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A very fruteful and pleasant boke callyd the Instruction of a Christen woman, made fyrste in latyne, by the right famous clerk mayster Lewes Viues, and tourned oute of latyne into Englysshe by Richard Hyrde.

Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540, author.; Hyrde, Richard.; Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.; Britwell Library, former owner.
1541
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Title
A very fruteful and pleasant boke callyd the Instruction of a Christen woman, made fyrste in latyne, by the right famous clerk mayster Lewes Viues, and tourned oute of latyne into Englysshe by Richard Hyrde.
Uniform title
De institutione foeminae Christianae. English
Created/published
[Impress. Londini] : [in [a]edibus Thom[a]e Berth. regij impressoris. cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum, Anno M.D.XLI. [1541]]
Description
[6], 138 [i.e. 140] leaves : ill. (woodcut) ; (4to)
Associated name
Vives, Juan Luis, 1492-1540, author.
Hyrde, Richard.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
A translation of: De institutione foeminae Christianae.

Imprint from colophon.

Running title reads: The instruction of a Christen vvoman.

Leaf 140 misnumbered 138.

This and the following editions omit Hyrde's dedication.

Signatures: A⁶ B-Z⁸, a-n⁴.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 24858
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119322
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Genre/form
Printing privileges.
Manicules.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
STC 24858
Folger-specific note
HH211/26. MS. markings, including manicules. With a circular MS. (sales?) label ("2551") affixed to the front free endpaper. Leaves a3, c1 mutilated, affecting text. Provenance: Britwell Court copy (with the pencilled Britwell Court shelf-mark: 11.E.16.); Britwell theol. sale, May 5, 1920, lot 486; collated at Quaritch by Max Privett, May 26, 1920; Harmsworth copy

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