Title
A discourse concerning Puritans. : A vindication of those, who uniustly suffer by the mistake, abuse, and misapplication of that name. A tract necessary and usefull for these times, / by P.A..
Varying form of title
Discovrse concerning Puritans
Imprint
[London] : Printed for Robert Bostock,, 1641..
Physical description
[2], 58 p. ; 19 cm (4to)
Note
Signatures: A-G⁴ H².
Note
Title-page ornament; headpiece and initials.
Note
Attributed by Wing to John Ley. Also attributed to Henry Parker: "Parker acknowledged it as his own"--Mendle, Michael. Henry Parker and the English Civil War (Cambridge, 1995), p.192.
Note
"To the reader" at foot of leaf H2v signed "Philus Adelphus".
Note
Place of publication from Wing.
Note
A title page variant has "these times." in line 10 of title.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R231050
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), L1875
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
Late 17th-century dark brown mottled calf over paper boards; sewn on five supports; blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards, with inner frame of blind rolls with blind stamps at outer corners; gilt roll around board edges; spine with five raised bands, and blind fillets and stamps; text block edges sprinkled red; leather spine label with "Religious Tracts” tooled in gilt; "1641" in gilt at tail of spine; leaves of blank paper bound between items; evidence of earlier stab stitching on items.
Copy-specific note
Bound in a volume of 17th-century pamphlets. Manuscript list of contents of volume on upper endleaf.
Subject
Puritans England Sources Early works to 1800.
Subject
Great Britain (Place) Church history 17th century.
Added entry--name
Ley, John, 1583-1662 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Parker, Henry, 1604-1652 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Bostock, Robert, -1656 bookseller.
Added entry--place
England London.
B13242
UKSbSC
20211117085903.3