CRANMER

CRANMER, THOMAS (ARCHBISHOP) - AN ANSWER OF THE MOST REUEREND FATHER IN GOD THOMAS ARCHEBYSHOP OF CANTERBURYE, primate of all Englande and metropolitane vnto a crafty and sophisticall cauillation deuised by Stephen Gardiner doctour of law, late byshop of Winchester, agaynst the trewe and godly doctrin of the moste holy sacrament of the body and bloud of our sauiour Iesu Christe. [London], Anno M.D.LI. [1551] Imprinted at London by Reynolde Wolfe, with the Kyng his moste gracious priuilege. Folio, first edition, lacking final blank leaf, errata leaf bound after preface, some heavy spotting and soiling with 1-1.5 inch repaired holes (with loss of text) from signatures U through Dd, inner marginal water-staining, bound in recent brown calf. ESTC S107276. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham