Lot 6
Gardiner (Stephen, Bishop of Winchester) A Declaration of suche True Articles as George Joye hath gone about to confute as False, [1546].
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Gardiner (Stephen, Bishop of Winchester) A Declaration of suche True Articles as George Joye hath gone about to confute as False, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, title with outer margin cut away, affecting woodcut border, title and 67ff. with crude tape repairs, most with some loss to text, several ff. with upper corner burnt, occasional ink notes in an early hand, 20th century calf, abrasion to upper cover, [STC 11588], 8vo, [in Aldersgate strete by Iohannes Herford, at the costes and charges of Robert Toye, dwellynge in Paules churche yarde at the sygne of the Bell], [1546].
⁂ A rare work, usually found defective, in which the author defends himself against Joye's charges that he had been involved in the entrapment of Robert Barnes which had ultimately led to Barnes' execution by burning at the stake in 1540.
Description
Gardiner (Stephen, Bishop of Winchester) A Declaration of suche True Articles as George Joye hath gone about to confute as False, black letter, title within woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials, title with outer margin cut away, affecting woodcut border, title and 67ff. with crude tape repairs, most with some loss to text, several ff. with upper corner burnt, occasional ink notes in an early hand, 20th century calf, abrasion to upper cover, [STC 11588], 8vo, [in Aldersgate strete by Iohannes Herford, at the costes and charges of Robert Toye, dwellynge in Paules churche yarde at the sygne of the Bell], [1546].
⁂ A rare work, usually found defective, in which the author defends himself against Joye's charges that he had been involved in the entrapment of Robert Barnes which had ultimately led to Barnes' execution by burning at the stake in 1540.