ELIZABETHAN] Articles to be enquyred in the visitacyon, in the fyrst yeare of the raigne of our most dread soueraygne Lady, Elyzabeth by the grace of God, of England Fraunce, and Irelande Quene, defender of the fayth. &c. London: (Rycharde Iugge and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Quenes Maiestie), 1559. The first edition of seven of this date. Modern marbled boards. 7 x 5 inches (18 x 13 cm); [14] pp.; A^(4) B^(2). A fine large copy with the signature of Humphrey Dyson at the foot of the title page. The Articles were the fifty-six questions that were to be asked by the Church Commissioners when they paid their investigatory visit to each parish. They include how many parsons had been mistreated in Mary's reign; the number of known drunkards, adulterers, brawlers, sorcerors and bookburners in the parish; and similar questions. Humphrey Dyson (1582-1633), a scrivener and notary, was a noteworthy English book collector, with ties to Shakespeare's circle. This was also the modern collector Arthur Ehrman's copy, with his bookplate (this was in the 1978 sale of his library, purchased by Quaritch and listed in their catalogue 1004). S.T.C. 10118. C
ELIZABETHAN] Articles to be enquyred in the visitacyon, in the fyrst yeare of the raigne of our most dread soueraygne Lady, Elyzabeth by the grace of God, of England Fraunce, and Irelande Quene, defender of the fayth. &c. London: (Rycharde Iugge and Iohn Cawood, printers to the Quenes Maiestie), 1559. The first edition of seven of this date. Modern marbled boards. 7 x 5 inches (18 x 13 cm); [14] pp.; A^(4) B^(2). A fine large copy with the signature of Humphrey Dyson at the foot of the title page. The Articles were the fifty-six questions that were to be asked by the Church Commissioners when they paid their investigatory visit to each parish. They include how many parsons had been mistreated in Mary's reign; the number of known drunkards, adulterers, brawlers, sorcerors and bookburners in the parish; and similar questions. Humphrey Dyson (1582-1633), a scrivener and notary, was a noteworthy English book collector, with ties to Shakespeare's circle. This was also the modern collector Arthur Ehrman's copy, with his bookplate (this was in the 1978 sale of his library, purchased by Quaritch and listed in their catalogue 1004). S.T.C. 10118. C
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