Authority . . .
London: Printed by
John Raworth, for
George Thomason and
Octavian Pullen.
M DC XLIV. [1644.]
BR385 .K6 1644
Folio. 326 leaves.
The Appellation of John Knox, at the end has separate pagination.
Lowndes III, page 1287.
STC K738.
Bound in calf for Henri-François Daguesseau, Chancelier de France, with his arms in gold on the sides, coquilles at the corners,
and his insignia (crossed maces) and coquilles in the compartments of the back, marbled endpapers, r.e. The title is written
in French on a fly-leaf, possibly by him.
By David Buchanan is written in ink on the title, and in the same hand, under the initials
D. B. at the end of
To the Reader. Not initialled by Jefferson. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Entered in Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue with the price
3. (livres).
John Knox, 1505-1572, Scottish reformer and historian. This is the first complete edition of his history, of which three books had
been printed in 1584 and most of the copies destroyed by order of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
David Buchanan
,
?1595-?1652, Scottish writer.
Henri-François Daguesseau, 1668-1751, the former owner of the book, was Chancellor of France. His arms are azure, 2 fasces or, 6 coquilles argent,
3, 2, and 1. His library was sold in 1766 after the death of his second son to whom it had been bequeathed.
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History of Monastical Conventions.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 27. no. 7, as above.
S., J.
The History of Monastical Conventions, and Military Institutions with a Survey of the Court of Rome. Or, a Description of
the Religious and Military Orders in Europe, Asia and Africa, for above twelve hundred years . . . faithfully collected by
J. S. Licensed May 11, 1686.
London: Printed for
H. Rhodes,
1686.
First Edition. 12mo. 108 leaves, engraved frontispiece, publisher’s advertisement at the end; no copy was obtained for collation.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Cushing.
Arber,
Term Catalogues II, 166.
STC S66
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Spelman’s hist. of Sacrilege.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 28. no. 13, as above, with the reading
history.
SPELMAN,
Sir Henry.
The History and Fate of Sacrilege, discover’d by Examples of Scripture, of Heathens, and of Christians; From the Beginning
of the World, continually to this Day. By Sir Henry Spelman, Kt. Wrote in the Year 1632. A Treatise omitted in the late Edition of his Posthumous Works, and now Published for the Terror
of Evil Doers. To which is added, The Beginners of a Monastick Life, in Asia, Africa, and Europe; By Sir Roger Twisden, Kt. and Bar.
London: Printed for
John Hartley,
1698.
BR1620 .S7
First Edition. 8vo. 140 leaves only; imperfect at the end (ends on S
7, page 270); the leaf before the title has publisher’s advertisements on the verso, blank on the recto.
Lowndes V, page 2474.
Not in Hazlitt.
STC S4927
Old calf, joints repaired, new marbled end papers; initialled by Jefferson at sig. I; foxed and stained throughout; manuscript notes in pencil are not by Jefferson.
Sir Henry Spelman, c. 1564-1641, English historian and antiquary, left this work unfinished at his death; in 1698 it was edited and published
“for the terror of evil-doers.”
Sir Roger Twysden, 1597-1672 (see also no. 341). His treatise on the
Beginnings of the Monastick life, printed with Spelman’s work, was never reprinted.
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