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Book/Printed Material The compleat gentleman. Fashioning him absolute in the most necessarie and commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie, that may be required in a noble gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a maine battaile ... as also certaine necessarie instructions concerning the art of fishing, with other additions. [The 2d impression much inlarged]

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Title

  • The compleat gentleman. Fashioning him absolute in the most necessarie and commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie, that may be required in a noble gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a maine battaile ... as also certaine necessarie instructions concerning the art of fishing, with other additions. [The 2d impression much inlarged]

Names

  • Peacham, Henry, approximately 1576-approximately 1643.
  • Constable, Francis, -1647, bookseller.
  • Howard, Henry Bowes, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, 1687-1757, former owner.
  • Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed for F. Constable, 1627.

Headings

  • -  Education--Early works to 1800
  • -  Courtesy--Early works to 1800
  • -  Heraldry--Great Britain--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  Added engraved title page on which the date has been altered, apparently in ms., to read 1627.
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 2599
  • -  English short title catalogue, S114314
  • -  LC copy: Provenance: Bookplates of Henry Howard and Howard C. Levis.
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-06-08 update (1 card)
  • -  Rosenwald collection copy listed without call number in Rosenwald bibliography. LAC ddw 2022-06-08

Medium

  • 301 (i.e. 231) p. coats of arms. 20 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LC4945.G7 P4 1627

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 49039132

OCLC Number

  • 6905480

Online Format

  • online text
  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Peacham, Henry, Approximately Approximately 1643, Francis Constable, Henry Bowes Howard, Howard Coppuck Levis, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. The compleat gentleman. Fashioning him absolute in the most necessarie and commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie, that may be required in a noble gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a maine battaile ... as also certaine necessarie instructions concerning the art of fishing, with other additions. The 2d impression much inlarged. London, Printed for F. Constable, 1627. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49039132/.

APA citation style:

Peacham, H., Constable, F., Howard, H. B., Levis, H. C. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1627) The compleat gentleman. Fashioning him absolute in the most necessarie and commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie, that may be required in a noble gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a maine battaile ... as also certaine necessarie instructions concerning the art of fishing, with other additions. The 2d impression much inlarged. London, Printed for F. Constable. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/49039132/.

MLA citation style:

Peacham, Henry, Approximately Approximately 1643, et al. The compleat gentleman. Fashioning him absolute in the most necessarie and commendable qualities concerning minde or bodie, that may be required in a noble gentleman. Whereunto is annexed a description of the order of a maine battaile ... as also certaine necessarie instructions concerning the art of fishing, with other additions. The 2d impression much inlarged. London, Printed for F. Constable, 1627. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/49039132/>.