BALE, JOHN. The Pageant of Popes, contayninge the Lyves of All the Bishops of Rome, from the Beginninge of them to the Yeare of Grace 1555. [20], 198 [i. e., 197], [2] (of [3]) leaves; lacks final blank. Mostly printed in black letter. 4to, 187x142 mm, early 19th-century navy straight-grain morocco, joints worn; intermittent light marginal dampstaining and occasional minor soiling. Bookplates of James Whatman (1777-1843) and Charles Butler of Warren Wood, Hatfield. (London: Thomas Marshe, 1574)