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[SOUTHWELL, Robert (1561?-1595)]. Marie Magdalens Funerall Teares. London: J[ames] R[oberts] for William Leake, 1602.
8° (134 x 90mm). Collation: A-L8. Woodcut titleborder with sacred monogram [not in McK. & F.], woodcut printer's device [McKerrow 341] at end. (Paperfault without loss in I<->8; minor waterstaining.) 19th-century calf gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate.
Fifth edition, first published 1591. Southwell's most popular prose tract. Only 6 copies in all are known of the previous four editions. STC 22952 (records only 4 copies: B.L. imperfect; Emmanuel College Cambridge; Huntington; and the present copy); Grolier Langland to Wither 225.
8° (134 x 90mm). Collation: A-L8. Woodcut titleborder with sacred monogram [not in McK. & F.], woodcut printer's device [McKerrow 341] at end. (Paperfault without loss in I<->8; minor waterstaining.) 19th-century calf gilt, edges gilt. Provenance: Cardiff Castle bookplate.
Fifth edition, first published 1591. Southwell's most popular prose tract. Only 6 copies in all are known of the previous four editions. STC 22952 (records only 4 copies: B.L. imperfect; Emmanuel College Cambridge; Huntington; and the present copy); Grolier Langland to Wither 225.