(Church of England, Theology, Early Works.) John Ponet: 'Cat...

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(Church of England, Theology, Early Works.) John Ponet: 'Catechismus brevis Christianae disciplinæ summam continens : omnibus Ludimagistris authoritate regia commendatus : huic catechismo adiuncti sunt articuli, de quibus in ultima synodo Londinensi, anno Domini 1552. ad tollendam opinionum dissensionem, & consensum uere religionis firmandum, inter episcopos & alios eruditos at[que] pois uiros conuenerat : regia similiter authoritate promulgati.', London, [ap R. Wolfium] Cum priuilegio sereniss. Regis anno Do. M. D. LIII. [1553], [136] p., wood engraved printer's device at colophon, some old manuscript to verso, wood engraved initial letter, old half roan gilt, marbled paper covered boards, 19th Century bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer (1785-1861) of Eshton Hall, Craven, Yorkshire, pioneer female bibliophile. Frances Currer, having inherited the library of her great grandfather, the botanist and antiquary Richard Richardson, continued to build up the collection and in so doing came to be recognised as England's first female bibliophile of note and was dubbed by Dibdin, the "head of all femaile book collectors in Europe". 18th Century bookplate on front pastedown of Mathew Wilson (1730-1802), of Eshton Hall, Yorkshire. Two small relevant newscuttings loosely inserted