Religion in 17th-century England
Collection of treatises
£1,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 13 July 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
including:
Owen, John. Vindicae Evangelicae or The Mystery of the Gospell vindicated, and Socianisme examined. Oxford: Leon. Lichfield for Tho. Robinson, 1655. First and only edition, 4to (17.8 x 13.2cm), later half sheep, retaining medial blank I4, Hebrew types, worn, joints superficially cracked, quire 4H with tears to lower inner corner costing a few letters [ESTC R203109; Wing O823];
Stillingfleet, Edward. Origines sacrae. Or a Rational Account of the Grounds of Christian Faith. London: by R. W. for Henry Mortlock, 1666. Third edition ('corrected and amended'), 4to (18.8 x 13.4cm, contemporary sprinkled calf, title-page in red and black, Hebrew types, spine worn and extremities worn, front joint cracked [ESTC R10486; Wing S5618];
[Allestree, Richard]. The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. London: by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1683. 8vo (18.2 x 11.4cm), contemporary calf, gilt panels to covers, imprimatur leaf, engraved vignette of St Paul's Cathedral in flames to title-page, 2 engraved plates, advertisement leaf, 18th-century bookplate (William Bray, possibly the noted antiquary, 1736-1832), ownership inscriptions to title-page, front cover bowed, rear free endpaper discarded;
Lloyd, William. An Historical Account of Church-Government as it was in Great Britain and Ireland, when they first received the Christian Religion. London: by M. Flesher, for Charles Brome, 1684. Second edition, 8vo (18 x 10.5cm), contemporary mottled calf, advertisement leaf, occasional damp-staining [ESTC R36869; Wing L2682];
Perkins, William. The Whole Treatise of the Cases of Conscience. London: by J. L. and are to be sold by Thomas Pierrepont, 1651. 4to (18.2 x 13.5cm), contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked (front board near-detached), small tear in P7;
and 11 others (these not fully collated), contemporary bindings, including: John Flavel, [The Fountain of Life] Opened: or, a Display of Christ in his Essential and Mediatorial Glory, 1673 (first edition, head of title-page torn away, ESTC R20462: four copies in UK libraries); Richard Allestree, The Whole Duty of Man, 2 copies, 1711 and [1743]; idem, The Gentleman's Calling, 1717 (lacking portrait); John Le Neve, Monumenta Anglicana: being Inscriptions on the Monuments of Several Eminent Persons deceased in or since the Year 1650, to the end of the Year 1679 [-1680, to ... 1699; 1700, to ... 1715], 3 works, 1718-18-17 (first work rear board near-detached); Thomas Gouge, The Works, 1706; Samuel Clarke, A Discourse concerning the Being and Attributes of God, 1732 (eighth edition); Joseph Butler, The Analogy of Religion, 1791; Thomas Burnet, The Sacred Theory of the Earth, 1722 (fifth edition, 2 volumes, 9 engraved folding plates only); William Paley, A View of the Evidences of Christianity, 1795 (fourth edition, 2 volumes, front covers detached); [John Goodwin, An Exposition of the Nineth Chapter of ... Romans, 1653] (lacking title-page) (20)
Footnote
Provenance: Professor G. E. Aylmer FBA (1926-2000), historian of 17th-century England and sometime master of St Peter’s College, Oxford (with his bookplates).