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Ref NoEFP/094/1632/8
Finding NumberAQ 094/1632/8
TitleCyrupædia : The institution and life of Cyrus, the first of that name, King of Persians. Eight bookes. Treating of noble education, of princely exercises, military discipline, vvarlike stratagems, preparations and expeditions: as appeareth by the contents before the beginning of the first booke. Written in Greeke by the sage Xenophon. Translated out of Greeke into English, and conferred with the Latine and French translations, by Philemon Holland of the city of Coventry Doctor in Physick. Dedicated to his most excellent Maiesty
LevelItem
Date1632
DescriptionCyropaedia. English; Cyrvpædia; Naumachia; Cyrupaedia
With an additional engraved title page (plate) signed: Hh invent Will: Marshall sculpsit.; Printer's name from STC.; "Naumachia .. by Abraham Holland ..", a reprint of STC 13580 with different preliminaries, has separate dated title page (2E2r) with imprint "London, printed for Henry Holland, 1632"; register is continuous. Variant: lacking "Naumachia" (2E[sup]4[sup] 2F[sup]6) and the additional dedication preceding "Cyrupaedia" (a[sup]2) from Henry Holland to Henry Rich, Earl of Holland.; Signatures: [pi][sup]4(-[pi]1) a[sup]2[sup] [par.][sup]6[sup] A-2E[sup]4[sup] 2F[sup]6.; Variant; leaf from a Latin dictionary bound in at end; 9048.; Cyrvpædia.; Cyrupaedia.; Microfilm.; S118709.
AuthorXenophon; Holland, Abraham, d. 1626; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637, tr; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver
SubjectCyrus, King of Persia, d. 529 B.C.
Physical Description[22], 131, 130-213, [7], 14 p., [1] leaf of plates ; 2j.
Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
PublisherLondon : Printed by I[ohn] L[egat] for Robert Allot [and Henry Holland], and are to be sold at the signe of the Beare in Pauls Church-yard, 1632.
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