A brief treatyse settynge forth diuers truthes necessary both to be beleued of chrysten people, [and] kepte also, whiche are not expressed in the Scripture but left to [the] church by the apostles traditio[n]. /
Smith, Richard,1500-1561.
Augustus Frederick,Duke of Sussex,1773-1843,former owner.StEdNL
Egan, John,former owner.StEdNL
Stevens-Cox, James,former owner.StEdNL
Herbert, William,active 1760,former owner.StEdNL
Moffat, Alexander,former owner.StEdNL
Imprinted at Lo[n]don : In Paules Churche yearde, at the sygne of the Mayde[n]s Hed, by Thomas Petit.,
M.D.XLVII. [1547]
Imprint from colophon.
Esaye. viii. M.D.xlvii. Cu[m] priuilegio ad imprimendu[m] solu[m].--at foot of the title page.
Leaf A3 missigned "A.i.".
ESTC
STC (2nd ed.)
The front pastedown has the armorial bookplate of the Duke of Sussex. A manuscript inscription at the bottom of the Duke of Sussex's bookplate reads "John Egan. From the Duke of Sussex's Library". The recto of the front free endpaper has the bookplate "Ex libris James Stevens Cox". The recto of the second front flyleaf has the manuscript inscription "Wm Herbert / 1760.". The recto of the third free flyleaf has the manuscript inscription "John Egan / See a full & interesting account of the learned author of this rare volume with a list of his other works in Dodd's church history vol 2-p 100[.] He was a native of Worcestershire & died at Douay [?] July 1563 aged 63. He was the oracle of the university for solid learning". The verso of the third free flyleaf has the bookplate "Alexander Moffat 23 Abercromby Place Edinburgh".
Rebacked brown leather with blind tooling featuring a centre diamond figure.
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