[CHURCH OF ENGLAND]. The primer set furth by the kinges maiestie & his clergie, to be taught lerued [sic], and red: & none other to be vsed thorowout all his Dominions. Imprinted at London within the precinct of the late dissolued house of the graye Friers by Richard Grafton Printer to the Princes grace, the xvii. day of August, the yeare of our lorde M,D.XLVI. [London]: Reprinted without any alteration, [1710].
REPRINT. Leather-bound; hardcover; octavo (18.5 x 11 x 1.5 cm); pp. [168]. Signatures: *4, A-U4. English text printed in black letter. Handsomely bound in period gilt ruled and blind-tooled panelled calf boards; spine with five raised bands and red morocco label; period plain endpapers; title-page and the 'Letani and suffrages' in red and black; title-page printed within ornate woodcut border; decorative initials and full-page engraving of the Prince of Wales' Royal feathers; with a folding half-title reading 'King Henry VIII's primmer', on the verso of which is an engraved portrait of Henry VIII. Condition: Collated complete. Binding secure having been recently rebacked, some minor rubbing to the extremities. Contents lightly toned, previous owners armorial bookplate and catalogue excerpt to pastedown, copious pencil notes to front endpaper, fore edge tear to D1, and a corner tear to M4. An excellent copy.
Notes: A near-facsimile reprint of Henry VIII's original 1546 English prayer book. Rarely found with the fold-out engraved portrait of the King. [ESTC N11904].
