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The Religion of Protestants; a Safe Way to Salvation, or an Answer to a Booke Entitled Mercy and Truth
by William Chillingworth
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Leonard Lichfield, St. Peter's Church in Corn-Hill, 1638. Leather Bound. Acceptable. Large 4to. 28 x 18 cm. Rebound in modern brown cloth boards. Bordered gilt stamp on black Moroccan leather affixed to spine containing title, author and date. Tight binding and solid boards. A 108 page portion from the original leaves is missing towards the back of volume. Moderate wear to pages. Discoloration throughout. Slight chipping to title page, especially in the top segment. Minor page-wrinkling towards the beginning. Damp stains throughout. Owner's inscription on top of title page of one, Joseph Baker. Printed during the Reign of Charles the 2nd, this volume provides historical background on the English Civil War. This major work was an intervention in a religious controversy, undertaken in defense of Christopher Potter, Provost of The Queen's College, Oxford, against the Jesuit Edward Knott. Overall, a beautifully rebound, superior copy in excellent condition considering age.
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- SequiturBooks
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- 1103010001
- Title
- The Religion of Protestants; a Safe Way to Salvation, or an Answer to a Booke Entitled Mercy and Truth
- Author
- William Chillingworth
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leonard Lichfield, St. Peter's Church in Corn-Hill
- Date Published
- 1638
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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