Edward Blount

Topic: Edward Blount

1. Verified Sourced Facts

• The Folger catalog record for the 1616 edition identifies the book as:

“Epictetus manuall. Cebes table. Theophrastus characters. By Io. Healey.”

• The same Folger record gives the imprint:

“London : Printed by George Purslowe for Edward Blount, 1616.”

• The same Folger record identifies the edition as a translation by John Healey of Epictetus's Enchiridion, the Pinax attributed to Cebes, and Theophrastus's Characters.
• The same Folger record cites:

STC 10426

ESTC S101637

2. Ken Feinstein Twitter and Blog Information

• Feinstein, Ken. Tweet, 16 May 2022:

“This translation was originally published in 1610 with a dedication to John Florio.”

• The same tweet states:

“Then in 1616, after the translator died, it was republished with added material and the dedication changed to William Herbert — at the translator’s bequest.”

• The same tweet identifies the thread’s subject as:

“Edward Blount.”

3. Citations

• Feinstein, Ken. Tweet, 16 May 2022, https://twitter.com/user/status/1526332323087626240. Local preservation: twitter_Edward_Blount.md.
• Epictetus. Epictetus manuall. Cebes table. Theophrastus characters. By Io. Healey. London, printed by George Purslowe for Edward Blount, 1616. STC 10426. ESTC S101637. Folger Shakespeare Library, https://catalog.folger.edu/record/158955.
• francis_windebanks_first_folio.md, related First Folio packet.

4. Notes on Access

• This is still partly a lead packet, but the 1616 Blount side of the tweet is now anchored to a Folger catalog record.
• The 1610 Thorpe/Florio side still needs an equivalent direct catalog record and page-image check.
• Do not use this packet to infer anything about Blount's knowledge of Shakespeare authorship without a separate argument. Its present value is the Blount/Thorpe/Florio/Herbert publication-network lead.

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