Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
March 1920
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/444
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

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

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    538 Henry VIII. “ Year-book,” Anno XXXIV and XXXV (January- May, 1543), half calf, very slightly wormed, otherwise a fine copy Thomas Berthelet (1543) x” The first Act in this volume is the famous one for the suppression of Tindal’s translation of the New Testament. It speaks of it as being a * craftie, false and untrue translation,” and goes on to say that it “shall be by auctoritie of thys present acte clerely and utterly abolished, extinguished, and forbydden, to be kept or used in this Realme, or els wherein anye the Kynges dominions.” The other Acts included are also of especial interest with regard to the history of the Church of England: Cap. I, An Act for the aduancement of true religion, and for the abolyshment of the contrary. Cap. XV, An Act-touchinge the Dean and Chapiter of Walles (Wells) to be one sole Chapiter of it selfe. Cap. XVII, An Act for the newe erected Bishops to pay their tenthes into the Court of Fyrst Fruites. Cap XIX, An Acte for paymente of pencions and porcions, graunted out of the late Abbeyes. 539 Boethius (A. T. S.) De Arithmetica ad Patritium Summachum libri duo. De Musica libri quinque. De Geometria libri duo, ete. gothic letter, double columns, 74 Ul. only | Hain, *3352; P.11; C.P.; Proctor, *4559]|, numerous diagrams, wormhole through several ll., corner of last two Ul. slightly defective and mended, title and newt leaf slightly water-stained, blind tooled calf Venice, Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, 1499 540 Guillim (John) A Display of Heraldry, the sixth edition, numerous coats-of-arms and plates (one leaf of the table slightly defective and the corners of some Ul. torn and wormed), calf (rubbed) 1724 541 Montaigue (Michel) Essayes written in French . . . done into English according to the last French edition by Iohn Florio, second edition (5 Ul. slightly defective, some stains, some margins torn, name on the title), calf Printed by Melch. Bradwood, 1613 542 Sidney (Sir Philip) The Covntesse of Pembroke’s Arcadia . . . now the sixt time pvblished (some stains, the last leaf damaged, four ll. slightly defective), calf (repaired) Imprinted by H. L. for Simon Waterson, 1622 543. Drayton (MICHAEL) Poems: By Michael Drayton Esqvire. viz. The Barons Warres, Englands Heroicall Epistles, Idea, Odes, The Legends of Robert, Duke of Normandie, Matilda, Pierce Gaveston and Great Cromwell, The Owle, Pastorals, Contayning Eglogues, with the Man in the Moone, printed title with large portrait by W. Hole on the back, and engraved title (brilliant impressions) and a separate printed title, dated 1619, to each portion of the work (name and another line written on the printed title, two words of one leaf slightly defective and a Jew slight stains), FINE Copy, printed by W. Stanshy for Iohn Smethwicke [1619]—Poly-Olbion. By Michaell Drayton Esqr. [Book one],
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