Bartholomaeus, Anglicus. Batman vppon Bartholome, his booke De proprietatibus rerum, newly …

Bartholomaeus, Anglicus. Batman vppon Bartholome, his booke De proprietatibus rerum, newly corrected, enlarged and amended, translated by John Trevisa, edited and revised by Stephen Batman, double column, black letter, title within woodcut decorative border and with woodcut arms of the dedicatee Sir Henry Cary verso, final leaf with woodcut arms at foot verso, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and historiated and decorative initials, lacking A2 (dedicatory letter), title torn and trimmed at head with loss to border, 3Z6 with short tear at foot without loss of text, final f. torn at upper corner, not affecting text, some marginal fraying, mostly at beginning and end, a few unobstrusive wormholes in text, occasional spotting or staining, lightly browned throughout, later reversed calf, sympathetically rebacked, corners worn, a few scuffs, rubbed, [STC 1538], small folio, Imprinted by Thomas East, dwelling by Paules wharfe, 1582. ⁂ The rare third edition in English of this medieval encyclopedia, which includes natural history, astrology, food and drink, gemstones and minerals. Batman was selected by Archbishop Parker as one of his domestic chaplains, and he employed him in the collection of the library, now located at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Batman tells us that he collected 6,700 books for the archbishop, but this is probably an exaggeration.