Stock# 85847
Description
First English Edition of Aristotle's Politics
First edition in English of Aristotle’s Politics, translated into French by Loys Le Roy and then into English by John Dickenson.
Printed by Adam Islip in 1598, with a printed dedication to Sir Robert Sidney Knight, epistle to the reader, LeRoy's dedication to King Henry II of France, Latin poem "Interpres ad Lectorem."
Although both Herbert and Lowndes state that this work was issued in 1597, as well as in 1598, no copy with the earlier date can be traced. Indeed, it is not improbable that they are in error for the book was not entered until 21st April 1598 when the entry reads 'to be translated' - Pforzheimer.
Condition Description
Small folio. Modern antique-style paneled full brown morocco tooled in gilt and blind. Spine in 7 compartments (6 with gilt decoration, 1 with gilt-lettered title). Gilt-ruled board edges. Speckled edges. Occasional marginalia and embrowning. Minor wormholing in gatherings A-E and Gg-Nn. Mmii sticking at upper outer corner to Mmiii.
Pagination: [30], [1]-393, [5]. Four-page table of contents and one-page errata at rear. Collation: A-Mvi, Nnvi. Errors in pagination: 339 misnumbered as 349, 378 misnumbered as 376, and 284 misnumbered as 84.
Pagination: [30], [1]-393, [5]. Four-page table of contents and one-page errata at rear. Collation: A-Mvi, Nnvi. Errors in pagination: 339 misnumbered as 349, 378 misnumbered as 376, and 284 misnumbered as 84.
Reference
ESTC S106844; Pforzheimer 10; Palmer 12.