Gardiner, Stephen

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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Description

A Detection of the Deuils sophistrie, wherwith he robbeth the vnlearned people, of the true byleef, in the most blessed sacrament of the aulter.... London: in Aldersgate strete, by Jhon̄ Herforde, 1546
paper, ink, leather

8vo (155 x 100 mm). Woodcut border and initials; small marginal repairs title and following 4 leaves. Brown morocco gilt by Pratt with Christie-Miller arms to sides.

Provenance

Britwell Court (shelf mark on pastedown) — Sinclair Hamilton (bookplate)

Literature

STC 11591

Catalogue Note

first edition. The first extensive use of Greek type in an English book, used for the long passage from St. John of Damascus , included Gardiner says, “bycause some children learne greake in this tyme, it may serve them for a lesson, wherewithe to occupie their tender wittes . . .” At the end the printer apologizes for a makeshift Greek iota, “quandoque destituti fuimus” (“because we were out of it”).