An hundred, threescore and fiftene homelyes or sermons, vppon the Actes of the Apostles, written by Saint Luke: . made by Radulpe Gualthere Tigurine, and translated out of Latine into our tongue, for the commoditie of the Englishe reader. Seene and allowed, according to the Queenes Maiesties iniunctions.
Rudolph Gwalther (1519-1586)
Category
Books
Date
1572
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3043776
Summary
Bibliographic description
[56], 904, 915-919, [3] p. ; fol. Imperfect: wanting title page and final blank leaf. Title page supplied in calligraphic manuscript copy. First 2 and last surviving leaves damaged, and repaired, affecting text. Provenance: manuscript annotations (secretary hand), often cropped by binder. Manuscript inscription on blank leaf g4 (italic hand): "John Noble Ex dono amici mei amantissimi Johannis Twentimani Junioris defuncti"; on leaf a2 (dedication), partly cropped: "Ex dono Johi Twentyman Janu."; on leaf a4: "John Noble". Manuscript bibliographical note by W. H. Allnutt on front fly-leaf, regarding the British Museum copy, and lack of copy in Bodleian [no longer true]. Binding: seventeenth-century sprinkled calf, sewn on 5 tawed supports (3 laced into boards); triple blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges. Gilt title and place/date on spine. Plain vellum lining spine.
Makers and roles
Rudolph Gwalther (1519-1586) John Bridges (d.1618) Bishop of Oxford