Shelfmark
Gc.8.27
Author
Title
Le theatre du monde, ou il est faict vn ample discours des miseres humaines: composé en Latin par P. Boaystuau surnommé Launay, natif de Bretaigne: puis traduict par lui mesme en françois. Plus vn brief discours de l'excellence & dignité de l'homme, reueu & corrigé de nouueau..
Varying form of title
Theatre dv monde, ov il est faict vn ample discovrs des miseres humaines
Varying form of title
Theatre du monde, ou il est fait un ample discours des miseres humaines
Publication, distribution, etc.
A Paris, : Chez Estienne Petit, au mont S. Hilaire, à la pomme de Pin., 1580..
Physical description
[16], 127, [1] leaves ; 12 cm. (16mo)
Note
Two parts first published separately at Paris in 1558, in French. Original Latin versions never published.
Note
"Bref discours de l''excellence et dignité de l'homme": leaves 100-127 after main text.
Note
No other copies of this edition traced on Library Hub Discover, CERL HPB, or Karlsruher Virtueller Katalog (accessed Sep. 2024).
Note
Signatures: ã⁸ é⁸ A-Q⁸ (Q8 blank).
Note
Woodcut ornament on title page; head-pieces; initials.
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate recording donation to Eton College in 1731 by Edward Waddington; 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
On front free end-paper in ink in an ?18th-century hand: No. 280 [interlaced cypher].
Binding
Late 17th/early 18th-century marbled calf binding; border formed by double gilt fillet within single gilt fillet with small corner ornaments; gilt-ruled frames in spine compartments formed by four raised bands; spine title lettered in gilt in second compartment; gilt roll along board edges; marbled paper pastedowns; marbled text block edges.
Copy-specific note
Faint red ruling to title page and text.
Copy-specific note
Previous Eton shelfmark: Ee.7.23.
Subject
Human beings Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Petit, Étienne, fl. 1539? - 1582 bookseller.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
fre
Identifier
B53164