BUNNY, Edmund. Of Divorce for Adulterie, and marrying againe: that there is no sufficient warrant so to do. With a note in the end that R.P. (Robert Parsons) many yeeres since was answered. Oxford: Joseph Barnes. 1610
[20], 171pp, [9], folding table; inoffensive staining from **1 to A4 & including folding table, foremargins of last 2 leaves trimmed with minor loss. 20th century full panelled calf, raised bands, spine lettered in gilt; some sl. rubbing to hinges & extremities. Pencil notes on initial inserted blank of the collector Brent Gration-Maxfield.
¶ESTC S107056, 5 copies only in North America. Edmund Bunny, 1540-1619, was a preacher and theological writer. He held the post of subdean of York for 25 years and from 1584 he dedicated himself to the work of an itinerant preacher, travelling through the towns and villages of England promoting his doctrine of evangelical Calvinism. Divorce had been a controversial topic in Britain for many years and Bunny claimed that he had finished his treatise opposing the act in 1595, but publication was delayed - possibly because of intervention by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Whitgift. The debate surrounding divorce intensified during the first half of the seventeenth century and various works addressing all facets of the subject were published during this period.
Stock #63547
£2800
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