A Comedy concernynge thre lawes, of nature Moses, & Christ, corrupted by the Sodomytes, Pharysees and Papystes compyled by Iohan Bale.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bale, John, 1495-1563
Language:English
Published: [Wesel] : Per Nicolaum Bamburgensem [i.e. Dirik van der Straten], 1538 [i.e. 1548?].
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Online Access:ESTC System No. 006182425
Collection:Stillingfleet
Description
Item Description:Woodcut title page and initials.
Portrait of Bale on G2r.
Includes 'A song upon Benedictus Compyled by Johan Bale'.
Catchword 'Brybe' on verso of G3v seems to be a mistake.
Colophon on G4r: 'Thus endeth thys Comedy concernynge thre lawes, of Nature, Moses, and Christ, corrupted by the Sodomytes, Pharisees & papystes most wycked. Compyled by Johan Bale. Anno M.D.XXXVIII, and lately inprented per Nicolaum Bamburgensem'.
Imprint from colophon is false; actual printer's name and suggested publication date from STC.
8vo: A-F8 G4.
No annotations.
Pages have been trimmed.
Remnants of Marsh's Library call number on front pastedown faded and under the stamp of St Patrick's Cathedral. St Patrick's stamp also on E2v.
Written in Robert Travers' handwriting on front flyleaf: 'Hunc librum e Bibliotheca jam ante A.D. 1767 abreptum quum in bibliopolio quodam nactus fuisset V. cl. et reverendus Jacobus H. Todd S.T.D. Collegij S. Trinitatis, Dublinij socius sumptibus suis proprijs emptum, denuo ex ejus dono, sedi pristinae restituit Bibliothecaria A.D. 1841'.
Marsh's Library stamp on front flyleaf.
Written in pencil in a modern hand on back flyleaf and pastedown: 'C[?] 12/0' and 'V N £1.4.0'. Also on back flyleaf written in ink is '2480'.
Physical Description:[52 unnumbered] leaves : 8vo
Published References:S.T.C. 1287.
Bound With:Includes letter to Cradock from J.H. Todd, 20 October 1841, 'I bought the accompanying volume some time ago ... I have reason to think ... that it was once in Marsh's Library. If this is so will you have the goodness to return it to its place'.
Provenance Note:Written on front flyeaf: 'Philip Costell[o]'.
Binding Note:[Parchment] over boards.
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