ASCHAM, ROGER Toxophilus: The Schoole, or partitions of Shooting. Printer's large woodcut device on last leaf recto. [6], 63, [1]

leaves. Black letter. 4to, late 17th/early 18th(?)-century red morocco; small portion of 3 1 torn and restored with a few letters supplied in manuscript. London: Abell Jeffes, by the consent of H. Marsh, 1589 Third edition; the original appeared in 1545. "Not only is this the most renowned work on the subject of archery in English or for that matter, in any language, but its publication marked the beginning of the decline of the prejudice in favour of Latin as the literary language of Englishmen for original compositions" (Pforzheimer). STC 839; Pforzheimer 18. From the libraries of Marsden J. Perry and R. B. Adam, with their bookplates.