Vives (Joannes Ludovicus ) A Very Fruteful and Pleasant Booke called the Instruction of a Christen Woman, translated by Richard Hyrde, black letter, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and tail-piece, full-page woodcut on A4 verso, title lightly soiled with short tear to foot and small portion of restoration to centre, not affecting text, gathering B with worming to top corner of text, D4 with neat vertical slash running through text, 2N4 with minor repairs to margins, occasional marginal worming to upper corner, occasional marking or soiling, 19th century calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, gilt stamp to upper cover, g.e., small 4to, T. Berthelet, 1557 [colophon dated 1541]. ⁂ A seemingly unrecorded issue, with the title page and preliminaries matching STC 24861 and the main text and colophon STC 24858. Spanish by birth, Vives was much respected and patronised by Catherine of Aragon, eventually appointed to instruct her daughter Princess Mary (to whom this work is dedicated) in polite literature and Latin. Richard Hyrde was humanist scholar, attached to the household of Thomas More, who did much to promote female education. Provenance: John Louis Goldsmid (1789-1835, publisher and collector of romances and early historical works (gilt stamp)).
Vives (Joannes Ludovicus ) A Very Fruteful and Pleasant Booke called the Instruction of a Christen Woman, translated by Richard Hyrde, black letter, title within architectural woodcut border, woodcut initials and tail-piece, full-page woodcut on A4 verso, title lightly soiled with short tear to foot and small portion of restoration to centre, not affecting text, gathering B with worming to top corner of text, D4 with neat vertical slash running through text, 2N4 with minor repairs to margins, occasional marginal worming to upper corner, occasional marking or soiling, 19th century calf, neatly rebacked, preserving original backstrip, gilt stamp to upper cover, g.e., small 4to, T. Berthelet, 1557 [colophon dated 1541]. ⁂ A seemingly unrecorded issue, with the title page and preliminaries matching STC 24861 and the main text and colophon STC 24858. Spanish by birth, Vives was much respected and patronised by Catherine of Aragon, eventually appointed to instruct her daughter Princess Mary (to whom this work is dedicated) in polite literature and Latin. Richard Hyrde was humanist scholar, attached to the household of Thomas More, who did much to promote female education. Provenance: John Louis Goldsmid (1789-1835, publisher and collector of romances and early historical works (gilt stamp)).
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