A treatice most proffitable of the benefitt that true Christianes receyue by the dethe of Jesus Christe / [translated by Edward Courtenay]. 1548.

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A treatice most proffitable of the benefitt that true Christianes receyue by the dethe of Jesus Christe / [translated by Edward Courtenay]. 1548.

Translation by Edward Courtenay of "Trattato utilissimo del beneficio di Giesu Christo crosifisso verso i Christiani," which is attributed to Aonio Paleario.

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Devonshire, Edward Courtenay, Earl of, 1526-1556

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Paleario, Aonio, 1503-1570

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Courtenay translated this work during his long imprisonment in the Tower of London. The dedication from the "sorrowfull captiue" is to Anne Seymour, duchess of Somerset. At the beginning and end of the ms. are two inscriptions of "Edward" [King Edward VI]. From the description of A treatice most proffitable of the benefitt that true Christianes receyue by the dethe of Jesus Christe / [translated by Edward Courtenay]. 1548. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 28836357 ...

Cambridge University., Library

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Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), antiquary and bibliophile, was born at Manchester on 2 July 1792, and attended Rugby and University College, Oxford. Over the course of his life Phillipps developed an extensive collection of books and manuscripts, including old Welsh poetry and oriental manuscripts. Around 1822 he established a private printing press, and thereafter printed cartularies, genealogies, visitations, extracts from registers, and catalogues of manuscripts held in libraries. He was cr...