A spiritual and most precious perle : teachynge all men to loue [and] imbrace ye crosse, as a most swete and necessarye thinge vnto the soule: what comfort is to be take[n] thereof: where and howe bothe consolacion and aide in al maner of afflyccions is to bee sought: and agayne, howe all men should behaue themselues therin, accordyng to the word of God.
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A spiritual and most precious perle : teachynge all men to loue [and] imbrace ye crosse, as a most swete and necessarye thinge vnto the soule: what comfort is to be take[n] thereof: where and howe bothe consolacion and aide in al maner of afflyccions is to bee sought: and agayne, howe all men should behaue themselues therin, accordyng to the word of God.
Uniform title
Kleintot, von trost und hilff. English
Created/published
[Wesel?] : [Printed by H. Singleton?], [1555?]
Description
[16], 272 p. ; (16mo)
Associated name
Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552, author.
Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.
Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Huth Library, former owner.
Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.
Somerset, Edward Seymour, Duke of, 1506?-1552.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Huth Library, former owner.
Note
A translation, by Miles Coverdale, of: Werdmüller, Otto. Ein Kleintot, von trost und hilff.
Sometimes attributed to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, who wrote the preface.
Imprint conjectured by STC; printed in the types of STC 9981.
Running title reads: The spiritual and precious perle.
Copies vary in the marginal notes, not differentiated.
Signatures: pi⁸ A-R⁸.
Sometimes attributed to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, who wrote the preface.
Imprint conjectured by STC; printed in the types of STC 9981.
Running title reads: The spiritual and precious perle.
Copies vary in the marginal notes, not differentiated.
Signatures: pi⁸ A-R⁸.
ESTC staff note
Copy filmed is CSmH 60034.
Signatures from DFo.
Signatures from DFo.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, 1992. Fine and Historic Bookbindings (catalog entry 9:12)
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), 25256
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119840
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S119840
Place of creation/publication
Germany.
Item Details
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STC 25256
Folger-specific note
HH215/41. Dark green goatskin binding, gilt tooled, with all edges gilt and gauffered; signed by F. Bedford. (-see Bearman, Frederick A., Nati H. Krivatsky, J. Franklin Mowery. "Fine and historic bookbindings from the Folger Shakespeare Library," 9:12). Provenance: bookplate of Huth library (motto "animus non res"); Sotheby's Huth sale, July 1, 1918, lot 7978; collated at Quaritch by Max Privett; Harmsworth copy