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Ascham, Roger
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- Ascham, Roger
- Toxophilus, The Schole, or Partitions of Shooting Contained in ii. Books, Writte[n] by Roger Ascham, 1544, And Now Newlye Perused. London: Imprinted ... in Fletestreate neare to Saint Dunstones Churche by Thomas Marshe, 1571
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4to (7 1/8 x 5 1/8 in.; 180 x 130 mm). Title within woodcut allegorical border, gothic type; narrow dampstain at upper or fore-edge margins of some leaves. Modern blind-tooled calf antique; extremities worn.
Bound with his:
A Report and Discourse Written by Roger Ascham of the Affaires and State of Germany and the Emperour Charles his Court During Certaine Years while the Sayd Roger was There. London: Printed by John Daye, dwelling over Aldersgate, [1570?]
Title within border of printer's ornaments, decorative woodcut initial; lower outer corner gnawed affecting text in last 5 quires, pen-trials, calculations and bibliographical note on free endpapers.
Bound with his:
A Report and Discourse Written by Roger Ascham of the Affaires and State of Germany and the Emperour Charles his Court During Certaine Years while the Sayd Roger was There. London: Printed by John Daye, dwelling over Aldersgate, [1570?]
Title within border of printer's ornaments, decorative woodcut initial; lower outer corner gnawed affecting text in last 5 quires, pen-trials, calculations and bibliographical note on free endpapers.
Provenance
T. William Erle (signature on front pastedown). acquisition: Maggs Bros., 1962
Literature
STC 838 & 830; ESTC S100277 & S100282; Pforzheimer 14 (Report)
Condition
see cataloguing
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Second edition of Ascham's defense of the study of archery. The book "took the form of a Ciceronian dialogue between Philologus (lover of study) and Toxophilus (lover of the bow), who was none the less an irreproachable scholar who had put his learning at the disposal of the commonweal. It is remembered specifically as the standard authority on physical training as an essential part of a gentleman's education, but it became a model for his contemporaries and near contemporaries in several respects: as the first learned defence of a pastime, and as a model of English vernacular prose writing in terms of both style and organization of subject matter" (ONDB).