Autograph: Thomas Sutker booke., Bound with: Taylor, John. An arrant thiefe. London, 1622., Signatures: A-B⁸ (A1, blank?, wanting; b8 blank)., and The principall occasions why this merry poeme was written: 4 p. at end (in prose).
Boetius de consolatione philosophie, Conclusions of the astrolabie, How pite is ded and beried in a gentyll hert, Romaunt of the rose, Troylus and Creseyde, and Works
Description:
"The romaunt of the rose", "Troylus and Creseyde", "Boetius de consolatione philosophie", "How pite is ded and beried in a gentyll hert", and "The testament of loue" each have separate divisional title; foliation and register are continuous. "The conclusions of the astrolabie" has a full-page title on the verso of a text leaf., 2Q3 is cancelled by four leaves bearing "The testament of Creseyde" by Robert Henryson. Variant: 2Q3 uncancelled (quire is in 6)., Edited by William Thynne, who is named on A2v., Foliation errors throughout., Imperfect: Q1-3F4 only; Mm2 and Mm5 missing, but the latter supplied in ms.; first and last leaves torn, text and ms. annotations affected; occasional tearing and chipping, notably in the last two gatherings. Pen trials by Lyttys Spyvlie, William Evans, Rychard Wellys, Ffrauncis Wellys, Roger Asham and unidentified others. Inscribed: To my beloved Jone William[s] Mason. Extensive contemporary annotations., Imprint from colophon., Includes a number of spurious works., Mostly in verse., Signatures: A⁴ B-2P⁶ 2Q⁶(-2Q3+'2Q3'.1,'2Q4'.1) 2R-3V⁶., and Title and imprint from STC.
Publisher:
By Thomas Godfray,
Subject (Name):
Asham, Roger--Autograph., Evans, William--Autograph., Henryson, Robert, 1430?-1506? Testament of Cresseid., Mason, Jone Williams--Presentation inscription., Spyvlie, Lyttys--Autograph., Thynne, William, d. 1546, ed., Wellys, Frauncis--Autograph., and Wellys, Rychard--Autograph.
Writing tables with a calendar for 23 years, Writing tables with a calendar for twenty three years, and Writing tables with a kalendar for xxij yeares
Description:
Bound in are 24 writing tables of prepared vellum, of which two are black, and the rest natural yellow. and Signatures: A-D⁸.
Publisher:
by Franke Adams, stationer and bookebinder, dwelling in Thames Streete, at the signe of ye black Rauen, nere Londo[n] Bridge, & are there to be sold, or else in Paules Church Yarde, at the signe of the Helmet, by Thomas Chayre