The Essayes ... of Lord Michael De Montaigne.... 1632. _See_ MONTAIGNE,
Michel de.
A Worlde of Wordes, Or Most copious, and exact Dictionarie in Italian
and English, collected by Iohn Florio. _Printed at London, by Arnold
Hatfield for Edw. Blount._ 1598. [Colophon] _Imprinted at London by
Arnold Hatfield, for Edward Blunt: and are to be sold at his shop ouer
against the great North dore of Paules Church._ 1598.
F^o. (10 × 7-3/8). H. 3.
Title within ornamental border with initials C T. Collation:
a^6b^4A-2P^{6}2Q^4, paged. Wanting a 1 (blank save for sig.) and 2Q
4 (? blank). The original leaf S 2 has been cut out and another,
presumably a cancel, placed in loose. Three columns on a page.
Epistle dedicatory to Roger Earl of Rutland, Henry Earl of
Southampton, and Lucy Countess of Bedford, signed. Address to the
reader, signed. Dedicatory sonnets to the same persons as the
epistle, each subscribed 'Il Candido'. Commendatory verses in
English and Latin signed B. B. List of texts read for the
compilation of the work. 'Il Candido' has been identified, on the
authority of an old MS. note, with Matthew Gwinne, 'gwin' being the
Welsh for white. 'B. B.' is supposed to have been Barnabe Barnes.
First edition.
Sinker 665. BM 637.