ECCLESIA RESTAURATA: THE HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

Containing the beginning, progress, and successes of it; the counsels by which it was conducted; the rules of piety and prudence upon which it was founded, the several steps by which it was promoted or retarded in the change of times; from the first preparations to it by King Henry the VIII. untill the legal settling and establishment of it under Queen Elizabeth. Together with the intermixture of such civil actions and affairs of state, as either were coincident with it, or related to it. The third edition, with the addition of a very useful table of all the principle matters contained in the whole book. London: Printed by R. B. for H. Twyford, F. Place, and T. Basset. 1674. [16], 368, [36] pps. Signatures: A⁴a⁴B-T⁴ (T4 blank) U-3E⁴ 3F².  Hardcover.  Very good condition. Full calf, cambridge style binding with title in gilt on spine. Some scuffing to front and rear. Corners bumped and worn to boards. Spine ends and edges shelf-worn. Gutters cracked in places but not separated. Some wear to spine label. Light soiling throughout with a water stain running from A-F which does not affect the legibility of the text. Some other stains present.  Previous owner’s book plate on the front pastedown. Mistakes in the text edited by hand (eg. on pg. XX a duplicate “unto” has been crossed out.) Overall a clean, handsome copy of an early account of the characters involved in the reformation in England.  *Wing, H1703.