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[A very fruitefull and pleasant booke called the instructio[n] of a Christen woma[n], made fyrst in Laten, and dedicated vnto the quenes good grace, by the right famous clerke mayster Lewes Vives, and turned out of Laten into Englysshe by Richard Hyrd. whiche boke who so redeth diligently shal haue knowlege of many thynges, wherein hew shal take great pleasure, and specially women shall take great co[m]modyte and frute towarde the[n]creace of vertue [and] good maners.]

Author/creator Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540
Other author/creatorHyrde, Richard.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info[Imprinted at London : In Fletestrete, in the house of Thomas Berthelet printer vntothe kynges mooste noble grace, at the signe of Lucrece, [1531?]]
Description[324] p.
Supplemental Content https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240858425
Subject(s)
Uniform titleDe institutione foeminae christianae. English
Variant title De institutione foeminae christianae.
Variant title Instruction of a christen women.
Variant title Preface of the mooste famous clerke maister Lodouic Uiues upon his boke called the Instruction of a Christen woman.
Variant title Preface of the mooste famous clerke maister Lodovic Vives upon his boke called the Instruction of a Christen woman.
Series Early English books online. ^A888680
General noteA translation, by Richard Hyrde, of: Vives, Juan Luis. De institutione foeminae christianae.
General noteTitle from STC 24856.
General noteImprint from colophon; publication date suggested by STC.
General noteLeaf B2r catchword: "to withall".
General noteCaption title, leaf B1r: The preface of the mooste famous clerke maister Lodouic Uiues vpon his boke called the Instruction of a Christen woman ..
General noteSignatures: A-Y⁴ a-r⁴ s⁶.
General noteImperfect; lacks quire A, title page.
General noteReproduction of the original in the British Library.
References STC (2nd ed.) 24857.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 158:15)
Stock numberCL0036000005 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218

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