A treatise of three conuersions of England from paganisme to Christian religion. . The first vnder the Apostles, in the first age after Christ: the second vnder Pope Eleutherius and K. Lucius, in the second age. The third, vnder Pope Gregory the Great, and K. Ethelbert in the sixth age; vvith diuers other matters thereunto apperteyning. Diuided into three partes, as appeareth in the next page. The former two whereof are handled in this booke, and dedicated to the Catholikes of England. VVith a nevv addition to the said Catholikes, vpon the nevvs of the late Q. death. and succession of his Maiestie of Scotland, to the crovvne of England. By N.D. author of the VVard-vvord.
Robert Parsons (1546-1610)
Category
Books
Date
1603 - 1604
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3124280
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v. (v.1: [72],658,[32]p.; v.2: [144],530,[14]; 237,[1]p.; v.3: [116],465 [i.e. 475],[21]; 370,[2]p.) . 8vo.. Imperfect.: vols. 2-3 lack their second parts. Old Wimpole shelfmarks: Zz1-5 [vols. 2-3 brown ink]; Vv/3 [pencil, partially under bookplate in vols. 2-3]; Vv.1.27-28 [dark blue ink, partially scrubbed out]. Provenance: Vol. 1 has: (1) gilt initials "TH" on covers; (2) manuscript on front pastedown, previously obscured by bookplate, in a late eighteenth-century hand: Tittenhanger Library. Scarce. Loose armorial bookplate (after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754. Also used in books acquired by his successors]. Binding: Vol. 1: Seventeenth-century calf over boards, triple blind fillet on spine and covers, red spine label, red sprinkled edges, remains of two pairs of pink silk ties. Vols. 2-3 bound together in nineteenth-century quarter calf and marbled paper over boards.
Makers and roles
Robert Parsons (1546-1610)