Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1920
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/476
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    8033 Wickliffe (J.) Wicklieffes Wicket. Faythfully ouerseene and corrected after the originall and first copie. The lacke wherof was cause of innumerable and shamfull erroures in the other edicion. As shall easyly appeare to them that lyste to conferre the one with the other. Hereunto is added an Epistle to the reader. With the protestacion of Jhon Lassels late burned in Smythfelde : and the Testament of Wyllyam Tracie Esquire, ex- pounded by Willyam Tyndall, and Jhon Frythe. [Quotation = SB from the 6th chapter of St. John], black letter, paple morocco “~~ “* | extra, elegantly tooled, g.e. by I’. Bedford, FINE COPY sm. 8v0. No place, printer’s name, or date, c. 1548 *,* a—d in eights. VERY RARE. The first edition of this little work was published with the imprint of “ Norenburch” 1546. This second edition was put forth by Myles Coverdale, whose initials are found at the end thus, ‘‘ Ouerseene by M.C.” From the title of the first edition, as given by Herbert, p. 1559, it would seem that it did not contain the protestation of John Lascelles, which in this second edition is placed between the treatise of Wickliffe and “ the Testament of William Tracie.” Lascelles was burned in Smithfield in 1546. 8034 Wickliffe (J.) The true copye of a Prolog wrytten about two C. yeres past by John Wycklife (as maybe iustly be gatherid bi that, that John Bale hath writté of him in his boke entitlid the Sum- marie of famouse writers of the Isle of great Brita) the Originall whereof is founde written in an olde English Bible bitwixt the olde Testament and the Newe. Whych Bible remaynith now in y Kyng hys maiesties Chamber, FIRST EDITION, black letter, wood- cut portrait of Wycliffe on reverse of title (some outer margins slightly cut into), red morocco eatra, 7. €. sm. 8vo. Imprinted by Robert Crowley dwellynge in Elie rents in Holburn. Anno Do. MDL *,* A, 2 ll. ; B—R im eights. 8035 Wickliffe (J.) Two Short Treatises, Against the Orders of the Begging Friars, compiled by That Famovs Doctovr of the Chvrch, and Preacher of Gods word John Wickliffe, sometime fellow of Merton, and Master of Balliol! Coll. in Oxford, and afterwards Parson of Lutterworth in Lecestershire. Faithfully Printed Le according to two ancient Manuscript Copies, extant, the one in ™ Benet Colledge in Cambridge; the other remaining in the Publike Librarie at Oxford... . blue morocco, line tooled, g. e. padded with blanks, by W. Nutt sm. 4to. At Oxford, Printed by Loseph Barnes, printer to the Vniversitie, 1608 *,* ©, 4]. ; A—H in fours, H 4 occupied by a short glossary. First j/ j
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