BEDE

BEDE, THE VENERABLE & STAPLETON, THOMAS - THE HISTORY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLANDE compiled by Venerable Bede Englishman Translated out of Latin into English by Thomas Stapleton. Shakespeare Head Press/Basil Blackwell, 1930. Limited edition of 475 copies of which 450 were for sale, 4to, wood engravings by John Farleigh after the original edition of 1565, map by W F Colley, printed on Batchelor handmade paper, the majority of gatherings with top edge unopened, bound in quarter-beige calf over marbled boards, the calf spine by G W Russell of Hitchin. A superb publication from the Bernard Newdigate / Basil Blackwell era of the Shakespeare Head Press; FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER signed by Convocation December 20th 1661, and attached to the Act of Uniformity 1662. London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1891. Folio, the original manuscript reproduced in litho facsimile, printed in red and black throughout, top edge uncut, publisher's embossed cloth with wear to head and tail of spine. This copy comes with the rare loose 4-page 'Advance Circular' prospectus, describing the book, and stating "The issue will be limited to 750 copies", as well as a manuscript letter dated Nov 1 1898 with the Eyre and Spottiswoode printed and engraved letterhead, also concerning the book; Plus another folio book in German, circa 1902, with 15 superb full-page facsimile woodcuts after Albrecht Durer. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham (3)