A testimonie of antiquitie : shewing the auncient fayth in the Church of England touching the sacrament of the body and bloude of the Lord here publikely preached, and also receaued in the Saxons tyme, aboue 600. yeares agoe.
The first edition of the first printed Old English text, and the first book printed using John Day's Anglo-Saxon type.
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| Language: | English |
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Imprinted at London :
By Iohn Day, dwelling ouer Aldersgate beneath S. Martyns,
[1566?]
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| Summary: | The first edition of the first printed Old English text, and the first book printed using John Day's Anglo-Saxon type. |
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| Item Description: | A translation of: Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham. Sermo de sacrificio in die Pascae. Edited by John Joscelyn and Matthew Parker. At foot of title: Cum priuilegio Regiæ Maiestatis. Publication date conjectured by STC. The sermon is in Anglo-Saxon and English on facing pages. Running title reads: In die Sancto Pascæ. A sermon on Easter day. With a final colophon leaf. In this edition the preface is foliated and the errata are corrected. Variant: title page omits "Cum priuilegio." Signatures: A-L⁸. The Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell copy contains the bookplate of the Ex-Earls of Macclesfield as well as their blindstamp on the top of the title page -- bookseller's description. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lit./Mitchell Collection by The Cushing Library. |
| Physical Description: | 48, 50-75 pages, 14 unnumbered leaves ; (octavo) |