Oct 17, 2017 - Sale 2457

Sale 2457 - Lot 96

Price Realized: $ 1,105
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
COVERDALE, MILES, compiler. Certain most godly, fruitful, and comfortable letters of such true Saintes and holy Martyrs of God. [4] (of [8]), 46, 49-689, [5] pages, including 2 contents leaves at end; lacks the title and the last preliminary leaf (the latter replaced in facsimile). Mostly printed in black letter. 4to, 186x134 mm, old leather, rebacked; contents toned and soiled, dark dampstaining on opening leaves, occasional light marginal dampstaining elsewhere, preliminaries A2.3 rehinged and remargined slightly affecting sidenotes, 2T3.6 probably supplied from another copy, modern owner's pencil notes on front endleaf. Armorial bookplate of Frederick Perkins (1780-1860). London: John Day, 1564

Additional Details

first edition of a collection of letters by Protestants martyred during the reign of Queen Mary. STC 5886.