Lot 133
Quakers.- John Whiting's copy.- Barclay (Robert) An apology for the true Christian divinity, as the same is held forth and preached by the people called, in scorn, Quakers, with autograph marginalia and a long note by Whiting, [?Aberdeen], 1678.
Hammer Price: £950
Description
Quakers.- John Whiting's copy.- Barclay (Robert) An apology for the true Christian divinity, as the same is held forth and preached by the people called, in scorn, Quakers, John Whiting's copy with his autograph marginalia and a long note, X1 lower corner torn away with loss of text, occasional minor worming within text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Smith, Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, I, p.180; Wing B720], small 4to, [?Aberdeen], 1678.
⁂ Provenance: John Whiting (1656-1722), prominent Quaker, imprisioned from about 1679 to 1685 for refusing to pay tithes (his marginalia on p.231 highlights a passage 'Concerning Tythes'). His 'Catalogue of Friends' Books' (London, 1708) was the first attempt at a Quaker bibliography (ink signature dated 1680 to title and signed note on p.412).
Description
Quakers.- John Whiting's copy.- Barclay (Robert) An apology for the true Christian divinity, as the same is held forth and preached by the people called, in scorn, Quakers, John Whiting's copy with his autograph marginalia and a long note, X1 lower corner torn away with loss of text, occasional minor worming within text, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, rather worn, but holding firm, [Smith, Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books, I, p.180; Wing B720], small 4to, [?Aberdeen], 1678.
⁂ Provenance: John Whiting (1656-1722), prominent Quaker, imprisioned from about 1679 to 1685 for refusing to pay tithes (his marginalia on p.231 highlights a passage 'Concerning Tythes'). His 'Catalogue of Friends' Books' (London, 1708) was the first attempt at a Quaker bibliography (ink signature dated 1680 to title and signed note on p.412).
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