Wilson's Arte of rhetorique, 1560 - Wilson, Thomas, 1525?-1581.; Mair, G. H. (George Herbert), 1887-1926.; Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536. ([Oxford] : At the Clarendon press, 1909)
"A reprint of the edition of 1585 ... collated with the edition of 1567, and with that of 1560 (which is the editio princeps)."
Original title, within illustrated border: The Art of Rhetorique, for vse of all such as are studious of Eloquence, set forth in English, by Thomas Wilson 1553. And now newly set forth againe, with a Prologue to the Reader, 1567. Imprinted at London, by George Robinson, 1585.
Among the examples given are: An examle of commending a noble personage [two noble gentlemen, Henry duke of Suffolke, and his brother Lord Charles]: p. 14-17; An epistle to perswade a yong gentlemen to mariage, deuised by Erasmus: p. 39-63; An example of comfort [addressed to the duchess of Suffolk on the death of her sons]: p. 66-85.
Keywords: Suffolk, Henry Brandon, -- Duke of, -- 1535-1551.; Suffolk, Katharine Willoughby Brandon, -- Duchess of, -- 1519-1580.; Rhetoric -- Early works to 1800.; Oratory -- Early works to 1800.