Description: [EARLY ENGLISH PROTESTANT] THE HISTORY OF TITHES FIRST EDITION London, 1618 SELDEN (John). The Historie of Tithes That is, The Practice of Payment of them. The Positiue Laws made for them. The Opinions touching the Right of them. A Review of it is also annest, which both Confirmes it and directs it in the Vse of it. By I. Selden. London: 1618 Quarto [App. 7.75 x 6 in.] First edition. An excellent copy of the most celebrated of Selden's works from this decade. Dedicated to Sir Robert Cotton, he praised his library and collection of books. A Review at the end of the text provides a brief history of the Roman law to show how it could not rightly claim to have ruled even western Europe in an unbroken sequence - and pictured William I, his barons, and those learned in the laws' (identified as the common lawyers of that time, as Godric and Alfwin) gathering together as a parliament in the fourth year of the conquest to hear and confirm the former Laws of the Kingdome. This vivid image of the historical triumph of the king-in-parliament appeared just in time for Selden's political career of the following decade. King James would later force Selden to withdraw the Historie of Tithes from circulation, apologize to the privy council for the mistake of its publication, and endure in silence the attacks on it made by his critics. However, Selden would neither admit that it presented false evidence or interpretations nor retreat from the central thesis that the law of God found enforcement only in the laws of particular jurisdictions. Title page in red and black, in this edition p.249 is misnumbered 149 and line 1 has "little", free-endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, red morocco label, a good clean copy with wide margins. _____________________________________ Items listed on eBay are merely representative of our broader inventory. We specialize in early printed Bibles in English, with a particular focus on first editions and other significant printings. Our stock includes a wide range of Tyndale New Testaments, as well as first editions of the Coverdale Bible (1535), the Matthews Bible (1537), the Great Bible (1539), the Geneva Bible (1560), the Bishops Bible (1568) and the King James Bible (1611). Please do not hesitate to enquire regarding other early printed books and manuscripts.
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: London
Language: English
Signed: No
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition
Region: Europe
Personalized: No
Topic: Christianity, Bibles
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1618
