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1699rif. 000422London: J.H. for H. Mortlock 1699. Hardcover. See Description. Small 4to. "Fourth Edition." pp. 4 280. Complete. With frontispiece engraving of the Hon. Robert Boyle. An extra 19th century plate of the author Richard Bentley is also included after the dedication. Bound in modern half calf with marbled boards. Pages are generally clean; a faded name is written with small letters in an early hand on the title page upper corner; minor chipping to outer edge of title. All edges gilt. Richard Bentley 1662-1742 English scholar and literary critic. He was made keeper of the Royal Libraries and was later appointed Master of Trinity College Cambridge. In 1692 he was nominated first Boyle lecturer named after scientist Robert Boyle. He then delivered a series of sermons trying to refute Thomas Hobbes and atheism. In particular the lectures tried to show how the recent work in physics by Sir Isaac Newton offered proof of Gods existence. Bentley even corresponded with Newton on the subject. Originally the sermons were printed separately - several editions of each being issued. In 1693 the tracts were first collected together under the present title with separate paginations. The so-called "fourth edition" of 1699 is advertised as "corrected" and it displays continuous pagination. ESTC R21357; Wing B1931. J.H. for H. Mortlock hardcover
1701rif. 266461701. A Paris chez Charles Saugrain 1701. Un vol. au format in-8 198 x 127 mm de 10 ff. n.fol. et 475 pp. Reliure de l'poque de plein veau glac et marbr havane plats jansnistes dos nerfs orn de filets gras froid caissons d'encadrement dors large dcor fleuronn dor titre dor palette dore en queue roulette dore sur les coupes tranches mouchetes. Edition originale rare. L'ouvrage renferme les 164 textes mettant en lumiÂre l'important ''arsenal rpressif tendant empÂcher "la religion prtendue rforme" d'exister en empÂchant les accÂs certaines charges notaires procureurs. en limitant les liberts individuelles interdiction des mariages bi-confessionnels et d'une faÂon gnrale en multipliant les brimades les interdits et les spoliations afin de rendre la vie des "Huguenots" intenable et plus particuliÂrement partir de la rvocation de l'dit de Nantes''. Bernard Portheault. Angles lims. Petite abrasion affectant l'angle suprieur du premier plat. Petite tche angulaire - allant en s'estompant - aux feuillets liminaires. DiscrÂte cerne en marge infrieure du corps d'ouvrage. Du reste belle condition. Rare. b42961 unknown
1829rif. 24466Oxford: Oxford University Press. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1829. Fifth Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown calf spines in six compartments separated by raised bands gilt lettering and borders on burgundy labels in two compartments floral gilt tooling in remainder gilt and blind-stamped borders on covers all edges red marbled endpapers gilt dentelles. Gilbert Burnet 1643 1715 was a Scottish theologian and historian and Bishop of Salisbury Sarum. He was fluent in Dutch French Latin Greek and Hebrew. Burnet was respected as a cleric a preacher and an academic as well as a writer and historian. He was associated with the Whig party. In the mid-1670s a French translation of Nicholas Sanders' De origine et progressu schismatio Anglicani libri tres 1585 appeared. Sanders attacked the English Reformation as a political act carried on by a corrupt king. Several of Burnet's friends wished him to publish a rebuttal of the work so in 1679 his first volume of The History of the Reformation of the Church of England was published. This covered the reign of Henry VIII; the second volume 1681 covered the reign of Elizabeth and the Elizabethan Religious Settlement; the third volume 1714 consisted of corrections and additional material.1 His literary reputation was greatly enhanced by this publication. The Parliament of England voted thanks for Burnet after the publication of the first volume and in 1680 the University of Oxford awarded Burnet the degree of Doctor of Divinity on the advice of William Sancroft Archbishop of Canterbury. For over a century this was the standard reference work in the field although Catholics disputed some of its content. Thomas Babington Macaulay describes Burnet in relation to the king he served William of Orange: "When the doctor took liberties which was not seldom the case his patron became more than usually cold and sullen and sometimes uttered a short dry sarcasm which would have struck dumb any person of ordinary assurance. In spite of such occurrences however the amity between this singular pair continued with some temporary interruptions till it was dissolved by death. Indeed it was not easy to wound Burnet's feelings. His self-complacency his animal spirits and his want of tact were such that though he frequently gave offence he never took it." - History of England Vol. 2 Ch 7. . Armorial bookplates of Walter Hamilton Moberly on feps prize inscription in Latin on ffep of Volume One otherwise unmarked tight square and clean. All six volumes of the text but laking the seventh Index volume. VERY GOOD. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall . Oxford University Press hardcover
