FARINI, LUIGI CARLO. b. 1812, d. 1866. Italian Statesman.
THE ROMAN STATE FROM 1815-50. Vols. 1-3. Tr. W. E. Gladstone. Vol. 4., tr. by a Lady 1851-54.
FAUSTUS, DR., STORIES OF. 1587.
[1] THE HISTORIE OF THE DAMNABLE LIFE, AND DESERVED DEATH OF DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS. Newly Printed, and in convenient places imperfect matter amended. Tr. by P. F. Gent, etc. 1592.
THE SECOND REPORT OF DOCTOR JOHN FAUSTUS, CONTEANING HIS APPEARANCES AND THE DEEDS OF WAGNER. Tr. 1594.
[1] Of great interest as being the source of Marlowe's 'Dr. Faustus' (his greatest play). It is a translation from the German 'Faustbuch' published at Frankfort, 1587. 'The Second Report ... (a translation of the 'Wagnerbuch', 1593) is supposed to have been written by an English gentleman, student at Wittenberg.
FAVINE (FAVYN), ANDREW. French writer.
THE THEATER OF HONOUR AND KNIGHTHOOD: or A COMPENDIOUS CHRONICLE AND HISTOIRIE OF THE WHOLE CHRISTIAN WORLD, 2 v. Tr. 1623.
'This work, which is a translation of "Le Théâtre d'Honneur et de Chevalerie", comprises the most valuable treatise we have in English upon the foreign orders of knighthood; there are also discussions upon ceremonies, combats, precedence, etc., equally worthy the attention of the antiquary and historian'.—Sir M. M. Sykes.