Shelfmark
El.6.17
Author
Title
A vindication of the Church of England from the aspersions of a late libel intituled, Priestcraft in perfection, &c. Wherein the controverted clause of the church's power in the xxth article is shewn to be equal authority with all the rest of the articles; and the Fraud and Forgery, charged upon the Clergy on the Account of that Clause, are retorted upon their Accusers. With a Preface containing some Remarks upon the Reflections on that Pamphlet. By a priest of the Church of England.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed by W.B. for R. Wilkin, at the King's-Head in St. Paul's-Church-yard, 1710.
Physical description
[2], liv, [14], 218p ; 18cm. (8vo.)
Note
Previously: Ec.5.15.
Note
The printer may have been William Bowyer.
Note
Priest of the Church of England = Hilkiah Bedford.
Note
Priestcraft in perfection, &c. is by Anthony Collins.
Note
A variant issue with p.xix of the preface mis-paginated xxi, and without the press figure 4 at the foot. Eton copy is the variant issue with p. xix of the preface mis-paginated xxi, and without the press figure 4 at the foot.
Citation/references note
ESTC T113799
Additional physical form available
Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 5922, no. 06).
Provenance
Bookplate of Eton College.
Provenance
Bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Provenance
Ms on flyleaf: "By Hilkiah Bedford".
Binding
18th-century brown panelled calf; double blind fillet to form a border; five raised bands; spine label; spine title: "Bedford vindic of the c of engl".
Subject
Collins, Anthony, 1676 - 1729 Priestcraft in perfection.
Subject
Church of England Early works to 1800.
Subject
Church of England Apologetic works Early works to 1800.
Subject
Church and state Church of England Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Waddington, Edward, 1670 or 71 - 1731 former owner.
Added entry--name
Wilkin, Richard, fl. 1693 - 1731 publisher.
Added entry--name
Bowyer, William, 1663 - 1737 printer.
Added entry--place
England London.
Identifier
B9686