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The institution of a Christen man : conteynynge the exposytion or interpretation of the commune Crede, of the seuen Sacramentes, of the .x. commandementes, and of the Pater noster, and the Aue Maria, iustyfication [and] purgatory

by: Church of England; Berthelet, Thomas, printer; Amherst, William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst, Baron, 1835-1909, former owner. MB

Publication date: 1537

Topics: Church of England

Publisher: Londini : In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti regii impressoris

Collection: bplscbbocp; bostonpubliclibrary; americana

Contributor: Boston Public Library

Language: English

Commonly called The Bishops' book

Imprint from colophon

Signatures: a⁴ A-Z⁴ 2A⁶(-2A6).

Title within woodcut border; initials

This edition has main text set in textura type (20 lines = 95mm.)

Numerous errors in pagination

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

Cataloged

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy bound in ca. 19th-century black goatskin. The title is stamped in gilt onto the spine. The armorial bookplate of William Tyssen-Amherst, Baron Amherst, is present on the front pastedown. A bookseller's description is tipped-on to the recto of the front free endpaper. The title leaf is wanting and replaced in facsimile. Early marginalia is present throughout. Housed in a brown goatskin box with the title stamped in gilt onto the spine