Beschreibung:

Elyot (Sir Thomas) The Boke named the Governour..., fifth edition, black letter, title with woodcut architectural border dated 1534 in the sill, this copy without colophon on verso of f.216 (blank) and with f.91 correctly numbered and f.103 numbered as 102, woodcut initials, contemporary and near contemporary ink signatures & inscriptions to head & verso of title, verso of final leaf and leaf of printer's waste bound as front free endpaper, including those of John Alyngton & Thomas Cutter and later Francis Winn dated 1686, marginalia in fine contemporary hand, later manuscript index of corrections bound in at rear, title soiled and with short tear to inner margin, free endpapers supplied from 15th century Latin illuminated manuscript on vellum, old calf, a little worn, rebacked and repaired, [STC 7639; cf. Pforzheimer 254 & PMM 61, first edition], 8vo, [?Thomas Berthelet], 1553. ⁂ Influential work on moral philosophy and concerning the education of those destined to govern. It was first published in 1531 and there were several further editions throughout the 16th century. This is a curious copy, with the collation conforming to the Thomas Berthelet edition of 1553 but that includes a colophon on the verso of f.216 and f.91 is numbered 19; the variations in this copy are not noted in ESTC.