Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
February-March 1904
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/163
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    SIZES MIXED ay Lor 348—contenued. LORRAINE Cross OF G. Tory, Kerver’s small device on title and last leaf, a few Il. discoloured, and some headlines cut iio, otherwise a good copy, old calf 12mo “ Kaphewnt hore B. V. M. secundum usum Sarum... umpresse Parisius impensis Joannis Growte (sic).. Opera autem .. Yolande Bonhomme Vidue defuncte Thielmanna Kerver,” dc. 1532 *,* An EXTREMELY RARE EDITION, in which the name Growte may be identical with John Gowge or Gough, of Cheapside, who printed a Salisbury Primer in 1536. 349 Primer. THE MANUAL OF PRAYERS, OR THE PRYMER IN ENGLYSH AND LATEN, set out at length, &c. (with the Calen- dar), black letter, red and black, fine woodcuts within ornamental side borders, tatle, all before %b1 and after Tt iii in printed fac- smile, brown morocco extra, with antique gilt ornaments, g. e. by fiaviere (a fair copy ; sold not subject to return) sm. 4to Imprinted in fletestrete by me John Wayland 1539 XV daye of July *,* THE VERY RARE ORIGINAL EDITION OF Bp. JOHN HILSEY’s PRIMER, published at the commandement of Thomas Lord Cromwell. ‘ An Instruction of the maner in hearing of the Masse” begins on ff. 4. 7 350 PRIMER. THE PRYMER IN ENGLYSH AND LATYN, AFTER THE USE OF SARUM, set out at length with many Goodly Prayers, with the exposicyon of the Psalme called Miserere mei deus, and in te domine speravt, with the Epistles and Gospels on every Sunday and holye daye in the yeare, black letter, red and black, double columns, separate title to Epistles, fine small figured initial woodcuts and numerous ornamental initials (title in facsimile, wants 2 Ul. of Calendar, I 3, margins of C v-vi mended, leaf of Table much wormed and short, otherwise a good copy, but sold not subject to return), blue morocco gilt, g. e. by Mackenzie (Wm. Maskell’s copy), EXTREMELY RARE sm. 4to Printed in Paules Churcheyarde at the Sygne of the Maydens head by Thomas Petyt 1543 351 PRIMER (THE) in Latin and Englishe (AFTER THE USE OF SARUM) (with the Calendar), with many Godlye and devoute Prayers .. Whereunto is added a Playne and Godly treatise concerning the Masse. .for the Instruction of the unlearned and Simple People, black letter, red and black, title and 2 or 3 other Ul. in facsimile, some ll. much washed, otherwise perfect and a very good copy, crushed red morocco extra, line tooled, g. e. by hinere sm. 4to Imprinted by John Waylande in fletestrete anno domini 1555 B. *,* AN EXCEEDINGLY RARE SARUM PRIMER, printed in Queen Mary’s reign. It has the Queen’s Letters Patentes for the printing on reverse of last leat. 352 Primer. THE PRYMER IN LATINE SET FORTH AFTER THE USE oF SALISBURYE ; enlarged with many Prayers and Godlye Pictures newelye imprynted thys present yeare (English Rubricks) [with Calendar], lit. goth. red and black, long lines, title within woodcut border, fine woodcuts and ornamental initials in the text (lower margins of title and neat few Ul. slightly mended
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