Cornwallis, Sir William

Essayes. London: Printed by J. Windet for John Browne, 1610. 8vo. Separate dated title-pages for A Second Part of Essayes and Discourses upon Seneca the Tragedian, continuous register; a few headlines shaved, marginal tears with text loss on H1, 2M5, and 2S4.  Contemporary calf; rebacked. A reissue of the 1606 edition of part1, an enlarged edition of part 2 and a reprint of Discourses (STC 5777; ESTC S108703) — Essayes or rather, Encomions, Prayses of Sadnesse: and of the Emperour Julian the Apostata. London: George Purslowe, For Richard Hawkins, 1616. 4to. A few signature marks and catchwords shaved. Modern green morocco gilt. First edition (STC 5778; ESTC S105079; Pforzheimer 217). provenance: Brent Gration-Maxfield. acquisition: W. Thomas Taylor, April 1983. — Essayes of Certain Paradoxes. London: Printed [by George Purslowe} for Th. Thorp, 1616. 4to. Uncut; edges a bit frayed and dust-soiled. Modern green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. First edition (STC 5779; ESTC S105004; Pforzheimer 216). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch. — Essayes. London: Thomas Harper for J[ohn]. M[arriott]., and Are to Be Sold by Ambrose Richardson, 1632. 8vo. Engraved title-page, separate title-pages dated 1631 for Part 2 (variant) and Discourses; dampstaining in last third of text. First edition, another issue (STC 5781; ESTC S120370). Contemporary sheep; spine neatly repaired.   

Essayes. London: Printed by J. Windet for John Browne, 1610. 8vo. Separate dated title-pages for A Second Part of Essayes and Discourses upon Seneca the Tragedian, continuous register; a few headlines shaved, marginal tears with text loss on H1, 2M5, and 2S4. Contemporary calf; rebacked. A reissue of the 1606 edition of part1, an enlarged edition of part 2 and a reprint of Discourses (STC 5777; ESTC S108703) — Essayes or rather, Encomions, Prayses of Sadnesse: and of the Emperour Julian the Apostata. London: George Purslowe, For Richard Hawkins, 1616. 4to. A few signature marks and catchwords shaved. Modern green morocco gilt. First edition (STC 5778; ESTC S105079; Pforzheimer 217). provenance: Brent Gration-Maxfield. acquisition: W. Thomas Taylor, April 1983. — Essayes of Certain Paradoxes. London: Printed [by George Purslowe} for Th. Thorp, 1616. 4to. Uncut; edges a bit frayed and dust-soiled. Modern green morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. First edition (STC 5779; ESTC S105004; Pforzheimer 216). acquisition: Bernard Quaritch. — Essayes. London: Thomas Harper for J[ohn]. M[arriott]., and Are to Be Sold by Ambrose Richardson, 1632. 8vo. Engraved title-page, separate title-pages dated 1631 for Part 2 (variant) and Discourses; dampstaining in last third of text. First edition, another issue (STC 5781; ESTC S120370). Contemporary sheep; spine neatly repaired.
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Cornwallis's essays, written in the tradition of Montaigne, were popular through the mid-seventeenth century.