Lot 145
Whitaker (William) Responsionis ad Decem illas rationes, quibus fretus Edmundus Campianus certamen Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ ministris obtulit in causa fidei, Henry Midleton for Thomas Chard, 1583.
Hammer Price: £300
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Whitaker (William) Responsionis ad Decem illas rationes, quibus fretus Edmundus Campianus certamen Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ ministris obtulit in causa fidei, defensio contra confutationem Ioannis Duræi Scoti, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, [par.]8 blank, some staining / water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, closely trimmed at head, later endpapers, 17th century speckled and blind-ruled panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morcocco label, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 25362], 8vo, Henry Midleton for Thomas Chard, 1583.
⁂ Whitaker (1548-1595) was a prominent Protestant Calvinistic Anglican churchman, academic, and theologian. He was Master of St. John's College, Cambridge. The present work is a reply to John Durie's Confutatio responsionis Gulielmi Whitakeri ad Rationes decem, which had criticised Whitaker's work on Edmund Campion's 'Ten reasons', which in turn had attacked the Anglican Church.
Provenance: 'J.Sparke' (17th century ink inscription to head of title); 'J.A. Shapiro, May, 1926' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
Description
Whitaker (William) Responsionis ad Decem illas rationes, quibus fretus Edmundus Campianus certamen Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ ministris obtulit in causa fidei, defensio contra confutationem Ioannis Duræi Scoti, title with small woodcut ornament, woodcut historiated and decorative initials, [par.]8 blank, some staining / water-staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, closely trimmed at head, later endpapers, 17th century speckled and blind-ruled panelled calf, sympathetically rebacked, spine in compartments and with red morcocco label, corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [STC 25362], 8vo, Henry Midleton for Thomas Chard, 1583.
⁂ Whitaker (1548-1595) was a prominent Protestant Calvinistic Anglican churchman, academic, and theologian. He was Master of St. John's College, Cambridge. The present work is a reply to John Durie's Confutatio responsionis Gulielmi Whitakeri ad Rationes decem, which had criticised Whitaker's work on Edmund Campion's 'Ten reasons', which in turn had attacked the Anglican Church.
Provenance: 'J.Sparke' (17th century ink inscription to head of title); 'J.A. Shapiro, May, 1926' (ink inscription to front free endpaper).
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