Apr 07, 2011 - Sale 2242

Sale 2242 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
LATIMER, HUGH. Fruitfull Sermons. [8], 331 [i. e., 330] leaves. Mostly printed in black letter. 4to, 17th-century panelled calf, rebacked, cover corners restored; light soiling on title, gatherings H and I transposed, blank lower outer corner off M3.4, light dampstain in outer margin of last few leaves. London: John Daye, 1584

Additional Details

Fourth collected edition of the sermons of a leading figure of the reform movement in England. Latimer's activity as a preacher contributed greatly to the advancement of the Protestant cause; following the restoration of Catholicism under Queen Mary I he was burned at the stake. STC 15280.