An apology for the true Christian divinity : being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers / Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French, and Spanish, for the information of strangers.

Accession number

PML 4355

Creator

Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690.

Published

Birmingham : Printed by J. Baskerville, 1765.

Credit line

Purchased with the Bentham collection, 1911.

Notes

First published in Latin (in Amsterdam) in 1676; first English ed. 1678. Cf. DNB.

Description

[12], [II]-XIII, [2], 504, [16] p. ; 31 cm.

Provenance

Initials on inner front board: "J.W."; note on inner front board: "25th October 1777 presented by Mr. Barclay of Ury of the Author to JW". George Bentham; Pierpont Morgan.

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Boards.

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An apology for the true Christian divinity : being an explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called Quakers / Written in Latin and English by Robert Barclay, and since translated into High Dutch, Low Dutch, French, and Spanish, for the information of strangers.