{"product_id":"and-i-was-a-mayden-16th-century-english-verse-on-a-sammelband-of-four-humanist-works-by-erasmus-and-others-including-on-the-preparation-for-death-written-for-anne-boleyn-s-father-thomas-boleyn","title":"“And I was a Mayden” – 16th Century English verse on a sammelband of four humanist works by Erasmus and others – including “On the Preparation for Death” written for Anne Boleyn’s father Thomas Boleyn.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; letter-spacing: .45pt;\"\u003e“And I was a Mayden” – 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century annotations on a Sammelband of four humanist works by Erasmus and others – including “On the Preparation for Death” written for Anne Boleyn’s father Thomas Boleyn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003e1) Des. Erasmi Roterodami Liber cvm primis pivs de praeparatione ad mortem, nunc primum \u0026amp; conscriptus \u0026amp; aeditus. Accedvnt huic opvscvlo Epistolae aliquot serijs de rebus, in quibus item nihil est non nouum ac recens, uerum ita excyse, ut scorsim uendi queant. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Printed at Antwerp by Michael Hillenius, 1534.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e2) Epistolae aliquot seriis de rebus Erasmo Roterdo. Ac aliorum ad aundem antehac numquan excusae, in quibus item nihil est novum ac recens. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Printed at Antwerp by Michael Hillenius, 1534.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003e3) Gloriosi Christi Martyris Ignatii Antiocheni Antistitis, Epistolae undecim. Item una beati Polycarpi Martyris Epistola, cum argumento Iacobi Fabri Stapulensis in easdem. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Printed at Strasbourg by Johannes Knobloch, 1527.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003e4) Beati Maximi Confessoris, Antiquissimi sane, \u0026amp; (ut apparet) eruditissimi Theologi, de incarnatione verbi, tum caeteris ad pietatem conducentibus quaestionibus dialogus. Interprete Bilibaldo Birckheimero. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Printed at Nuremberg by Johannes Petreius, 1530.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Missing title page to first work and last page of final work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Collation: TP supplied in facsimile, 36 (a-d8,e3),[1]; 40 (a-e8); 51 (a-f8,g3); 21 (a-b8,c5) (missing last page c6)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e-Bound in late 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century full calf with blind tooling. Text block slightly loosening at a few quires. Bumps to corners and marks to pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003eThis sammelband brings together four important works of Christian humanism from the early sixteenth century. Bound in a 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century binding, the work would have been portable reading for a humanist scholar, reflected by the annotations in the text. The most celebrated of the works is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eDesiderius Erasmus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eDe praeparatione ad mortem\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e (1534) which advocated for a moral preparation for death. Accompanying this is a collection of letters written by Erasmus during the reformation. The volume includes the letters of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eIgnatius of Antioch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003ePolycarp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e (1527), key texts by Church Fathers, together with commentary by the French humanist Jacques Lefèvre d’Étaples. Finally, it contains a theological dialogue by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\"\u003eMaximus the Confessor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e (1530), translated by the German humanist Willibald Pirckheimer.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003eInterestingly, the fly leaf to Erasmus’ first work contains 16\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century English poetry with Latin translations. The works were printed in Antwerp, a key location for books destined for the English market, so this annotation supports early readership in England. The fact the first work was written for Thomas Boleyn, would support demand for this work in Henry VIII’s England. The three English poems were likely written by a student or scholar, who then translated them into English. One reads:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Cambria',serif;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; color: black;\"\u003e“And I was a mayden as many one thot it,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; color: black;\"\u003eFor all the golde, above the wolde, I wolde not do amiss”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; color: #0e0e0e;\"\u003enon mi aurri cosmi, cresi nec opes violarent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; color: #0e0e0e;\"\u003esi mihi virginitas immolata foret\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Cambria',serif; color: black;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"De Bry Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57167200649594,"sku":null,"price":2950.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/2969\/2075\/files\/22872620787_3.jpg?v=1786766504","url":"https:\/\/debryrarebooks.com\/products\/and-i-was-a-mayden-16th-century-english-verse-on-a-sammelband-of-four-humanist-works-by-erasmus-and-others-including-on-the-preparation-for-death-written-for-anne-boleyn-s-father-thomas-boleyn","provider":"De Bry Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}