T[uvil] (D[aniel]) The Dove and the Serpent. In which is conteined a large description of all such points and principles, as tend either to Conuersation, or Negotiation, first edition, title within decorated woodcut border, woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, shaved at head, occasionally touching headlines, title browned, small hole to L1 with loss to a few letters, the odd spot, early 20th-century half calf, spine lettered in gilt (with the work erroneously attributed to Dekker), extremities a little rubbed, [STC 24394], small 4to, by T[homas] C[reede] for Laurence L'isle, dwelling at the Tygre's head in S. Pauls Church-yard, 1614.

⁂ Rare, the only copy we can trace at auction was in the Henry E. Huntington sale in February 1918.

An eloquent and practical guide for early 17th-century merchants, ambassadors and travellers. Chapter headings include: 'How to converse in court, and of the means whereby to purchase favour, and stand secure from the many dangers, which are there incident to all' and 'Of the manner how to converse with strangers in forraine regions, whereby to profit himselfe, and benefit his contrie.'