A necessary doctrine and erudition for any Christen man, set furthe by the kynges maiestie of Englande &c
Publisher: by Thomas Barthelet printer to the kynges hyghnes
Published: 1543
Place of publication: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
Subjects: Doctrines; Church of England
Other titles: Necessary doctrine and ervdition for any Christen man, set furthe by the kinges majestie of Englande &c.; Necessary doctrine and erudition for any Christian man, set forth by the king's majesty of England &c.; King's book; Bishops' book
Work titles: Institution of a Christen man
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

"Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum" printed below colophon.

Revised and enlarged edition of "The institution of a Christen man", also known as "The Bishops' book", and also commonly called The King's book, first printed in London, 1537.

The introduction is ostensibly by Henry VIII.

This setting is distinguished from many other settings by the following: A1 verso line 2 has: booke; A2 recto line 2 of heading has: KYNG; N4 verso catchword: wealthe and line 1 ends: wisedome; Z2 recto line 2 ends: ther= and line 3 ends: wil is; e4 verso line 8: boordes; colophon: Barthelet.

Following text on leaf e4 verso: This boke bounde in paper boordes or claspes, not to be solde aboue. xvi. d.

Signatures: A-Z⁴ (A4 verso blank) a-d⁴ e⁶.

Title page printed with architectural woodcut border, with the initials "TB." below base.

See: Union Theological Seminary (New York, N.Y.). Catalogue of the McAlpin collection of British history and theology, I:16.

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 5169

Bibliotheca Americana: catalogue of the John Carter Brown Library in Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, I: page 34

English short title catalogue, S126186

Gift; 1912; 8259.