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<dl><dd>Printers name from English Short Title Catalogue</dd>
<dd>Signatures: *² A-2F⁴ G² (G2=blank).</dd>
<dd>Imprint from colophon (G1 verso)</dd>
<dd>Numerous errors in foliation</dd>
<dd>"Now fyrst imprynted by Roberte Crowley, dwellyng in Ely Rentes in Holburne. Anno Domini 1550."</dd>
<dd>English Short Title Catalogue</dd>
<dd>Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, &amp; Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.)</dd>
<dd>Cataloged</dd>
<dd>condition reviewed</dd>
<dd>Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy imperfect: *² wanting and replaced in ca. 19th-century pen facsimile. Leaf G2 (=blank) wanting. Bound in black goatskin paneled and tooled in gilt. Spine paneled and tooled and gilt. Bookplate of Thomas Jefferson McKee on front pastedown. BPL bookplate on rear pastedown. BPL Embossed stamp and perforation stamp on facsimile title leaf. Early marginalia throughout. Ownership inscription inscription on A1 recto: "Su[m] Henrij Some.[?]" Acquired Dec. 1901.</dd></dl><br>Subjects:</div>
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<dl><dd>Langland, William, 1330?-1400?</dd>
<dd>Grafton, Richard, -1572?, printer</dd>
<dd>Crowley, Robert, 1518?-1588, bookseller</dd>
<dd>McKee, Thomas Jefferson, 1840-1899, former owner. MB</dd></dl></div>
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