Lot 52
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, Imprynted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece. Cum privilegio, [c.1540?].
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A8 B-M8 N2, printed almost entirely in black letter, title within woodcut border incorporating date 1534, woodcut initials, some soiling, L5-8 with marginal stain, contemporary ink annotations to M4, upper hinge weak, 19th century calf, a little rubbed and stained, [STC 10996], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece. Cum privilegio, [c.1540?].
⁂ Donald McDonald's copy with his bookplate; also that of Alexander Beresford Hope.
Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.
Description
Fitzherbert (John) The Boke of Husbandry, collation: A8 B-M8 N2, printed almost entirely in black letter, title within woodcut border incorporating date 1534, woodcut initials, some soiling, L5-8 with marginal stain, contemporary ink annotations to M4, upper hinge weak, 19th century calf, a little rubbed and stained, [STC 10996], 8vo, Imprynted at London in fletestrete in the house of Thomas Berthelet, nere to the condite at the sygne of Lucrece. Cum privilegio, [c.1540?].
⁂ Donald McDonald's copy with his bookplate; also that of Alexander Beresford Hope.
Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.
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