A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowme[n]t of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne emperour of Rome : [and] what truth is in the same grau[n]t thou mayst se, and rede ye iugement of certayne great lerned men, whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere.
1534
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Title
A treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowme[n]t of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Syluester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne emperour of Rome : [and] what truth is in the same grau[n]t thou mayst se, and rede ye iugement of certayne great lerned men, whose names on the other page of this leafe done appere.
Uniform title
De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio. English
Constitutum Constantini. English.
Constitutum Constantini. English.
Created/published
[Imprynted at London] : [By Thomas Godfray [for William Marshall], [1534]]
Description
[148] p. ; (fol.)
Associated name
Valla, Lorenzo, 1407-1457. author.
Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523.
Marshall, William, active 1535.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Herbert, William, 1718-1795, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Hutten, Ulrich von, 1488-1523.
Marshall, William, active 1535.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Herbert, William, 1718-1795, former owner.
Britwell Library, former owner.
Note
Primarily a translation, possibly by William Marshall, of "De falso credita et ementita Constantini donatione declamatio" by Lorenzo Valla. Also contains a long preface by Ulrich von Hutten, an English translation of the Donation, and some short pieces by other authors.
Place of publication and printer's name from colophon; publisher's name and publication date from STC.
Signatures: A-L⁶ M-N⁴.
The last leaf is blank.
Place of publication and printer's name from colophon; publisher's name and publication date from STC.
Signatures: A-L⁶ M-N⁴.
The last leaf is blank.
ESTC staff note
rpm 08/13/96
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), 5641
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107251
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S107251
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
STC 5641
Folger-specific note
HH57/27. Reddish-brown Russia calf binding, gold-tooled. -Blank; t.p. repaired; wormed. Provenance: William Herbert copy; White Knights library; bookplate of John Towneley; bookplate initialed "R.W."; Britwell Court sale, June 1919:166; collated at Quaritch 7 July 1919; Harmsworth copy