Author: Thomas Cranmer; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Sir Philip Monckton
Title: Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society, Volume XV: Bishop Cranmer&Apos;S Recantacyons; Unpublished Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Monckton Papers
Description: London, The Philobiblon Society, 1874-1884 . Paperback. Three very scarce issues from volume XV of the 'Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society', bound in delightfully patterned modern paper wraps. Three very scarce issues from volume XV of the miscellanies of the Philobiblon society, a society concerned with book collecting, bibliographical information and manuscripts. The society take their name from a collection of essays concerning the acquisition, preservation, and organization of books written by the mediaeval bibliophile Richard de Bury, shortly before his death in 1345.The first of these issues consists of the 'Unpublished letters from Samuel Taylor Coleridge to the Rev. John Prior Estlin', edited by Henry A Bright; the second issue presents the personal papers and archives of Philip Monckton, edited by Edward Peacock; and the final issue is 'Bishop Cranmer's Recantacyons', referring to Thomas Cranmer's reconciliation with the Catholic Church. Rebound in modern paper wraps, with endpapers renewed. Light shelf wear to back strip tails, otherwise externally lovely. Internally, firmly bound. Light pencil inscriptions to tail of each title page. Leaves unopened to heads, and clean and bright. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine .

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