Perkins (William) A discourse of conscience: wherein is
Perkins (William) A discourse of conscience: wherein is set downe the nature, properties, and differences thereof: as also the way to get and keepe good conscience, first edition, with 7 lines of errata at end, title within woodcut decorative border and date within woodcut cartouche, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking I5, and initial and final blanks (the former with fleuron only), K4 very small piece out of foot affecting one word of text recto, closely trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [STC 19696], 8vo, [Cambridge], John Legate, 1596.
⁂ We can trace no copy of this being offered at auction. The Cambridge theologian Perkins was a leading member of the Puritan movement.
Provenance: Sir Charles R. Blunt, Bt. (engraved armorial bookplate).
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Perkins (William) A discourse of conscience: wherein is set downe the nature, properties, and differences thereof: as also the way to get and keepe good conscience, first edition, with 7 lines of errata at end, title within woodcut decorative border and date within woodcut cartouche, woodcut head- and tail-pieces and decorative initials, lacking I5, and initial and final blanks (the former with fleuron only), K4 very small piece out of foot affecting one word of text recto, closely trimmed at head, affecting some headlines, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned throughout, modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments and with red morocco label, [STC 19696], 8vo, [Cambridge], John Legate, 1596.
⁂ We can trace no copy of this being offered at auction. The Cambridge theologian Perkins was a leading member of the Puritan movement.
Provenance: Sir Charles R. Blunt, Bt. (engraved armorial bookplate).
