A Disputation of the Church, Wherein the Old Religion is Maintained. By E. S. F. (Incomplete: first two parts of five)

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Rebound in quarter dark brown calf, marbled paper to boards, red gilt label to spine. 8vo (11.2 x 16.8cm). Replacement endpapers uncracked at gutters. Bookplate to inside front board. Mild edgewear to early pp. Pen inscriptions to t.p. in old hand: ‘Cl: Ang:’ (English College), initials H. C., and owner’s signature. Printer’s device to t.p., woodcut initials and tail-pieces, typographic head-pieces. Incomplete: this consists of the first two books of five. P. 364 misnumbered 384. First published in 1629; this is the third edition. The author was Edmund Lechmere (alias Stratford), c. 1586–1640. Lechmere was educated at Oxford, then converted to Catholicism and went to study at the English College at Douai, where he eventually held the chair of divinity. A brilliant controversialist, he died in 1640, the year this edition of his most successful work was published. Allison & Rogers 492. ESTC S108399. Robust packaging. Tracking can be added to overseas orders on request.
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