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The Life of Philip Melancthon Comprising an Account of the Most important Transactions of the Reformation
Francis Augustus Cox
1817
Gale and Fenner : London
8.5" by 5.5"
xxiv, 581pp
SUMMARY
A smartly bound second edition of this biographical work regarding the German Lutheran reformer, Philip Melancthon.
Early Edition,Illustrated,Leather Binding
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
In a full calf binding. Rebacked, with the original boards preserved. The boards to this work have detailed tooling, with floral motifs.
From the library at Apley Park, Shropshire. With the bookplate to the front pastedown of William Orme Foster. Foster bought the manor in 1867 and remodelled it to Gothic Revival style from the Neo-Gothic it was. The estate remained in the family until 1960. Foster was an English ironmaster, and owner of the large industrial firm John Bradley and Co.
Melancthon is a pivotal figure in the sixteenth century Protestant Reformation and stands with Martin Luther and Jean Calvin as an architect of Protestantism. He was a collaborator with Martin Luther and therefore is, after Luther, the primary founder of Lutheranism.
With a portrait frontispiece and one facsimile plate of Melancthon's handwriting.
Written by Francis Augustus Cox, a prominent English Baptist minister. Cox wrote several works including a history of the Baptist Missionary Society and two volumes of Biographies of females in The Bible.
A comprehensive biography of this influential reformer, whose peaceful qualities led to his popularity by many.
CONDITION
In a full calf binding. Sympathetically rebacked with the original boards preserved. Externally, very smart, with just some occasional shelfwear to the extremities. Bookplate to the front pastedown, William Orme Foster. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright. Offsetting from the title page, which is common to this work. Light spots to the first and last few pages, otherwise pages are very clean.
Overall Condition: Near Fine
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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