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A briefe and pleasant discourse of duties in marriage, called the Flower of friendship.

Accession number
PML 6127.1
Creator
Tilney, Edmund, -1610.
Published
Imprinted at London : by Henrie Denham, dwelling in Pater noster Rowe, at the signe of the Starre, Anno domini. 1577.
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Dedication signed: Edmonde Tilnay.
First edition was 1568, 2nd 1571.
Signatures: A-E⁸, leaf E8 blank.
Includes: The office, or duetie of the marryed woman, for the preseruation, and continuance, of thys flower of friendship.
Description
[80] pages ; 14 cm (8vo)
Provenance
John Fabor, inscription: "Joh[an]nes Fabor hunc libris tenet," 16th century (leaf a1r of Tilney); unidentified initials, M.D.,1605 (binding); James Toovey; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Binding
Red calf, richly tooled and gilt, with initials M.D. & date 1605, on both upper and lower covers; repaired by Duprez Lahey.
Classification
Department