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Stephen McElroy Descriptive Bibliography Exercise March 1st, 2012 The English Gentleman, by Richard Brathwait (or Brathwaite) (1588?-1673), is a treatise on the qualities and characteristics of the good English gentleman (which by all accounts Brathwaite certainly was, or least considered himself to be, as his likeness is purportedly the basis of the prominently featured gentleman in the engraved frontispiece). According to Corser and Crossley (1861, v.55), Brathwaite’s text “was universally read, and no gentleman’s library was supposed to be complete without it” (382). The second edition (“revised, corrected, and enlarged”), published in 1633, is the subject of this bibliographical description. According to the English Short Title Catalogue, this edition was printed by two printers. Richard Badger printed gatherings R through 2G, while Felix Kyngston (Kingston) printed the rest. The physical copy examined, held by Florida State University Library’s Special Collections, is bound with Brathwaite’s 1631 edition of The English Gentlewoman. At least 30 copies still exist in the US and UK. An electronic copy, accessed via EEBO and derived from the copy held by the Henry E. Huntington Library, was also examined for reference. The available resources on this text are considerable; C&C’s 19th century claim about its initial popularity is borne out by the extensive literature about the work that exists today. Copies of the work have earned current high asking prices from Abe’s and Second Life Books. Despite its relative popularity, however, no systematic description of the edition as a printed material object yet exist, according to my own research. Thus, the following is an initial foray into compiling a complete and comprehensive description. Future work should include examinations of more copies, a more thorough inspection (perhaps assisted by a copy with loose binding) of watermarks, more research into any prior cataloguing of Kingston and Badger illustrations, and a more detailed analysis of typography. My modest hope for the description in its current iteration would be to serve as both a starting point and as a quick and handy reference for descriptive engagement with other extant copies. My own interest in this text is derived from a broader interest in the history of rhetoric, which is also concerned with conceptions of behavior, etiquette, and taste.  Collation/Pagination: 4ᴼ: ¶8 A2 B-P8 Q4 R-2G8 2H2 [$4 (-Q4) signed]; 240 leaves, pp. [20] I-53 38-39 56-79 76 81-139 128 141-220 121 221 223-407 308 409-438 436 440-456 [457-460] [=460]; plates, Front.; inset. Title: THE | ENGLISH | GENTLEMAN: | Containing ʃundry excellent Rules, or | exquiʃite Obʃervations, tending to Directi- | on of every Gentleman, of ʃelecter ranke | and Qualitie; | How to demeane or accommodate him- | ʃelfe in the manage of publike or | private affaires. | The ʃecond Edition: reviʃed, corrected and enlarged. | [rule] | By RIC H A R D BRA THW A IT Eʃq. | [rule] | SEN ECA in Herc. furen. | ------Qui genus jactat ʃuum | Alienalaudat. | [rule] | [orn: 68x7mm] | [rule] | LONDON , | Printed by Felix Kyngston, and are to be ʃold by ROBERT | BO STO CK E at his ʃhop at the ʃigne of the Kings head | in Pauls Church-yard. 1633.

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Typography: Kingston gatherings: Body: pica French roman with some italic; 36ll., (L), 1 col; 149 (165) x 79 (113); 20 ll. solid = 82; face 4.0/3.0/2.0. Marginalia: Small pica italic with some roman, solid; face 3.0/2.5/2. Running title: Double pica French italic; face 8.0/5.0/3.0. Signatures: pica French roman; face 4.0/3.0/2.0. Dedication: French roman with some italic; 25 ll. solid=116; face 6.0/4.0/3.0. Badger gatherings: Body: pica French roman with some italic; 36 ll., (2D5v), 1 col;146 (164) x 82 (108); 20ll. solid = 80; face 4.0/3.0/2.0. Marginalia: Small pica italic with some roman, solid; face 3.0/2.5/2. Running title: Double pica French italic; face 8.0/5.0/3.0 Signatures: pica French roman; face 4.0/3.0/2.0. Note: the  ¶  on  sig.  ¶4  is  in  italic;  running  chapter  titles  are  same  as  marginalia  except  that  for  chapter  YOVTH , in which it is same as Kyngston body; roman type in marginalia generally reserved for subheadings and references to biblical verse; the E in running title in Badger gatherings appears as Ɛ except on recto of all leaves 7 and 8 in quires 2R-2C and on recto of leaves 2D6-8 2E5-8, 2F5, and 2G6, on each of which it appears as E. Contents: ¶1r title page (verso blank); ¶2r -5v ‘TO | THE NOBLY | ACCOMLPISHED’; ¶4r-v ‘To the knowing Reader.’; ¶5r-A2v ‘An exact Table or Directory, leading | to the principall points contained | in this Booke.’; inset ‘A Draught of the Frontiʃpiece’; B1r-E1r ‘YOU TH .’ (verso blank); E2r – F5r ‘DIS PO S IT ION .’ (verso blank); F6r-H3r ‘EDVCA T IO N .’ (verso blank); H4r-M2v ‘VOCA T IO N .’; M3r-Q4r ‘RECREA T IO N .’ (verso blank); R1r-X4v ‘ACQUA IN TANCE .’; X5r-2B6v ‘MOD ERA T IO N .’; 2B7r-2G8v ‘PER FEC T IO N .’; 2H1r-2H2v ‘A Gentleman’. Paper: Laid Watermark 1A: Indecipherable crest design. ca 40 x 43 (N4/5) Chainlines (N5/6) : 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 20 } { 20 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 18 Wirelines 30/3cm (N5) Watermark 2A: Vertical sword in crest with ‘mantling.’ ca 50 x 43 (2D4/5) Chainlines (2D5/6): 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 20 } { 19 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 19 Wirelines 30/3cm (2D5) Note: Unable to distinguish watermark pairs in either sample of paper. Copies examined: FDA BJ1551 .B78 1633 CSmH 60446 [facsimile]  

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Illustrations  (note:  illustrations  extracted  from  EEBO  facsimile;  they  are  consistent  with  those  in  the  physical  copy  examined):     Frontispiece, in which qualities (i.e. chapter headings) of English Gentleman are illustrated in eight scenes that border the centered English Gentleman: 170 x 120

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Ornaments Tulip and squirrels: 7 x 68; A1r

Floral [1]: 11 x 78; ¶4r

Floral [2]: 5 x 78; ¶4v

Floral [3]: 5 x 78; ¶4v

Floral [4]: 10 x 78; ¶5r

Initials Chapter-heading Floral [1]: 35 x 35; ¶2r

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Chapter-heading Floral [H]: 35 x 35; B1r, E2r

Chapter-heading Floral [E]: 35 x 35; F6r

Chapter-heading Floral [V]: 35 x 35; H4r

Chapter-heading Floral [6]: 35 x 35; M3r

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Chapter-heading Floral [7]: 35 x 35; 2B7r

Chapter-heading Mermaids: 40 x 40; R1r

Small letter and crowns, 30 x30; X5r

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Floral and dots: 27 x 27; 2H1r

Floral letter H: 20 x 20; ¶4r

Letter I: 11 x 11; ¶4v

Floral letter O: 20 x 20; ¶5r

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Headpieces Astral sun/moon/stars: 26 x 64; ¶2r, B1r, E2r, F6r, H4r, M3r, Hh1r

Crown thin: 9 x 75; R1r

Crown and floral thick: 33 x 82; X5r

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Floral symmetrical: 22 x 78; 2B7r

Tailpieces Triple-row floral: 30 x 75 mm; Q4r

Single-row fruit: 6 x 80 mm; 2B6v