A godly medytacyon of the Christen sowle, concerninge a loue towardes God and hys Christe
By: compyled in Frenche by Lady Margarete Quene of Nauerre, and aptely translated into Englysh by the Ryght Vertuouse Lady Elyzabeth doughter to our late souerayne Kynge Henri the viij
Contributors: Bale, John, 1495-1563, editor; Straten, Derick van der, -1555, printer; Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, translator; Inglis, Cornelius, former owner; Pratt, W., binder; Bernard Quaritch (Firm)
Publisher: Imprented [by Dirik van der Straten]
Published: 1548
Place of publication: [Wesel (Germany)]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Meditations; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Godly meditation of the Christian sould concerning a love towards God and his Christ
Work titles: Miroir de lme pcherresse
Notes: Place of publication and printer's name from STC; publication date from colophon.

"Epystle dedycatory" and "Conclusion" by John Bale.

Signatures: A-F́ı.

English short title catalogue, S111990

Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.), 17320

Cataloged 20170112 jmoschella

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound by Pratt in brown goatskin panelled and tooled in gilt. The spine is panelled and tooled in gilt. The bookplate of C. Inglis, M.D. (here conjectured to be Cornelius Inglis (b. 1824)) is present on the front pastedown, along with two unidentified bookplates. A bibliographical inscription is present on the recto of the front free endpaper. Three 20th-century dealer descriptions are pasted onto the verso of the free endpaper at back, along with a three-line section of text apparently excised from an early printed description of the birth of Elizabeth I. A monogrammed woodcut is pasted to the rear pastedown.