Accession number
PML 17026-28
Creator
Bentley, Thomas, student of Gray's Inn, editor.
Published
[London] : Printed by H. Denham, [1582]
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Notes
Compiled from the writings of Frances Abergavenny, Anne Askew, Théodore de Bèze, Lady Jane Dudley, and others.
7 parts in 3 volumes.
Parts 2-7 have special title pages: The second [-seuenth] lamp of virginitie ...
Parts 6-7 printed "at the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson for the assignes of William Seres."
Previously three letters were tipped in, two of which where by Thomas Grenville, concerning his copy of the "Monument;" transferred to LHMS, MA 23180.
7 parts in 3 volumes.
Parts 2-7 have special title pages: The second [-seuenth] lamp of virginitie ...
Parts 6-7 printed "at the three Cranes in the Vintree, by Thomas Dawson for the assignes of William Seres."
Previously three letters were tipped in, two of which where by Thomas Grenville, concerning his copy of the "Monument;" transferred to LHMS, MA 23180.
Description
[24], 49, [3], 36, [4], 37-252; [4], 253-362, [8], 363-862, [2], 863-999, [11] pages : illustrations (woodcuts) ; 20 cm
Provenance
William Herbert (his initials on t.p. of vols. 2-3: "WH p.956"); Thomas Grenville; Francis John Stainforth (armorial bookplate, vols. 2-3), his sale, Sotheby, 1 July 1867, after which the purchaser exchanged the dirty vol. 1 (now at Folger) with another copy (see ms note, MA 23180); Pierpont Morgan, purchased from J. Pearson & Co., 1907.
Binding
Half dark brown morocco with linen sides, by Charlotte Ullman, 1964.
Classification
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