Vergil, Polydore (1470?-1555) An Abridgement of the Notable Woorke of Polidore Vergile.

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Vergil, Polydore (1470?-1555) An Abridgement of the Notable Woorke of Polidore Vergile. London: Imprinted within the precincte of the late dissolued house of the Grey Friars, by Richard Grafton, printer to the Princes grace, the. xvi daie of Aprill, the yere of our lorde, 1546. First edition, (this edition dated April 16, 1546 was presumably published before the edition dated January 25, 1546 because of use Old Style dating, persistent in the British Isles until 1752; in this system, the year changed on March 25, Lady Day); small octavo, a translation and abridgment of Polydore Vergil's De Inventoribus Rerum prepared by Thomas Langley (d. 1581); five U.S. copies listed in ESTC; this variant with a2r catchword: 'lyfe'; and "Cum priuilegio ad imprimendum solum" at foot of title; some minor soiling to preliminaries, bound in full later calf, rebacked, 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.

A8, a-u8, x7 (lacking x8 ?blank).
http://estc.bl.uk/S107600
Estimate $3,000-5,000


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