Lot 259
Against Anglicanism.- Campion (Edmund, Saint) Rationes decem, quibus fretus certamen Anglicanæ ecclesiæ ministris obtulit in causa fidei: & ad eas Guilielmi Whitakeri responsio, rare second edition, Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1582.
Hammer Price: £2,800
Description
Against Anglicanism.- Campion (Edmund, Saint) Rationes decem, quibus fretus certamen Anglicanæ ecclesiæ ministris obtulit in causa fidei: & ad eas Guilielmi Whitakeri responsio, collation: A10 B-Y8, second edition, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with gilt leather label, 8vo (157 x 99mm.), Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1582.
⁂ Rare at auction. Second edition of Campion's rejection of Anglicanism, which caused a great sensation. He was captured by the spy George Eliot and taken to London with his arms pinioned and wearing a hat with a paper bearing the inscription 'Campion, the Seditious Jesuit'. Later convicted of high treason he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. In 1886 he was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, and canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Provenance: 'Mr Gasking' (17th century ink inscription to head of title).
Literature: Adams C484.
Description
Against Anglicanism.- Campion (Edmund, Saint) Rationes decem, quibus fretus certamen Anglicanæ ecclesiæ ministris obtulit in causa fidei: & ad eas Guilielmi Whitakeri responsio, collation: A10 B-Y8, second edition, woodcut head-piece and decorative initials, occasional spotting or light staining, lightly browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, spine in compartments and with gilt leather label, 8vo (157 x 99mm.), Antwerp, Gillis van den Rade, 1582.
⁂ Rare at auction. Second edition of Campion's rejection of Anglicanism, which caused a great sensation. He was captured by the spy George Eliot and taken to London with his arms pinioned and wearing a hat with a paper bearing the inscription 'Campion, the Seditious Jesuit'. Later convicted of high treason he was hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn. In 1886 he was beatified by Pope Leo XIII, and canonised in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Provenance: 'Mr Gasking' (17th century ink inscription to head of title).
Literature: Adams C484.
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