Lot 20
Bilson (Thomas) The True Difference Betweene Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion, first edition, 1585.
Hammer Price: £900
Description
Bilson (Thomas) The True Difference Betweene Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion... With a Demonstration that the Thinges Reformed in the Church of England by the Lawes of this Realme are Truely Catholike, Notwithstanding the Vaine Shew Made to the Contrary in their late Rhemish Testament, first edition, partly black letter, title with typographic ornament, woodcut initials, some occasional light browning, the odd spot or patch of soiling, ink inscriptions to title and bookplates to verso, contemporary calf, rebacked, [STC 3071], small 4to, Oxford, Joseph Barnes, 1585.
⁂ Bilson's response to William Allen's Defence of English Catholics, possibly written at royal command.
Provenance: Anne Newell (ink inscription); St. Augustine College, Canterbury (bookplate).
Description
Bilson (Thomas) The True Difference Betweene Christian Subjection and Unchristian Rebellion... With a Demonstration that the Thinges Reformed in the Church of England by the Lawes of this Realme are Truely Catholike, Notwithstanding the Vaine Shew Made to the Contrary in their late Rhemish Testament, first edition, partly black letter, title with typographic ornament, woodcut initials, some occasional light browning, the odd spot or patch of soiling, ink inscriptions to title and bookplates to verso, contemporary calf, rebacked, [STC 3071], small 4to, Oxford, Joseph Barnes, 1585.
⁂ Bilson's response to William Allen's Defence of English Catholics, possibly written at royal command.
Provenance: Anne Newell (ink inscription); St. Augustine College, Canterbury (bookplate).
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