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NOTE1851

The First Edition of the Second Book of Homilies, by Queen Elizabeth in 1563

By J. M.

In the edition of the *Homilies* at the Oxford University press in 1822, and which from inspection, in the portion concerned, appear to be the same in the last, I find in the Advertisement, page iv. note d., that there exist *four editions* of the date 1563. Of these, I presume, are two in my possession, and I conclude one of them to be the *first edition* on the following grounds:—*That* one, printed by Richard Jugge and John Cawood, 1563, has in the last page and a half, "Faultes escaped in the printyng," which appear to have been *corrected* in all the subsequent editions, and are as they s…

Topics: Homilies, Printing History, Religious Texts, Book Editions

Locations: Oxford