A Paradoxe, Prouing by Reason and Example, That Baldnesse Is Much Better Than Bushie Haire. Written by That Excellent Philosopher Synesius, Bishop o

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A paradoxe, prouing by reason and example, that baldnesse is much better than bushie haire. Written by that excellent philosopher Synesius, Bishop of Thebes, or Cyren. Englished by Abraham Fleming.
Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais.
Fleming, Abraham, 1552?-1607.
Gascoigne, George, 1542?-1577.
Translator's dedication signed: Abraham Fleming.
"The tale of Hemetes the Heremite pronounced before the Queenes Maiestie", an anonymous work, begins, on d6r; the Latin translation, "Fabula ab Hemete Eremita coram Maiestate Regia prolata" by George Gascoigne begins on e6r.
Signatures: a-e f4.
[88] p.
[London] : Printed by H. Denham, 1579.
STC (2nd ed.) / 23603
English
Reproduction of the original in the Folger Shakespeare Library