Lot Essay
Written between 1563 and 1568, and first published by the author's widow in 1570.
ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL
LITERATURE
The Property of Lord Brabourne, C. B. E.
Removed from the Library at Mersham-Le-Hatch, Kent
ASCHAM, Robert. The Schoolmaster; or Plaine and perfite way of teaching children, to understand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, London: J. Daye, 1571 [colophon: 1573], 4°, third edition, printed in black letter, title within border of typographic ornaments, large woodcut device on colophon leaf (N4 severely holed with partial loss to 3 lines, some soiling, colophon leaf laid down), 19th-century speckled calf gilt, g.e. [STC 835]
Details
ASCHAM, Robert. The Schoolmaster; or Plaine and perfite way of teaching children, to understand, write, and speake, the Latin tong, London: J. Daye, 1571 [colophon: 1573], 4°, third edition, printed in black letter, title within border of typographic ornaments, large woodcut device on colophon leaf (N4 severely holed with partial loss to 3 lines, some soiling, colophon leaf laid down), 19th-century speckled calf gilt, g.e. [STC 835]
Provenance
Alexander and Laurance Brewer, various early inscriptions and marginalia; Sir Wyndham Knatchbull, armorial bookplate.