Lot 52
Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop) An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and Sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester ..., second edition, by John Daye, 1580.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop) An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and Sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester ..., second edition, black letter, one wood engraved plate only (of 2), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut illustration to imprimatur at end, early ink inscription to title, occasional very neat red ink markings, occasional faint pencil marginal markings, ex-Nottingham Mechanics' Institute with bookplate obscured by modern endpapers, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, later calf, rebacked and recornered retaining original backstrip and calf, gilt shelfmark to spine foot, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, by John Daye, 1580.
⁂ Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and served as Mary Tudor's Lord Chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants.
Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551.
This copy bound with one of the two plates called for, both of which are often lacking.
Description
Cranmer (Thomas, Archbishop) An Aunswere by the Reverend Father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, Primate of all England and Metropolitane, unto a craftie and Sophisticall cauillation, deuised by Stephen Gardiner Doctour of Law, late Byshop of Winchester ..., second edition, black letter, one wood engraved plate only (of 2), woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces, woodcut illustration to imprimatur at end, early ink inscription to title, occasional very neat red ink markings, occasional faint pencil marginal markings, ex-Nottingham Mechanics' Institute with bookplate obscured by modern endpapers, faint abrasion mark to front free endpaper where label removed, later calf, rebacked and recornered retaining original backstrip and calf, gilt shelfmark to spine foot, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, folio, by John Daye, 1580.
⁂ Stephen Gardiner (1483-1555) was the Bishop of Winchester, and served as Mary Tudor's Lord Chancellor during the persecution of the Protestants.
Cranmer's Aunswere, part of a controversy between Cranmer and Gardiner on the sacrament of communion, was first published by Wolfe in 1551.
This copy bound with one of the two plates called for, both of which are often lacking.