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Bonner, Edmund
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
bidding is closed
Description
- Bonner, Edmund
- A Profitable and Necessarye Doctryne. [John Cawood, 1555]
- Paper
4to, black letter, title within woodcut border [McKerrow and Ferguson 83], woodcut initials, modern tan buckram, spine lettered in gilt, lacking final leaf with colophon, slight foxing or damp-staining, last leaf torn and repaired
Provenance
M. S. C. Richards (ownership inscription on front free endpaper)
Literature
STC 3281.5
Condition
Condition is described in the main body of the catalogue, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Edmund Bonner was Bishop of London from during the reign of Mary I of England. He was dubbed ‘Bloody Bonner’ by his enemies for his persecution of Protestants, beginning in 1555. John Foxe wrote of Bonner, "This cannibal in three years space three hundred martyrs slew / They were his food, he loved so blood, he sparèd none he knew."