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PEACHAM, Henry (the younger). The Compleat Gentleman, London: Francis Constable: 1622, 4°, FIRST EDITION, fine 19th-century speckled calf gilt by Mansell.
Henry Peacham was a 17th-century English writer who is known solely for his book 'The Compleat Gentleman'. First published in 1622, this work was Peacham's directions for young men and their artistic and scholarly endeavors. Manual written for the eight-year-old son of William Howard, Lord Arundel, and covering all subjects befitting a gentleman. Notable topics covered in this work include conduct, poetry and music, heraldry, nobility and dignity, painting and drawing, exercise, archery, hawking, military knowledge, fishing, horsemanship, cosmography, and duty to parents among many other topics.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know.
“The Compleat Gentleman. Fashioning Him Absolut, in the Most Necessary and Commendable Qualities Concerning Minde or Body, that May be Required in a Noble Gentleman.”
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(1737-1763) was a British baronet and Whig politician.
Motto: IN CRUCIFIXA GLORIA MEA
• Language: English
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