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BEDE, The Venerable. The History of the Church of Englande . . . translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Stapleton Student in Divinitie. Full-page woodcuts on H3r and V1r and half-page woodcut on N4r, all showing scenes relating to the conversion of King Ethelbert of Kent. [14], 192, [4] leaves, with title and next eight leaves in facsimile on laid paper. 4to, modern calf; contents toned with scattered marginal dampstains, margins trimmed not affecting text, later owner's marginal note on N3r. Antwerp: Jan de Laet, 1565
First edition in English of Bede's major work, a history of Christianity in England from the Roman period to the early 8th century, translated by the Roman Catholic controversialist Thomas Stapleton. Pforzheimer 55; Sarton I, 510-11; STC 1778.
