Lot 35
Recusant printing, Mendham copy.- Allen (William) A true sincere and modest defence of English Catholiques that suffer for their faith both at home and abrode: against a false, seditious and slaunderous libel intituled; The execution of iustice in England, rare at auction, [Rouen], [Fr. Parsons' press], 1584.
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Recusant printing, Mendham copy.- [Allen (William)] A True sincere and modest defence of English Catholiques that suffer for their faith both at home and abrode: against a false, seditious and slaunderous libel intituled; The execution of iustice in England, small woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional early ink and later pencil marginalia, lacking D1, errata f., and final blank, title soiled and laid down, trimmed at head and foot, occasionally affecting a headline or signature-mark, some spotting and staining (including the odd instance of ink), mostly lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, black leather label to spine, [STC 373; ESTC S100110], 8vo, [Rouen], [Fr. Parsons' press], [1584].
⁂ Rare at auction. In reply to William Cecil's 'The execution of justice in England'.
Provenance: Joseph Mendham (1769–1856), English clergyman and controversialist, sold Bloomsbury Auctions, 20th March 2014, lot 10 (1p. of his autograph notes bound in at front).
Description
Recusant printing, Mendham copy.- [Allen (William)] A True sincere and modest defence of English Catholiques that suffer for their faith both at home and abrode: against a false, seditious and slaunderous libel intituled; The execution of iustice in England, small woodcut ornament to title, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, occasional early ink and later pencil marginalia, lacking D1, errata f., and final blank, title soiled and laid down, trimmed at head and foot, occasionally affecting a headline or signature-mark, some spotting and staining (including the odd instance of ink), mostly lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, black leather label to spine, [STC 373; ESTC S100110], 8vo, [Rouen], [Fr. Parsons' press], [1584].
⁂ Rare at auction. In reply to William Cecil's 'The execution of justice in England'.
Provenance: Joseph Mendham (1769–1856), English clergyman and controversialist, sold Bloomsbury Auctions, 20th March 2014, lot 10 (1p. of his autograph notes bound in at front).
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