Accession number:
PML 5006
Published:
London : Richard Pynson and William Middleton [i.e. T. Marsh], 1525 [i.e. 1563]
Description:
2 v. in 1. ; 35 cm
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1903.
Notes:
According to STC, both volumes were printed by T. Marsh about 1563.
False imprint from colophon, vol. 1: Imprinted at London in Fletestrete at the sygne of the George by Wyllyam Myddylton."
False imprint from colophon, vol. 2: "Imprinted at London in Fletestrete by Rycharde Pynson/ printer to the kynges moost noble grace. And ended the last day of August: the yere of our lorde god.M.D.xxv [i.e., ca. 1563]. Cum priuylegio a rege in dulto."
Vol. I readings: b1r, col. 2, line 3 from the foot ends "king in his be"; b2r, col. 1, line 1 reads: "lytell hakeneys," (with comma).
Binding:
Brown russia binding (rebacked) by C. Lewis with his ticket.
Variant Title:
Here begynnith the firste volum ...
Provenance:
From the J.E. Kerr and Pierpont Morgan collections.
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