£30
The Memory of Puritanism and Presbyterianism in the Reign of George II. A mid-18th century ink manuscript commonplace book, 41ff, comprising three distinct parts: 1) Gearing (William), The Glory of Heaven:The Happiness of the Saints in Glory, 12ff; the first leaves defective, and thus the poem incomplete; 2) Calder (Robert), The Second part of the Succession of the Priesthood in the Old and New Testament [...], 16ff, apparently incomplete extract from the greater work; a few leaves with chipped edges and a loss of text; 3) 11ff of contemporary verse, of a theological nature, commencing at Canto II, 'This Hydra of uncertain birth,/If sprung from hell or sprung from earth [...]', damp-stained and dog-eared margins; 4) 2ff quotes and inscriptions, the MSS dated 1742, disbound, 4to.
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