[OLDE, John (fl.1545-1556)]. A confession of the most auncient and true christen catholike old belefe, accordyng to the ordre of the xii articles of our cmon Crede, set furthe in Englishe ... by J.O.. Imprinted in Sothewarke by Christophor Truthal [i.e. Emden: E.van der Erve], 1556.

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[OLDE, John (fl.1545-1556)]. A confession of the most auncient and true christen catholike old belefe, accordyng to the ordre of the xii articles of our cmon Crede, set furthe in Englishe ... by J.O.. Imprinted in Sothewarke by Christophor Truthal [i.e. Emden: E.van der Erve], 1556.

Small 8° (140 x 83mm). Collation: A-E8. 19th-century calf. Provenance: Bute bookplate. ONLY EDITION. The author of this 'confession' was the translator of Erasmus' 'Paraphrase of the New Testament'. He fled on the accession of Queen Mary and probably died before the succession of Queen Elizabeth. STC 18798 (lists 6 copies)

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