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RARE ENGLISH RECUSANT POCKET BOOK: Of prayer and meditation. Wherein are conteined fowertien devoute meditations for the seven daies of the weeke, bothe for the morninges, and eveninges. And in them is treyted of the consideration of the principall holie mysteries of our faithe. Written firste in the Spanishe tongue, by the famous religious father. F. Lewis de Granada, provinciall of the holie order of peachers in the province of Portugall.
by De Granada, Luis (1504-1588); Hopkins, Richard (trans.)
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Rouen: Imprinted at Rouen, by George L'Oiselet, 1584. 1st Edition . Full limp vellum. Very Good. First edition, 12mo, 688pp. In recent period style limp English vellum with new period-style endpapers. Occasional unobtrusive browning and staining, lacks final two leaves of index, otherwise clean and complete with numerous woodcut decorative capitals and headpieces. A very attractive copy of this rare recusant title printed in Northern France doubtless for illicit importation to England. ESTC S105964, citing 7xUK and 4xUS institutional locations only.
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- RARE ENGLISH RECUSANT POCKET BOOK: Of prayer and meditation. Wherein are conteined fowertien devoute meditations for the seven daies of the weeke, bothe for the morninges, and eveninges. And in them is treyted of the consideration of the principall holie mysteries of our faithe. Written firste in the Spanishe tongue, by the famous religious father. F. Lewis de Granada, provinciall of the holie order of peachers in the province of Portugall.
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- De Granada, Luis (1504-1588); Hopkins, Richard (trans.)
- Format/binding
- Full limp vellum
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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- Hardcover
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- Imprinted at Rouen, by George L'Oiselet
- Place of Publication
- Rouen
- Date published
- 1584
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- recusant catholic roman granada elizabethan tudor guy fawkes henry garnet
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- Incunabula and early books; Antiquarian books; Antiquarian Theology;
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Lyppard Books was established in Worcester, UK, in 2012, adopting the unusual name from Lyppard Grange, once a farm attached to the monastery of Worcester's ancient cathedral. We maintain a small and select stock of English and Continental antiquarian titles from the dawn of western printing to the 19th century, and aim to offer original, early examples of scarce and sought-after texts.
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