Accession number
PML 125697
Creator
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547.
Published
[Rome, mense Decembri, 1521]
Credit line
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes
Colophon (on x5v): Romæ, opera Stephani Guillireti, mense decembri. M.D.XXI. apostolica sede vacante.
Title on a1, within ornamental border.
Sig. [-]⁴ contains the indulgence granted by Pope Leo X to readers of the work, followed by the bull conferring the title "Defender of the Faith" on the British monarch; it has special title within border: Librvm hvnc invictiss. Angliæ regis fidei defensoris contra Mart. Lvthervm legentibvs, decem. annorvm et totidem xl. indvlgentia apostolica avthoritate consessa est. Cum gratia et priuilegio.
Sig. y⁴, z² contain John Clerk's speech at the special consistory at which he formally presented Henry's book to the Pope, and Leo's reply.
"This edition is generally supposed to have been issued under special influence, and the prefatory matter, with Clerk's oration and the answer of Leo, may have appeared here before Pynson issued his supplement"--Duff. The Assertio, etc. 1908, p. 10.
Ed. printed in Rome on receipt of the Pynson ed.?.
Woodcut borders on both t.p.s, woodcut initials.
Title on a1, within ornamental border.
Sig. [-]⁴ contains the indulgence granted by Pope Leo X to readers of the work, followed by the bull conferring the title "Defender of the Faith" on the British monarch; it has special title within border: Librvm hvnc invictiss. Angliæ regis fidei defensoris contra Mart. Lvthervm legentibvs, decem. annorvm et totidem xl. indvlgentia apostolica avthoritate consessa est. Cum gratia et priuilegio.
Sig. y⁴, z² contain John Clerk's speech at the special consistory at which he formally presented Henry's book to the Pope, and Leo's reply.
"This edition is generally supposed to have been issued under special influence, and the prefatory matter, with Clerk's oration and the answer of Leo, may have appeared here before Pynson issued his supplement"--Duff. The Assertio, etc. 1908, p. 10.
Ed. printed in Rome on receipt of the Pynson ed.?.
Woodcut borders on both t.p.s, woodcut initials.
Description
[190] p. 21 cm.
Provenance
From the Theodore Irwin collection.
Binding
Brown pigskin.
Classification
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Department