A treatise excellent and compe[n]dious, shewing and declaring, in maner of tragedye, the falles of sondry most notable princes and princesses vvith other nobles, through ye mutabilitie and change of vnstedfast fortune : together with their most detestable [and] wicked vices. First compyled in Latin by the excellent clerke Bocatius, an Italian borne. And sence that tyme translated into our English and vulgare tong, by Dan Iohn Lidgate monke of Burye.
| Author/creator | Boccaccio, Giovanni |
| Other author | Lydgate, John, 1370?-1451? |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | And nowe newly imprynted, corrected, and augmented out of diuerse and sundry olde writen copies in parchment. |
| Publication Info | [London] : In ædibus Richardi Tottelli. Cum priuilegio, [[1554 (10 Sept.)] |
| Description | [9], CCxxiiii [i.e. 225] leaves : ill. (woodcuts) |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240895757 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | De casibus virorum illustrium. English |
| Variant title | De casibus illustrium virorum. |
| Variant title | Treatise excellent and compendious, shewing and declaring, in maner of tragedye, the falles of sondry most notable princes and princesses with other nobles, through ye mutabilitie and change of unstedfast fortune. |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | A verse translation of: Boccaccio, Giovanni. De casibus illustrium virorum. |
| General note | Colophon reads: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete within Temple barre at the sygne of the hande and starre, by Richard Tottel, the. x. day of September in the yeare of oure Lorde. 1554. |
| General note | "The daunce of Machabree", quire 2[par.] at end. |
| General note | The last leaf is misnumbered CCxxiiii. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. |
| References | STC (2nd ed) 3177. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 176:2) |
| Stock number | CL0036000006 ProQuest. 789 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor, MI 48108-3218 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |