Lot 89
Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie, rare first edition, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.
Estimate: £300 - 400
Description
Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker: against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants...crauing resolution, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial f. blank but for signature-mark 'A', trimmed, affecting some headlines, signature-marks and catchwords (mostly at start) and the odd printed side-note, outer margins with small wormhole(s) turning into small trace as work proceeds, affecting the occasional printed side-note, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century blind-stamped light green straight-grain morocco over limp boards, rebacked in modern tan crushed morocco, gilt, covers little chipped and faded, [STC 5881], small 4to, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.
⁂ Rare at auction. An anti-puritan work reflecting the prevalent tension in the Church of England between tradition and puritanism.
Provenance: Frederic Markham (20th century ink inscription to front pastedown); Rev. Frederick Rench ( large armorial ink stamp to front pastedown).
Description
Covell (William) A iust and temperate defence of the fiue books of ecclesiastical policie: written by M. Richard Hooker: against an vncharitable letter of certain English Protestants...crauing resolution, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking initial f. blank but for signature-mark 'A', trimmed, affecting some headlines, signature-marks and catchwords (mostly at start) and the odd printed side-note, outer margins with small wormhole(s) turning into small trace as work proceeds, affecting the occasional printed side-note, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century blind-stamped light green straight-grain morocco over limp boards, rebacked in modern tan crushed morocco, gilt, covers little chipped and faded, [STC 5881], small 4to, Peter Short for Clement Knight, 1603.
⁂ Rare at auction. An anti-puritan work reflecting the prevalent tension in the Church of England between tradition and puritanism.
Provenance: Frederic Markham (20th century ink inscription to front pastedown); Rev. Frederick Rench ( large armorial ink stamp to front pastedown).