Lot 333
  • 333

Du Moulin, Pierre

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
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Description

  • Du Moulin, Pierre
  • The Anatomy of Arminianisme: Or The opening of the Controversies lately handled in the Low-Countryes, Concerning the Doctrine of Providence, of Predestination, of the Death of Christ, of Nature and Grace. London: Printed by T.S[nodham]. for Nathaniel Newbery, and are to be sold at the signe of the Starre under Saint Peters Church in Cornehill, and in Popes head Alley, 1620
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4to (7 1/4 x 5 3/8 in.; 185 x 136 mm). Woodcut title ornament, headpiece and decorative initial; an occasional tiny spot. Contemporary calf ruled in gilt and blind, gilt-stamped armorial supralibros with motto "Foy pour Devoir" (Somerset), remains of green silk ties; joints and extremities rubbed and mended.

Provenance

William Seymour, 2nd Duke of Somerset (1588—1660, supralibros) — Tollemache family, Earls of Dysart, Helmingham Hall (Sotheby's, 14 June 1965, lot 99). acquisition: Seven Gables, 1968

Literature

STC 7308 (issue without publisher's name on leaf 2v); ESTC S110983

Condition

an occasional tiny spot. Contemporary calf ruled in gilt and blind, gilt-stamped armorial supralibros with motto "Foy pour Devoir" (Somerset), remains of green silk ties; joints and extremities rubbed and mended.
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Catalogue Note

First edition, in a contemporary armorial binding. The work concerns the points debated at the Synod of Dort.