MISSAL, Use of Sarum -- Missale ad usum ecclesie Sariburiensis . Rouen: Richard Hamilton for Robert Valentin, 1554. 4° (196 x 141mm). Printed in red and black in double column, gothic letter, with musical notation. Valentin's woodcut device on title and on colophon at end, woodcut illustrations and initials. (Lacking quires s-v 8, I 8 and K 6, and H 1 0, called for by Weale-Bohatta.) Contemporary English calf over wood boards, covers with medallion roll panel (rebacked, rubbed, clasps lacking). THE FIRST SARUM MISSAL PRINTED IN QUEEN MARY'S REIGN. Weale-Bohatta 1449; STC 16215 locates 7 copies (4 in Oxford libraries). PROCESSIONAL, Use of Sarum: Processionale ad usum insignis ecclesie Sarum . London: [J. Kingston and H. Sutton], 1555. 8° (196 x 130mm). Printed in red and black, Gothic letter, with musical notation throughout. Woodcut architectural border in four blocks, with two heads in architrave at top [McKerrow and Ferguson 38]. Woodcut initials. (Title soiled and laid down, worm hole through text from quire P onwards, worsening towards end, final leaves repaired at margins, last leaf tattered at lower margin and repaired at corner, without final blank). Modern green morocco gilt. STC 16245. (2)
MISSAL, Use of Sarum -- Missale ad usum ecclesie Sariburiensis . Rouen: Richard Hamilton for Robert Valentin, 1554. 4° (196 x 141mm). Printed in red and black in double column, gothic letter, with musical notation. Valentin's woodcut device on title and on colophon at end, woodcut illustrations and initials. (Lacking quires s-v 8, I 8 and K 6, and H 1 0, called for by Weale-Bohatta.) Contemporary English calf over wood boards, covers with medallion roll panel (rebacked, rubbed, clasps lacking). THE FIRST SARUM MISSAL PRINTED IN QUEEN MARY'S REIGN. Weale-Bohatta 1449; STC 16215 locates 7 copies (4 in Oxford libraries). PROCESSIONAL, Use of Sarum: Processionale ad usum insignis ecclesie Sarum . London: [J. Kingston and H. Sutton], 1555. 8° (196 x 130mm). Printed in red and black, Gothic letter, with musical notation throughout. Woodcut architectural border in four blocks, with two heads in architrave at top [McKerrow and Ferguson 38]. Woodcut initials. (Title soiled and laid down, worm hole through text from quire P onwards, worsening towards end, final leaves repaired at margins, last leaf tattered at lower margin and repaired at corner, without final blank). Modern green morocco gilt. STC 16245. (2)
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