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BISHOPS' BOOK - HENRY VIII
The Institution of a Christen Man, Conteyning the Exposytion or Interpretation of the Commune Crede, of the Seven Sacramentes, of the .X. Commandementes, colophon: In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti regii impressoris, 1537

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BISHOPS' BOOK - HENRY VIII

The Institution of a Christen Man, Conteyning the Exposytion or Interpretation of the Commune Crede, of the Seven Sacramentes, of the .X. Commandementes, [4], 97 leaves, textura type, title within wide woodcut border, lacks one leaf (supplied in eighteenth century manuscript facsimile), loss to blank margin of final leaf, numerous marginal glosses (and note on colophon) in a sixteenth century hand, late eighteenth century boards, loss to spine [ESTC S107820], 4to (232 x 172mm.), colophon: In aedibus Thomae Bertheleti regii impressoris, 1537

Footnotes

The Institution of the Christian Man, commonly called "The Bishop's Book", was produced by a committee of forty-six divines and bishops headed by Thomas Cranmer, in support of the King Henry's reforms.

Provenance: Unidentified sixteenth century owner, with numerous marginal glosses, and on the colophon comments on the learned contributors to the volume; "R. Peers 1s.", ink name inside lower cover; "H. Peers" and "W. Pearce 1793" in upper margin of title-page. William Pearce (1744-1820) was Dean of Ely from 1797 until his death. A loosely inserted note ("... this book came to me at my father's death in 1904") by Pearce's great-grandson is loosely inserted.

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