Shepherds Kalender (The)...Newly augmented and corrected, [for John Wright], [1631].

Shepherds Kalender (The)...Newly augmented and corrected, collation: A-Q⁶ R⁴, largely printed in black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, diagrams and decorations, lower half of title cut away and replaced with later paper, affecting title-vignette, imprint and full-page woodcut to verso, A2-3 with loss to lower corner, affecting catchword of A2 and a few letters to verso, K2 with rust-hole affecting a couple letters of text, some damp-staining to first and last few leaves, occasional light spotting or marking, final few gatherings slightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, [STC 22423], folio, [for John Wright], [1631]. ⁂ Profusely illustrated with curious cuts, this work seldom appears on the market. The 1631 edition has appeared at auction only 3 times, and no more recently than 1947. Provenance: Geo. Frere (early ink inscription to pastedown and head of A2).