Vnhappy prosperitie expressed in the histories of Ælius Seianus and Philippa the Catanian· : Written in French by P: Mathieu and translated into English by Sr. Th: Hawkins
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Type of record: Book
Title: Vnhappy prosperitie expressed in the histories of Ælius Seianus and Philippa the Catanian· : Written in French by P: Mathieu and translated into English by Sr. Th: Hawkins
Other titles: Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine; Unhappy prosperitie expressed in the histories of Ælius Sejanus and Philippa the Catanian
Classmark: BC Lt MAT
Creator(s): Matthieu, Pierre (1563-1621)
Additional creator(s): T. H, Sir (1640) (Other); Matthieu, Pierre (1563-1621) (Other); Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313-1375) (Other)
Related people: Concini, Concino, maréchal d'Ancre, approximately 1575-1617; Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1592-1628; Sejanus, Lucius Aelius, -31; Galigaï, Léonora, 1571-1617
Publisher: Printed by Io: Hauiland for Godfrey Emondson
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): 1632
Language: English
Size and medium: 6 unnumbered pages, 299 pages, 1 unnumbered page
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/279618
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991001010479705181
Collection group(s): English Literature
Description
The first work is a translation of: Aelius Sejanus, histoire romaine.
The title page is engraved.
"Vnhappie prosperitie: or, Philippa the Catanian. VVritten in French by P. Mathieu; and translated into Engli sh [sic] by Sr. Th. Hawkins" 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.
Both works are supposed to have been written by Matthieu originally to represent the rise and fall of Concino Concini and his wife, Léonora Galigaï.
Variant: with letterpress title page in place of engraved title page.
Unhappy prosperitie expressed in the histories of Ælius Sejanus and Philippa the Catanian.
Indexed in: STC (2nd ed.) 17666.
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Second Historie (Unhappie Prosperitie: Or, Philippa the Catanian...) only
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