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WHITGIFT, John (1530?-1604), archbishop of Canterbury. An answere to a certen libel intituled, An admonition to the Parliament. London: Henry Bynneman for Humphrey Toy, 1572. Small 4° (180 x 125mm). Collation: s2 A-Y4 Aa-Pp4, titleborder of typographic ornaments. 19th-century blue morocco, gilt inner dentelles, by Lortic, edges gilt. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate. FIRST EDITION. A reply to the book by John Field and Thomas Wilcox, An admonition to the Parliament, A view of popish abuses yet remaining in the English Church (1572). The present work contains letters from Rudolph Walter and Henry Bullinger. STC 25427
[Mathew PARKER (1504-75)] -- The life of the 70. Archbishopp of Canterbury presently Sittinge Englished, and to be added to the 69. lately Sett forth in Latin. [Zrich, Christopher Froschauer?], 1574. Small 8° (135 x 82mm). Collation: A-E8 F4, large printed folding table. (Lacking final blank; F3 torn and repaired and re-inserted but only very slightly affecting the text; tear in folding table repaired with loss of a few letters.) 19th-century brown morocco, tooled in blind, by Bedford, edges gilt. Provenance: Mount Stuart bookplate. ONLY EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated from the anonymous Latin attack 'Historiola' probably by John Stubbs, an extreme Puritan. The table is very rare. STC 19292a
[Alexander NOWELL & William DAY]. A true report of the Disputation or rather priuate Conference had in the Tower of London, with Ed. Campion Iesuite, the last of August 1581. London: Christopher Barker, 1 January 1583. Small 4° (190 x 134mm). Collation: A2 C-Z4 Aa-Ff4 Gg2. Woodcut royal arms on last leaf. (Small hole and name cut from blank portion of title, with loss of two lines of errata on verso.) 19th-century calf. Provenance: Royce Dunremer?, contemporary signature on title; Cardiff Castle bookplate. FIRST EDITION. STC 18744 (3)
[Mathew PARKER (1504-75)] -- The life of the 70. Archbishopp of Canterbury presently Sittinge Englished, and to be added to the 69. lately Sett forth in Latin. [Zrich, Christopher Froschauer?], 1574. Small 8° (135 x 82mm). Collation: A-E8 F4, large printed folding table. (Lacking final blank; F3 torn and repaired and re-inserted but only very slightly affecting the text; tear in folding table repaired with loss of a few letters.) 19th-century brown morocco, tooled in blind, by Bedford, edges gilt. Provenance: Mount Stuart bookplate. ONLY EDITION IN ENGLISH, translated from the anonymous Latin attack 'Historiola' probably by John Stubbs, an extreme Puritan. The table is very rare. STC 19292a
[Alexander NOWELL & William DAY]. A true report of the Disputation or rather priuate Conference had in the Tower of London, with Ed. Campion Iesuite, the last of August 1581. London: Christopher Barker, 1 January 1583. Small 4° (190 x 134mm). Collation: A2 C-Z4 Aa-Ff4 Gg2. Woodcut royal arms on last leaf. (Small hole and name cut from blank portion of title, with loss of two lines of errata on verso.) 19th-century calf. Provenance: Royce Dunremer?, contemporary signature on title; Cardiff Castle bookplate. FIRST EDITION. STC 18744 (3)