Lot 3
Lutheranism.- Joye (George) The Letters whyche Johan Ashwell Priour of Newnham Abbey besydes Bedford, sente secretly to the Bishope of Lyncolne, in the yeare of our Lord MDCCVII, second edition, At Strassburge [i.e. London], [?Printed by T. Raynald and W. Hill], [?1548].
Hammer Price: £2,200
Description
Lutheranism.- Joye (George) The Letters whyche Johan Ashwell Priour of Newnham Abbey besydes Bedford, sente secretly to the Bishope of Lyncolne, in the yeare of our Lord MDCCVII, second edition, black letter, trimmed at head with loss (sometimes complete) to headline and occasionally touching top line of text, 19th century brown blind-stamped morocco by F. Bedford, extremities slightly rubbed, [STC 846], 8vo, At Strassburge [i.e. London], [?Printed by T. Raynald and W. Hill], [?1548].
⁂ Very rare. Edward Joye (c.1495-1553) translated a version of the Old Testament which was published in the 1530s and also proofread Tyndale's translation of the NT.
Provenance: Cardiff Castle (bookplate).
Description
Lutheranism.- Joye (George) The Letters whyche Johan Ashwell Priour of Newnham Abbey besydes Bedford, sente secretly to the Bishope of Lyncolne, in the yeare of our Lord MDCCVII, second edition, black letter, trimmed at head with loss (sometimes complete) to headline and occasionally touching top line of text, 19th century brown blind-stamped morocco by F. Bedford, extremities slightly rubbed, [STC 846], 8vo, At Strassburge [i.e. London], [?Printed by T. Raynald and W. Hill], [?1548].
⁂ Very rare. Edward Joye (c.1495-1553) translated a version of the Old Testament which was published in the 1530s and also proofread Tyndale's translation of the NT.
Provenance: Cardiff Castle (bookplate).
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