Oct 13, 2022 - Sale 2617

Sale 2617 - Lot 126

Unsold
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900
Shepherd, Luke (fl. circa 1548)
John Bon and Mast Person.

London: J. Smeeton, for Machell Stace, [circa 1807].



First edition of this facsimile of the same text originally printed in London by John Daye and William Seres in 1548; one of twenty-five (or twelve?) printed on parchment, with handwritten inscription to that effect on title; woodcut illustration to title; brown paper-covered boards; rebacked, 10 1/4 x 8 in.

cf. Alston, Books Printed on Vellum in the Collections of the British Library, page 35.