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A necessary doctrine and erudition for any Christen man

A revised and enlarged edition of "The institution of a Christen man" ("The Bishops' book"), commonly called The King's book. The introduction is ostensibly by Henry VIII.--ESTC · Imprint from colophon (e6 verso) · See STC (2nd ed.) 5169. This edition which has "set" (not "sette") on the title page, has the following readings : A1 verso, line 2 "boke"; A2 recto, line 2 "KYNG"; N4 verso, catchword "welth", line 1 "wysedom"; Z2 recto, line 2 ends "resistinge ther=", line 3 "certainly ... wil is"; colophon, "Barthelet"; headlines in upper and lower case · Signatures: A-Źþ a-d́þ éœ · Title within woodcut border; initials · Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) · English short title catalogue · Catalogued · Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in purple goatskin. The bookplate of Charles Longuet Higgins is present on the front pastedown. A pencil collation inscription, signed by F.S. Ferguson on behalf of Quaritch and dated 1904, is present at rear. Housed in a brown goatskin box with the title stamped in gilt onto the spine

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