The primer : set furth by the Kinges maiestie [and] his clergie, to be taught lerued [sic], and red: [and] none other to be vsed thorowout all his dominions.

The primer : set furth by the Kinges maiestie [and] his clergie, to be taught lerued [sic], and red: [and] none other to be vsed thorowout all his dominions.

Imprinted at London : VVithin the precinct of the late dissolued house of the graye Friers by Richard Grafton printer to the Princes grace, the xvii. day of August, the yeare of our lorde M,D.XLVI. [1546]

[236] p. : ill. ; (4to)

Prepared under the supervision of Henry VIII, and with a foreword by him.

At foot of title: Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum.

Signatures: *⁴ [fleuron]⁴ A-K⁴ L² M-V⁴, 2A-2H⁴.

Printed in red and black.

The last leaf has printer's device on recto.

In 25 lines. A reprint, ca. 1710, has 32 lines, and "Reprinted without any alteration" at foot of title.

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Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 16044
Hoskins, 184
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S108617

Great Britain -- England -- London.

STC 16044

HH170/21. Imperfect: wanting [fleuron]1, which is supplied in facsimile. Leaves *1-2 mutilated, affecting woodcut border on t.p and text on verso (some letters are supplied in facsimile). Faded manuscript notes on the last page. Cropped, affecting headlines. Brown, blind-tooled goatskin binding, signed by Hayday. Provenance: anonymous armorial bookplate of Amherst of Hackney (motto "victoria concordia crescit"); Sotheby's sale, Jan. 19, 1921, lot 622; Harmsworth copy