Whitgift (John, Archbishop of Canterbury) The Defense
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Whitgift (John, Archbishop of Canterbury) The Defense of the Aunswere to the Admonition against the Replie of T[homas]. C[artwright], mostly black letter, title within woodcut ornamental border, woodcut initials, 2D2 a cancel, light worming at beginning and end, S5 with internal tear and printing flaw affecting 2 or 3 words of text, ink ownership inscriptions to head of title, small rust-hole to 3G2 affecting 1 or 2 letters of text, last f. creased, occasional light marginal foxing, but a very good, clean copy generally, bound with a small part of a medieval manuscript "Corpus Juris Canonici" [c.1300] with interlinear and marginal glosses and two 17th century notes in another hand, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf over wooden boards, upper cover detached, worming to covers, chipping to extremities, [STC 25430], folio, by Henry Binneman, for Humfrey Toye, 1574.
⁂ This issue with the A1r catchword "fence" and the errata on b8r. "The nub of the controversy [between Whitgift and Cartwright] was the question of scripture, whether in all circumstances and conditions it was binding... ." - ODNB.
Provenance: Jacob Hemerford (inscription); M. H. Bloxam (inscription and bookplate).
⁂ This issue with the A1r catchword "fence" and the errata on b8r. "The nub of the controversy [between Whitgift and Cartwright] was the question of scripture, whether in all circumstances and conditions it was binding... ." - ODNB.
Provenance: Jacob Hemerford (inscription); M. H. Bloxam (inscription and bookplate).
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Whitgift (John, Archbishop of Canterbury) The Defense
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