Shelfmark
En.5.36
Title
Three short treatises, : viz. I. A modest plea for the clergy, &c. II. A sermon of the sacerdotal benediction, &c. III. A discourse published to undeceive the people in point of tithes, &c. Formerly printed, and now again pubished [sic] by Dr. George Hickes, in defense of the priesthood, and true rights of the Church, against the slanderous and reproachful treatment of the clergy, in a later book of pernicious and blasphemous doctrines, falsely intituled, The rights of the Christian Church.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed for W. Taylor, at the Ship in St. Paul's Church Yard, 1709.
Physical description
[86], 17, [1]; [4], 140; [2], 50; 56 p. ; 8vo.
Note
Page 1 of 50 p. sequence misnumbered 142. Page 3 of 56 p. sequence misnumbered 1.
Note
Title-pages within double ruled borders.
Note
With an initial advertisement leaf.
Note
Each of the treatises has a separate dated titlepage and pagination, but the register is continuous.
Note
Published as a reply to Mathew Tindal's 'The rights of the Christian church'.
Citation/references note
Kress, S.2441
Citation/references note
ESTC, T79345
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Binding
Contemporary English brown calf; blind tooled double fillet forming concentric frames with large fleurons; leather sprinkled in alternative frames; gold tooled fillet on board edges; blind tooled double fillet on spine; spine label detached.
Copy-specific note
Previous shelfmarks: Ec.5.27, Ec.7.3.
Subject
Subject
Clergy Early works to 1800.
Subject
Benediction Early works to 1800.
Subject
Tithes Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Taylor, William, ? - d. 1723 publisher.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B33183