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London: John Morphew, 1713.

Price: $2,500.00

About the item

First edition. 56 pp. 8vo. Contemporary speckled calf, remnant of morocco spine label, edges sprinkled. Binding worn with joints and spine cracked, contents toned and foxed throughout, a few headlines trimmed. Rothschild 2049; Teerink 592.

Item #308170

A sammelband of 16 tracts, including the first edition of Burnet's Introduction to volume 3 of his History of the Reformation as well as Swift's reply (his Preface to B[ishop] of S[a]r[u]m's Introduction). Burnet painted Popery as the deadliest of evils, and suggested that only Whig bishops, such as himself, could resist it. Swift, having switched to the Tory cause just a few years before, "makes the church his real theme [and] abandons impersonation; and if there are some playful fantasies and much sarcasm among his provisions, they are kept subordinate to the dignity of the main essay. Swift writes with a grave, self-conscious intensity …" (Ehrenpreis, Swift II, p. 694).

The complete contents of the sammelbands follows:

[NEWTON, William]. The Principles of the Low-Church-Men … [xix], 4-64 pp. London: J. Phillips, 1714. ESTC T44464.

The University Miscellany: or, More Burning Work for the Ox–f—d Convocation … [iv], 27, [1] pp. London: A. Baldwin, 1713. ESTC T95338.

BURNET, Gilbert. An Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England. 72 pp. London: John Churchill, 1714. ESTC N9954.

[SWIFT, Jonathan]. A Preface to the B----p of S--r--m's Introduction to the Third Volume of the History of the Reformation of the Church of England. By Gregory Misosarum. 56 pp. London: John Morphew, 1713. First edition. Rothschild 2049; Teerink 592.

An Alarm to the People of England: Sounded in an Oration from the Top of St. Paul's Cathedral, London. By a Protestant of the Church of England. [ii], 22 pp. London: J. Roberts, [1713]. ESTC T161397.

Antidotum Sarisburiense: or, a Free Expostulation with the Bishop of Sarum, (Suited to the Present Time) on Some Passages in His Lordship's Preface, Presixed to the Last Edition of His Pastoral Care. By an High Church-Man. [ii], 46 pp. London: John Morphew, 1713. ESTC N15231

[PARIS, John]. A True and Impartial Account of the Present Differences Between the Master and Fellows, of Trinity College in Cambridge … 36 pp. London: John Morphew, 1711. ESTC T51812.

An Answer to Some Objections That Have Been Made to the Conduct of Dr. [Richard] B[entley]. Together with a Dialogue Between a Whigg and Tory, Concerning the Present State of the Case of Trinity College. [vi], 17,[1] pp. London: John Morphew, 1713. ESTC T68959.

R.E. Double Deliverance A Double Blessing: Exemplified, in a Discourse Suited to the V. of November … [ii], iv, 41, [1] pp. London: J. Lawrence, 1713. ESTC T6418.

An Exact List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal … 24 pp. London: A. Baldwin, 1713. ESTC N45559

Honour Retriv'd from Faction: in a Dialogue Between Smith and Johnson. 40 pp. London: J. Baker, 1713. Goldsmiths' 5079; ESTC T127681

[?DEFOE, Daniel]. The Case of the Catalans Consider'd. 32 pp.London: J. Baker, 1714. ESTC T20167.

[DODD, Charles]. The History of the English College at Doway … [iv], 36 pp., with half-title. London: Bernard Lintott, 1713. ESTC T64085.

BURNET, Gilbert. A Collection of Speeches, Prefaces, Letters, &c. With a Description of Geneva and Holland … [iv], 110 pp., with half-title. London: [s.n.], 1713. ESTC T17779.

Reflections upon the Humour of the British Nation in Religion and Politics. [iv], 36 pp. London: John Baker, 1713. Goldsmiths' 5086; ESTC T46607.

A Full and Faithful Account of the Intrigue Between Mr Noble and Mrs Sayer … [viii], 56 pp. London: A. Baldwin, 1713. ESTC T134828.