![MARPRELATE, Martin (pseudonym). The Just Censure and Reproofe of Martin Junior. Wherein the rash and undiscreete headines of the foolish youth, is sharply mette with, and the boy hath his lesson taught him, I warrant you, by his reuerend and elder brother, Martin Senior, sonne and heire unto the renowmed Martin Mar-prelate the Great. [Wolston, Warks.? : John Hodgkins, 29 July 1589].](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2016/CKS/2016_CKS_12138_0352_000(marprelate_martin_the_just_censure_and_reproofe_of_martin_junior_where070926).jpg?w=1)
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MARPRELATE, Martin (pseudonym). The Just Censure and Reproofe of Martin Junior. Wherein the rash and undiscreete headines of the foolish youth, is sharply mette with, and the boy hath his lesson taught him, I warrant you, by his reuerend and elder brother, Martin Senior, sonne and heire unto the renowmed Martin Mar-prelate the Great. [Wolston, Warks.? : John Hodgkins, 29 July 1589].
8º (135 x 85mm). (Some light soiling.) Late 19th-century black morocco by F. Bedford, covers panelled in gilt and blind, acorn tool at corners, spine directly lettered and with repeated heart device between raised and gilt-ruled bands, gilt edges (back cover slightly discoloured). Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (bookplate and pencil note 'This is one of the rarest tracts by Marprelate').
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS MARPRELATE TRACT, LONG RECOGNISED AS RARE. The two tracts purporting to be by the sons of Martin were both printed at Wolston, near Coventry, on the peripatetic press of the Welsh puritan, John Penry. Martin Senior or Martin Marprelate has been identified with Penry, but was more probably the Warwickshire squire and Member of Parliament, Job Throckmorton. ODNB observes: 'In the autumn of 1588 the radical puritan cause found a new voice in the rollicking, seditious satire of the Marprelate tracts. There is copious evidence that Throckmorton was up to his neck in this literary conspiracy. Most of the tracts were printed in Warwickshire, and Throckmorton was involved at every stage in their production.' ESTC locates 11 copies of the present tract. No sale is recorded in the on-line databases. STC 17458.
8º (135 x 85mm). (Some light soiling.) Late 19th-century black morocco by F. Bedford, covers panelled in gilt and blind, acorn tool at corners, spine directly lettered and with repeated heart device between raised and gilt-ruled bands, gilt edges (back cover slightly discoloured). Provenance: Sir Henry Hope Edwardes, 10th Baronet (bookplate and pencil note 'This is one of the rarest tracts by Marprelate').
FIRST AND ONLY EDITION OF THIS MARPRELATE TRACT, LONG RECOGNISED AS RARE. The two tracts purporting to be by the sons of Martin were both printed at Wolston, near Coventry, on the peripatetic press of the Welsh puritan, John Penry. Martin Senior or Martin Marprelate has been identified with Penry, but was more probably the Warwickshire squire and Member of Parliament, Job Throckmorton. ODNB observes: 'In the autumn of 1588 the radical puritan cause found a new voice in the rollicking, seditious satire of the Marprelate tracts. There is copious evidence that Throckmorton was up to his neck in this literary conspiracy. Most of the tracts were printed in Warwickshire, and Throckmorton was involved at every stage in their production.' ESTC locates 11 copies of the present tract. No sale is recorded in the on-line databases. STC 17458.
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