The Summe of the Conference betweene Iohn Rainoldes and Iohn Hart: Touching the Head and Faith of the Church. Wherein by the way are handled sundrie pointes, of the sufficicience and right expounding

by RAINOLDS (John)

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Imprinted at London by George Bishop, 1588. Second Edition, 8vo (194 x 134 mm), [20], 675, [1] pp., ink ownership inscription of Richard Grosvenor on title, occasional light dampstains in the text, minute single wormhole in last 4 leaves, closed tear in blank margin of R8 and paper flaws on lower blank margin of Bb.ii, contemporary limp vellum, upper joint split with some loss, lacks ties. Six conclusions touching the Holy Scripture and Church , a translation of Rainolds s Sex theses de Sacra Scriptura, et Ecclesia , has a separate divisional title page; pagination and register are continuous. An influential treatise based on debates between John Rainolds and the English Catholic John Hart held at Oxford and London, first published in 1584. This copy belonged to Richard Grosvenor (1731-1802), politician and landowner, who lived at Eaton Hall in Cheshire. His son, Viscount Belgrave, was first marquis of Westminster. Provenance: Armorial bookplates of Sr. Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, Cheshire. STC, 20627.

• Publisher: Imprinted at London by George Bishop, 1588
• Binding: hardcover

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