Shelfmark
Fi.8.07
Author
Uniform title
[De antiqua ecclesiae Britannicae libertate. English]
Title
The ancient liberty of the Britannick Church, and the legitimate exemption thereof from the Roman patriarchate, discoursed on four positions, and asserted by Isaac Basier, D.D. and chaplain in ordinary to His late Majesty of Great Britain, Charls the First. Three chapters concerning the priviledges of the Britannick Church, &c. Selected out of a Latin manuscript, entituled, Catholico-Romanus pacificus, written by F. I. Barnes, of the order of St. Benedict, yet living (as is said) in the Roman Inquisition. Translated, and published, for vulgar instruction, by Ri. Watson.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London, : Printed [by Robert Ibbitson] for John Mileson [in Cambridge], to bee sold by Elisha Wallis, at the Horse-shooe in the Great Old-Bayley, 1661.
Physical description
[24], 55, [19], 48, [14] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Note
A translation of "De antiqua ecclesiae Britannicae libertate".
Note
The words "as is said" are enclosed in square brackets on title page.
Note
"Select discourses" (extracted from "Catholico-romanus pacificus") and "A letter, written by the Reverend Dr. Basier, to the Honourable Sir Richard Brown" each have separate pagination and title page (with "printed by R.I[bbitson]." in the imprint); the register is continuous.
Note
A separate leaf supplying errata to the "Select discourses", headed "To the reader.", is often found bound in (sometimes pasted to the blank final leaf).
Note
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-I⁸ K⁴ (K4 blank).
Note
The publisher John Mileson was a Cambridge stationer.
Note
Title page enclosed in a single rule border.
Citation/references note
Wing, B1029
Citation/references note
ESTC, R9065
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Ms. note on final blank leaf.
Binding
17th-century sprinkled sheep; border and spine decoration of two blind fillets with additional fillets parallel to spine; two recessed sewing supports.
Copy-specific note
With the leaf "To the reader."
Copy-specific note
Previously Eb.6.27.
Subject
Divine right of kings Early works to 1800.
Subject
Popes Temporal power Early works to 1800.
Subject
Church and state England Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Wallis, E. (Elisha), active 1656 - 1661 (Elisha), bookseller.
Added entry--name
Mileson, John, fl. 1627 - 1670 publisher.
Added entry--name
Ibbitson, Robert printer.
Added entry--name
Watson, Richard, 1612 - 1685 translator.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--title
Catholico-romanus pacificus. English. Selections.
Added entry--place
England Cambridge.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng lat
Identifier
B38285