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Record Nr.

UNISA996388720903316

Titolo

Six excellent treatises of life and death [[electronic resource] /] / collected (and published in French) by Philip Mornay, Sieur du Plessis: and now (first) translated into English

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Imprinted at London, : By H. L[ownes] for Mathew Lownes : and are to be sold at his shop in Pauls Churchyard, at the signe of the Bishops head, 1607

Descrizione fisica

[540] p

Altri autori (Persone)

Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage

Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, -397

CiceroMarcus Tullius

SenecaLucius Annaeus <approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.>

Soggetti

Death

Life

Borders (Type evidence)1607.EnglandLondon

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Signatures: A-Y¹², Z⁶ (Z6 blank except for rules).

"Axiocvs. A dialogue written by Plato ... " (A5r-D10r) is spurious.

"The translator to the reader. Here knowe, that the first discourse, mentioned in the aduertisement ensuing, is none of these sixe ... but another ... formerly translated by the Countesse of Pembroke [i.e. Mornay's A discovrse of life and death]"--A2v.

Reproduction of original in the Newberry Library.

Nota di contenuto

Plato his Axiocus; a dialogue entreating of death -- A discourse of Tvllivs Cicero's, concerning death -- Collections out of Seneca's Works, touching life & death -- A sermon of mortality / made by S. Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage -- A treatise of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, touching the benefit & happinesse of death -- Certain places of Scripture, prayers & meditations, concerning life and death.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0101