The general history of the Reformation of the Church, from the errors and corruptions of the Church of Rome: begun in Germany by Martin Luther, with the progress thereof in all parts of Christendom, from the year 1517, to the year 1556. Written in Latin by John Sleidan, L.L.D. and faithfully Englished. To which is added, A continuation to the end of the Council of Trent, in the year 1562. By Edward Bohun, Esq:
Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556)
Category
Books
Date
1689
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3210222
Summary
Bibliographic description
[14], 448, 445-638, [2], 100, [32] p. ; fol. Shelfmarked in ink on rear pastedown: L.1.4. Provenance: not indigenous. Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, with armorial bookplate 'North Library. Press mark 22.C.13 ... 1860'. Macclesfield armorial blind stamp through preliminary leaves. Former Macclesfield shelfmark on paper spine labels: L.1.4. Endpaper inscribed and crossed through: "Wal: Walker his book 1704" [possibly Sir Walter Walker, 2nd bt.] Purchased 2009. Binding: late seventeenth or early eighteenth-century sprinkled, panelled calf; sewn onto five raised bands; triple blind fillet spine compartments.
Makers and roles
Johannes Sleidanus (1506-1556) Edmund Bohun (1645-1699) Martin Luther (1483-1546)