Excerpt from Three Primers Put Forth in the Reign of Henry VIII: Viz, I, A Goodly Prymer, 1535, II, the Manual of Prayers or the Prymer in English, 1539, III, King Henry's Primer, 1545I did omit and leave out the Litany. My attention was excited by these two passages; and for a long time I searched in vain for a copy of this first edition of the English Primer. My curiosity has at length been gratified by the kindness of Mr. Douce, who has been long known to the literary world for his publications, and whose collection of early English Primers and other works of that kind is probably the richest, which has ever been made h. His copy of the first edition of the Prymer in English is the only one which I have met with, or even heard of. A detailed description of the book may be seen in Dibdin's edition of Ames' Typographical Antiqui tiesc; and it can be proved, that the copy there described is the identical one possessed by Mr. Douce. Having been allowed the use of this very rare and valuable copy for the present publication, I shall endeavour to lay before the reader whatever is known concerning its history.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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