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173248541London: Printed for A. Millar at Buchanan's Head over- against St. Clement's Church in the Strand 1732. 1st Printing. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Bit of age-toning Very Good. 16 pp. Tailpiece. 4to: A - B4. 8-5/8" x 6-7/8" <br/><br/>"The 'Charitable Corporation' was an institution intended to provide low cost loans for the poor. In essence it was a large pawn-broking scheme which provided 'relief of the industrious poor by assisting them with small sums upon pledges at legal interest'. Corruption and fraud were soon associated with the organisation with Smollett calling it a 'nefarious corporation'. The scheme collapsed in 1731." quoted from a RBH listing. Printed for A. Millar, at Buchanan's Head, over- against St. Clement's Church, in the Strand unknown books
1533WRCLIT66705Venettis i.e. Venice: per Victorem et Petri Rabanis & Socios 1533. 41342 leaves. Text printed in double columns. Decorated opening initial. Woodcut mermaid device on title and on recto of terminal leaf; terminal leaf utilized as pastedown minor worm penetrations to gutters of last few leaves otherwise a very good fresh copy. Bound after: Augustine Saint Bishop of Hippo: SERMONES SANCTI AUGUSTINI AD HEREMITAS . Venetiis i.e.Venice: per Merchiorem Sessam & Petrum de Rauannis 26 Augusti 1517. 134 of 135 leaves. Wanting the title; terminal blank present. Two works bound in one. Old vellum with manuscript and gilt labels on spine. Woodcut portrait inset in first text leaf. Text printed in double columns; sporadic modest tanning; small wormtrack and faint tidemark in lower margin of first two gatherings; early ink inscription in upper margin of A2; later inscription on front pastedown; wanting the title as noted otherwise a good copy. An attractive copy of an uncommon edition of this widely reprinted collection of Latin sermons. It was first published in 1495 and the long prefatory noted is dated at the end "Apriles 1495." Some subsequent editions incorporated sermons by others. The funeral sermons are divided between those appropriate for common folk vulgares and for the learned litterales. OCLC/Worldcat locates a single copy of this printing of SERMONES FVNEBRES. at UNC. The Augustine sermons are regarded as suppositious but were widely reprinted. OCLC/Worldcat locates two copies of this edition of that text: Cambridge and Folger. The Cambridge copy is not listed in Adams. OCLC: 52572060 & 54341204. per Victorem et Petri Rabanis & Socios hardcover books
