Betson, Thomas. Here begynneth a ryght profytable treatyse co[m]pendiously drawen out of many & dyuers wrytynges of holy men, to dyspose men to be vertuously occupyed in theyr myndes & prayers : and declared by the Pater Noster, Ave, & Credo in our moder tonge ...

GW: 4190
Duff: 43
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries: B-522
Folger bibliographic ID: 92664
STC number: 1978
ESTC number: S110939
Folger call number: STC 1978
Folger holdings ID: 94925

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

Caption title (leaf a2r) Imprint from STC; publisher device on leaf c6r (McKerrow 10b) Signatures: a-c⁶ ; c1 signed 'r1' Woodcut of St Jerome on leaf a1r, and of Crucifixion on verso, the latter repeated on verso of last leaf Woodcut initials

Item information about Folger STC 1978

In a brown goatskin binding gold tooled (F. Bedford) with coat of arms on both covers and gilt edges; pencilled inscription on front flyleaf "6 May 1876 bound by Bedford cleaned &c."; vellum leaves as flyleaves at beginning and end of the book. Provenance: inscription in lower margin of leaf a2r "W. Bayntun Grays Inn"; Christie Miller coat of arms on covers (no. 48 in the Sotheby sale catalog of Britwell library, May 5-7 1920); booklabel of R. Leicester Harmsworth; purchased in 1938

Uniform title: Treatise to dispose men to be virtuously occupied
Extended title: Here begynneth a ryght profytable treatyse co[m]pendiously drawen out of many & dyuers wrytynges of holy men, to dyspose men to be vertuously occupyed in theyr myndes & prayers : and declared by the Pater Noster, Ave, & Credo in our moder tonge ...

Christian life

author: Betson, Thomas
binder: Bedford, Francis, 1799-1883
former owner: Bayntun, William, active 1746
former owner: Harmsworth, R. Leicester Sir, (Robert Leicester), 1870-1937
former owner: Britwell Court Library
printer: Worde, Wynkyn de, -1534?