Ascham, Toxophilus, London, 1589, modern vellum

ASCHAM, ROGER

Toxophilus: the Schoole, or partitions of Shooting contayned in two bookes... London: Abell Jeffes, 1589

third edition, 8vo (183 x 128mm.), title within ornamental woodcut border, modern vellum, all edges gilt, lacking final leaf H8 (containing device only), oil and other staining and some worming to inner margins (chiefly repaired with no loss of text), minor worming to a few other leaves, new endpapers

A textually complete copy of the third edition of Ascham's classic work on archery.

LITERATURE:

ESTC S100281; STC 839; Pforzheimer18; Cockle p.7

PROVENANCE:

James Wakeham, ownership signatures on title page and first leaf of text, dated 1715