Aylmer, John

Estimate

800 - 1,200 USD

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Description

Aylmer, John
An Harborowe for Faithfull and Trewe Subjectes, Agaynst the Late Blowne Blaste, Concerninge the Government of Wemen... At Strasborowe [London] the 26 of Aprill [1559].
Ink paper and morocco

4to (7 7/8 x 5 in.; 173 x 127 mm). Engraved initials, full-page woodcut on the last page. Gilt brown morocco binding by R. de Coverly.

Provenance

acquisition: Francis Edwards

Literature

STC 1005: ESTC S100367

Catalogue Note

First edition. John Aylmer's reply to John Knox's Blast Against the Monstrous Regiment of Women. When he wrote his reply, Aylmer was in exile in Switzerland because he spoke publicly against the doctrine of transubstantiation.