Discovery of this item made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes. University of Chicago's copy forms part of the Frederick Ives Carptenter Memorial Collection. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3383251 |
Item Description: | Translation of Pierre Matthieus' "Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine;" "Second history" is a translation of "Histoire des prosperitez malheureuses d'une femme cathenoise, grande seneschalle de Naples", based on a story from "De casibus illustrium virorum" by Giovanni Boccaccio. Consult English short title catalogue. "Second history" has separate title page: Vnhappie prosperitie, or, Philippa the Catanian / vvritten in French by P. Mathieu, and translated into English by Sr. Th. Hawkins. London : Printed by John Hauiland for Godfrey Emondson, 1632. Signatures: pi1 A² B-2P⁴ 2Q². Engraved illustrated title page; head-pieces; initials. Supposed to have been written to represent the rise and fall of Concino Concini, maréchal d'Ancre, assassinated 1617, and of his wife, Leonora Dori Galigaï; translated as a satire on the fall of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.Consult English short title catalogue. |
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Physical Description: | [6], 299, [1] pages ; 19 cm (4to) |