Accession number
PML 130001
Creator
Ascham, Roger, 1515-1568.
Published
At London : Printed by Iohn Daye ..., An. 1571.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Colophon: At London. Printed by Iohn Daye. dwelling ouer Aldersgate. 1571.
Edited by author's wife, Margaret (Howe) Ascham; "preface" to Sir William Cecil.
Manuscript quotation from Erasmus on title, "Omnia scribendo fit ut memoriae cultus negligatur."
Not a "paginary reprint" of the edition of 1570 (Huth cat.); several pages reset.
Printer's mark (with skeleton) on last page. Title within ornamental border; initials; tail-pieces.
Signatures: [pointing finger]², B-T⁴; A is omitted, and leaves 35, 38, 52, 67 are numbered respectively 50, 42, 51, 65.
Edited by author's wife, Margaret (Howe) Ascham; "preface" to Sir William Cecil.
Manuscript quotation from Erasmus on title, "Omnia scribendo fit ut memoriae cultus negligatur."
Not a "paginary reprint" of the edition of 1570 (Huth cat.); several pages reset.
Printer's mark (with skeleton) on last page. Title within ornamental border; initials; tail-pieces.
Signatures: [pointing finger]², B-T⁴; A is omitted, and leaves 35, 38, 52, 67 are numbered respectively 50, 42, 51, 65.
Description
[6], 65 [i.e. 67], [1] leaves ; 20 cm
Provenance
Carolesther(?) (signature unclear); Burroughs of Burlingham Hall (bookplate with cypher monogram and motto "Animo et fide" within garter); Henry Huth (gold-stamped armorial bookplate); Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Green morocco, gold-tooled, with dentelles, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, possibly by Hayday.
Classification
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