Antonio de Guevara Lot n° 47

[Guevara (Antonio de)] [The Dial of Princes..., translated by Thomas North], third edition, black letter, lacking woodcut title (A1), A8 and signatures G, H, Z, 2C-2G, 2I, 2L3-6, 2M-3A, 3D and all after 3E8, 2L1 & 2 misbound after 2L7 & 8, contemporary ink inscriptions to a couple of margins (cropped), first leaf (dedication) soiled and frayed at corners, some light browning or soiling, a few head-lines shaved, early twentieth century sheep-backed boards, by C. & C.McLeish with their receipt loosely inserted, rubbed, joints split, [STC 12429], small 4to, [Richarde Tottill], [1582]; sold not subject to return ⁂ Rare edition of this treatise on the conduct of princes and possible source-work for Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus.