The image of Governaunce compiled of the actes and sentences notable, of the most noble emperour Alexander Severus, late translated out of Greke into Englyshe, by sir Thomas Elyote knyght, in the favour of nobilitee

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;">8vo. ff. [11], 167 [i.e. 174], [3], (2 blank). Signatures: A-Z⁸ 2A⁴. Original limp vellum, worn, small holes in boards, upper spine cut, remnants of ties. Manuscript signature and marginalia. On title page, signature of Mary Evans. On D5r, signature of John Evans; D4v, pencil signature of Humphrey Evans. Seres' name and publication place from colophon; actual printer's name from STC. Engraved border around title page, marked "W.P." in lower margin. Engraved initials. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:120%;"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:120%;font-family:Helvetica, sans-serif;color:#000000;"> Fifth edition (the first is 1541). In his autobiographical preface, the distinguished diplomat and humanist Sir Thomas Elyot (ca. 1490-1546)