1697 · London
by [Whitehead, George
London: Printed for Tho. Northcott, 1697. [4],xi,[1],268,[4]pp. 12mo. Modern three-quarter speckled calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Early ownership signature ("John Harrison") on titlepage. Scattered foxing. Very good. Written by George Whitehead, one of the early leaders of the Quaker faith, and containing several references to Quakers in America and Penn's colony in Pennsylvania. Whitehead writes in reply to three anti-Quaker works by Charles Leslie: THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS (Wing L1156), SATAN DIS-ROB'D FROM HIS DISGUISE OF LIGHT (Wing L1149), and A DISCOURSE PROVING THE DIVINE INSTITUTION OF WATER-BAPTISM. Quite scarce in the market. SABIN 103655. EUROPEAN AMERICANA 697/188. SMITH, FRIENDS' BOOKS II:902. McALPIN IV:576. WING W1889. ESTC R27066. JCB (4), pp.356-57.
(Inventory #: WRCAM47291)