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A necessary doctrine and erudition for any Christen man

Church of England, Berthelet, Thomas, printer, Higgins, Charles Longuet, 1806-1885, former owner. MB, England and Wales. Sovereign (1536-1547 : Henry VIII), Bernard Quaritch (Firm), former owner · 1543 · Imprinted at London in Fletestrete : By Thomas Barthelet printer to the Kynges Hyghnes · 6 pictures

A necessary doctrine and erudition for any Christen man is a 1543 Church of England catechism printed in London by Thomas Berthelet for Henry VIII's church, its text set in black-letter type. The four pictures are large decorated initial letters (E, V, T, I) with foliage scrolls and small figures of a robed man and an animal, showing how a historic type designer might build a letter around ornament and a tiny narrative scene.

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