| Other author/creator | T. H. (Thomas Hawkins), Sir, d. 1640. |
| Other author/creator | Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621 Histoire des prosperitez malheureuses d'une femme cathenoise, grande seneschalle de Naples. English. |
| Other author/creator | Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. De casibus virorum illustrium. |
| Other author/creator | Manzini, Giovanni Battista, 1599-1664. Della peripetia di fortuna. English. |
| Other author/creator | Matthieu, Pierre, 1563-1621 Remarques d'estat et d'histoire, sur la vie et les services de monsieur de Villeroy. English. |
| Other author/creator | Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. |
| Uniform title | Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. English |
| Variant title |
Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. |
| Variant title |
Unhappy prosperity. |
| Variant title |
Vnhappy prosperity: or, Philippa the Catanian. |
| Variant title |
Unhappy prosperity: or, Philippa the Catanian. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Author's dedication signed: P. Mathieu. |
| General note | A translation of: Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine. |
| General note | Sir T.H. = Sir Thomas Hawkins. |
| General note | Translated as a satire on the fall of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. The translation differs from STC 17664 and 17665, but appears to be from the same French text as the former version. |
| General note | "Vnhappy prosperity: or, Philippa the Catanian. Writtenin [sic] French by P. Mathieu; and translated into English by Sr. Th. Hawkins. Second edition" has separate dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. It is a translation of "Histoire des prosperitez malheureuses d'une femme cathenoise, grande seneschalle de Naples", based on a story from "De casibus illustrium virorum" by Giovanni Boccaccio. |
| General note | Both aforementioned works are supposed to have been written by Matthieu originally to represent the rise and fall of Concino Concini and his wife, Léonora Galigaï. |
| General note | "Observations upon the fall of Seianus· Written in Italian by Gio. Baptista Manzini. And translated into English by Sr. T.H. Second edition" has separately dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. It is a translation of: Della peripetia di fortuna. |
| General note | "Considerations upon the life and services of Monsieur Villeroy. Translated out of French by Sr. T.H. Second edition" has separately dated title page; pagination and register are continuous. It is a translation of "Remarques d'estat et d'histoire, sur la vie et les services de Monsieur de Villeroy" by Matthieu. |
| General note | The engraved frontispiece is signed: W· Marshall, sculp:. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in Cambridge University Library. |
| References |
STC (2nd ed.) 17667. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1456:4) |
| Other title |
Histoire des prosperitez malheureuses d'une femme cathenoise, grande seneschalle de Naples. English. |
| Other title |
De casibus illustrium virorum. |
| Other title |
Della peripetia di fortuna. English. |
| Other title |
Remarques d'estat et d'histoire, sur la vie et les services de monsieur de Villeroy. English. |
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