Du Wés, Giles. An introductorie for to lerne to rede, to pronounce, and to speake Frenche trewly : compyled for the ryghte hygh, excellent, [et] moste vertuous lady, the lady Mary of England, doughter to our moste gracious souerayne lorde kyng Henry the eyghte

Folger bibliographic ID: 160876
STC number: 7378
ESTC number: S105412
Folger call number: STC 7378
Folger holdings ID: 153203

Bibliographic format

quarto

General notes

By Giles Duwes [Giles Du Wés] whose name appears in an acrostic on A2r Printer's and publisher's names from colophon; publication date conjectured by STC Signatures: A-V⁴ 2A-2D⁴ 2E⁶ The second book has separate divisional title; register is continuous

Item information about Folger STC 7378

215922. Black sheep binding, blind tooled in rules and flowered pattern on covers; holes for ties visible; paper label on spine: "Arc H16.2/D51". Manuscript notes (those on verso of t.p. possibly by Risleye), verses, and a bar of music. Provenance: inscriptions: verso of t.p.: "James Risleye"[Risley]; back free endpaper: "John Hanmer"; bookplate: 'E Bibliotheca Durdenensi Honoratiss: D: Georgij Com: de Berkley' [George Berkeley, first earl of Berkeley]; stamp of Sion College library on t.p.; Sotheby sale, 13 June 1977:25

Extended title: An introductorie for to lerne to rede, to pronounce, and to speake Frenche trewly : compyled for the ryghte hygh, excellent, [et] moste vertuous lady, the lady Mary of England, doughter to our moste gracious souerayne lorde kyng Henry the eyghte
Alternate titles: Introductorie for to lerne to rede to pronounce, and to speke Frenche trewly

French language

author: Du Wés, Giles, -1535
former owner: Sion College. Library