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Apologia pro confessione sive Declaratione sententiæ eorum, qui in Fœderato Belgio vocantur Remonstrantes, super præcipuis articulis religionis Christianæ. Contra quatuor professorum Leidensium. Inscripta nobilibus, prudentibus ac potentibus d.d. deputatis & consiliariis ordinum Hollandiæ & West-Frisiæ.
Portion of title: Declaratione sententiæ eorum, qui in Fœderato Belgio vocantur Remonstrantes, super præcipuis articulis religionis Christianæ
Apologia pro confessione sive Declaratione sententiae eorum, qui in Foederato Belgio vocantur Remonstrantes, super praecipuis articulis religionis Christianae
[Leiden?] : Impressa, [s.n.], Anno Domini M D C XXIX. [1629]
[26], 308, [14] leaves ; 20 cm. (4to)
Probably by Simon Episcopius but also attributed by John Locke to Hugo Grotius (cf. Harrison, J. and Laslett, P. The library of John Locke (2nd ed., Oxford, 1971), p. 147).
Errata: final leaf.
Signatures: ()⁴ (.)-(.....)⁴ (......)² A-Ffff⁴ Gggg² (a)-(c)⁴ (d)².
Title vignette; initials.
Ms. inscription on title-page recording donation to Eton College Library by Henry Godolphin in 1731.
Ms. inscription on title-page "R. Widdrington", i.e. Ralph Widdrington of Christ's College, many of whose books were acquired by Provost Godolphin.
Ms. inscriptions on binding leaf facing title page: "Quis nomen unquam sceleris errori dedit", initialled R.W.; and 7 lines in Latin, possibly in Widdrington's hand.
Some folded corners as place markers.
19th-century engraved bookplate of Eton College.
17th-century dark brown calf; border of three blind fillets; four raised bands; printed flyleaves.
Arminianism Early works to 1800
Printed waste. rbbin
Grotius, Hugo, 1583 - 1645 attributed name.
Godolphin, Henry, 1648 - 1733 former owner.
Widdrington, Ralph, 1614 or 15 - 1688 former owner.
Netherlands Leiden.
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B38042