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¶ Guðbrandur Þorláksson — Biblia (1584)

December 23, 2016

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Guðbrandur Þorláksson, ed. Biblia Þad Er, Øll Heilög Ritning / vtlögd a Norraeu. HoÌlar, Iceland: Jone Jons Syne, 6 June 1584.

Illustrated.

Provenance: Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 185 (sold to Tregaskis for £7 15s.). — James W. Ellsworth. — Rosenbach (sold to William Scheide, 21 June 1923). — Scheide Library, Princeton University Library (9.1.10).

Reference: MS catalogue (2), no. 436.


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¶ Caradoc, of Llancarvan — Historie of Cambria (1584)

July 16, 2014

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Caradoc, of Llancarvan. The historie of Cambria, now called Wales: a part of the most famous yland of Brytaine, written in the Brytish language aboue two hundreth yeares past: translated into English by H. Lhoyd Gentleman: corrected, augmented, and continued out of records and best approoved authors, by David Powel Doctor in divinitie. London: Rafe Newberie and Henrie Denham, 1584.

Illustrated. Bibliographical note by Cockerell laid in.

Provenance: Richard Lloyd. — Thomas Lloyd [?]. — Henry Davies. — Morris. — Richard Bennett. — Sotheby 1898, lot 665 (sold to Henry Wellcome for £2 12s.). — Henry Wellcome. — Wellcome Library (Closed stores EPB / B 1273/B).

References: Ellis valuation, fol. 52b (no price). — ESTC (S121940). — MS catalogue (2), no. 22 (with three X’s beside the title).

Digital version: EEBO.


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