Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
17 March 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/638
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    396 Form (A) of Common Prayer to be Used upon the Thirtieth of January (A-H in fours, last blank), mostly dlack letter, cloth 4to. J. Billand A. Barker, 1661 397 Fuller (Thomas) Davids Hainous Sinne Heartie Repentance Heavie Punishment, 100 copies only, boards, uncut, 1869—Collectanea Adamantea, edited by Edmund Goldsmid: No. I, Quaint Glean- ings from Ancient Poetry; No. II, Kempes Nine Daies Wonder, together 2 vol. wrappers, Edinburgh, Privately Printed, 1884 ; ard other reprints 8vo and 16mo. (15) 398 Furnivall (F. J.) Captain Cox, his Ballads and Books; or Robert Laneham’s Letter, stamp of Oxford Union Society on title, half morocco, interleaved, t.e.g. by Fazakerley, 1871 ; ete. 8vo and 4to. (8) 399 GARDINER (SrerHeN) A Detection of the Deuils, Sophistrie, wher- with he robbeth the vnlearned people, of the true byleef, in the most blessed Sacrament of the aulter, 1546, black letter (eacept ff. 37-40, which are in greek type, and 41-48, which are in roman), FIRST EDITION, title within woodcut border, wormhole through jirst nine and another through last four leaves, causing small defects in most cases, another small hole in title, otherwise a good copy, modern stamped calf, panelled sides 8v0. John Herforde for Robert Toy, 1546 eK oir x” There were two or perhaps three issues of this book in 1546, with apparently identical titles. Lowndes describes it as 12mo, 132 leaves, sheet EF 4 1]., in Greek ; the Huth copy was described as 8vo, A-S 4 in eights, except B, 4 ll. in Greek (7.e., 136 leaves) ; the collation of this copy is: A-T 4 in eights, except E, 12 1l1., Kr 5-8 containing the Greek quotation, being an inserted half leaf. The leaves are numbered 1-120 and 123-154, 121 and 122 being dropped. The passage quoted in the Huth catalogue ends here: “ bycause some children learne greake in this time, it maye serue them for a lesso...and conferme them againste the malyce of the deuyl.” 400 [Garzont (T.)] The Hospitall of Incurable Fooles: Erected in English, as near the first Italian modell and platforme, as the vnskilfull hand of an ignorant Architect could deuise, title slighty defective and mended, the dedication to John Hodgson (inserted after 54), apparently from a smaller copy, panelled red movocco gilt, Duff crest on sides, by Fazakerley, UNCUT 4to. Printed by Edm. Bollifant, for Edward Blount. 1600 RARE. For collation and full description, see the Huth sale catalogue. 401 Gaselee (Stephen) Early Printed Books in the Library of Corpus Christie College, Cambridge. A Hand-list, wrappers, 1921— Douze Facéties reproductes en facsimile avac une notice biblio-
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