Lot 239
Walsingham (Francis) A Search made into Matters of Religion, second edition, contemporary calf, [Saint-Omer, English College Press], 1615.
Hammer Price: £550
Description
Walsingham (Francis) A Search made into Matters of Religion, by Francis Walsingham Deacon of the Protestants Church, before his Change to the Catholike, second edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and head-pieces, slight worming to fore-edge of title and at foot of first four and last four leaves, small hole to N3, occasional light browning, free endpapers detached, contemporary plain blind-ruled calf, rubbed, small portion missing from lower cover, [STC 25003], small 4to, [Saint-Omer, English College Press], 1615.
⁂ Provenance: T. Busby S.J., early ink name on title; Jean-Marie-Philippe Dubourg, Bishop of Limoges 1802-1822 (bookplate); Jean-Joseph-Marie-Sixte de Marliave (1918-1999) (bookplate).
Description
Walsingham (Francis) A Search made into Matters of Religion, by Francis Walsingham Deacon of the Protestants Church, before his Change to the Catholike, second edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut initials and head-pieces, slight worming to fore-edge of title and at foot of first four and last four leaves, small hole to N3, occasional light browning, free endpapers detached, contemporary plain blind-ruled calf, rubbed, small portion missing from lower cover, [STC 25003], small 4to, [Saint-Omer, English College Press], 1615.
⁂ Provenance: T. Busby S.J., early ink name on title; Jean-Marie-Philippe Dubourg, Bishop of Limoges 1802-1822 (bookplate); Jean-Joseph-Marie-Sixte de Marliave (1918-1999) (bookplate).