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Paradyse of daynty deuises, aptly furnished : with sundry pithie and learned inuentions / deuised and written for the most part, by M. Edwards ... ; the rest, by sundry learned gentlemen, both of honor and worshippe ...

Accession number
PML 6200
Creator
Edwards, Richard, 1523?-1566.
Published
London : Henry Disle, 1576.
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Title, with printer's devise (see McKerrow 132) on recto, on verso large woodcut arms of Sir Henry Compton, a[superscript 1] Ded. to Compton, A[superscript 2]; St. Bernard's verses, A[superscript 3-4]; Text, A-L in 4s. (Text f A[superscript i] is in fac-simile) Several corners repaired, I[superscript 1] & K[superscript 4] have outer edges repaired. The pagination is very irregular - 1-29, 31, 32, twice, 27-29, 26, 31-311, 30, 41-50, 45-88.
First edition - very rare - only one other copy, the (Britwell-Huntington) known.
Description
1 v.
Provenance
Irwin collection. This was Dr. Farmer's copy.
Binding
Brown morocco bindign with gilt ornament in centre, by F. Bedford.
Classification
Department