£1,512
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 725
Auction: 8 February 2023 at 10:00 GMT
all addressed to ‘the Honourable House of Commons’ or ‘both Houses of Parliament’, and comprising:
1) Newcomen, Matthew. Jerusalems Watch-Men, the Lords Remembrancers: a Sermon preached at the Abbie at Westminster, before both Houses of Parliament, and the Assembly of Divines, upon their Solemn Fast, July 7th 1643, London: by M. F. for Christopher Meredith, 1643, without licence leaf [ESTC R8797];
2 & 3) ibid. The Craft and Cruelty of the Churches Adversaries, 2 copies, London: by G. M. for Christopher Meredith [second copy: printed by G. M. and are to be sold by Peter Cole], 1643, first copy closely trimmed at foot, a few catchwords and footers shaved, the other with slip-cancel pasted to foot of p. 8, [ESTC R12087 & R25169];
4) ibid. The All--Seeing Unseen Eye of God, London: by A. M. for Christopher Meredith, 1647 [ESTC R201280];
5) Palmer, Herbert. The Necessity and Encouragement of Utmost Venturing for the Churches Help, London: for Sam. Gellibrand, 1643, a few headlines and side-notes shaved [ESTC R1360];
6) Sedgwick, Obadiah. England's Preservation, or a Sermon discovering the only way to prevent destroying Judgements, London: by R. B. for Samuel Gellibrand, 1642, without initial blank [ESTC R212706];
7) ibid. Haman's Vanity, or a Sermon displaying the Birthlesse Issues of Church-destroying Adversaries, London: R. Bishop, for Samuel Gellibrand, 1643 [ESTC R16869];
8) Simpson, Sidrach. Reformation's Preservation, London: for Benjamin Allen, 1643, retaining licence leaf and final blank [ESTC R24543],
9) Strickland, John. Gods Work of Mercy, in Sions Misery, London: J. Raworth, for L. Fawne, 1644 [ESTC R205328];
10 & 11) Temple, Thomas. Christ's Government in and over his People, 2 copies, London: Samuel Gellibrand, 1642, each retaining licence leaf, one with, a few headlines and catchwords shaved [ESTC R4760];
12) Tuckney, Anthony. The Balme of Gilead, for the Wounds of England, London: by Richard Bishop, for Samuel Gellibrand, 1643, retaining initial blank [ESTC R886];
13) Whit[t]aker, Jeremiah. The Danger of Greatnesse: or, Uzziah, his Exaltation and Destruction, London: by G. M. for John Bellamie, 1646, retaining licence leaf, E1 torn in margin with partial loss of side-notes [ESTC R200519].
Together with 2 similar pamphlets: [William Wickins?], Arguments against Bowing at the Name of Jesus, [No place, no printer], 1641, worming to lower margin [ESTC R24555]; Nathaniel Hardy, A Divine Prospective: representing the Just Mans Peacefull End. In a Funerall Sermon preached ... at the Enterrement of ... Sir John Gayr, 1649, retaining final blank [ESTC R206287].
Variable browning, all stitched in modern card wrappers and housed together in single custom quarter-morocco solander box
Provenance: The Millmore English Civil War Collection.