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CRANMER, Thomas (1489-1556). Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum, ex authoritate primum Regis Henrici 8 inchoata. Edited by J.Foxe. London: John Day, April 1571.
4° (186 x 142mm). Collation: A-B4 *2 B-Rr4. Title within border of typographic ornaments with woodcut printer's device [McKerrow 83b], with blank *2. Later limp vellum. Provenance: Thomas Saltern (?the author of STC 21636; signature and occasional marginal notes); William Bickford, Dunsland, Devon (inscription).
FIRST EDITION. Cranmer's revision of his codification of the canon law remained unpublished at his death in 1556. Sir John Cheke and Dr. Walter Haddon produced this Latin translation which includes the justification for the death penalty for heresy. STC 6006.
4° (186 x 142mm). Collation: A-B4 *2 B-Rr4. Title within border of typographic ornaments with woodcut printer's device [McKerrow 83b], with blank *2. Later limp vellum. Provenance: Thomas Saltern (?the author of STC 21636; signature and occasional marginal notes); William Bickford, Dunsland, Devon (inscription).
FIRST EDITION. Cranmer's revision of his codification of the canon law remained unpublished at his death in 1556. Sir John Cheke and Dr. Walter Haddon produced this Latin translation which includes the justification for the death penalty for heresy. STC 6006.