Gerard CROESE
Historia Quakeriana, sive de vulgo dictis Quakeris, ab ortu illorum usque ad recens natum schisma, libri III. In quibus praesertim agitur de ipsorum praecipuis antecessoribus, & dogmatis (ut & similibus placitis aliorum hoc tempore) factisque, ac casibus, memorabilibus[Quaker History, or On Those Commonly Called Quakers, from Their Origins up to the Recently Aroused Schism, in Three Books. In which there is particular discussion of their principal forerunners and doctrines (as well as similar tenets held by others of the present time), together with their deeds and memorable incidents]
Hendrik et veuve de Dieter Boom|Amsterdam 1695|9.5 x 16.5 cm|Relié
First edition of this particularly engaging monograph, written by the Dutch pastor Gerard Croese (1642-1710), and translated into English as early as 1696 although never into French.
A few minor spots of foxing.
Full green vellum binding, spine faded and tooled with small gilt ornaments, the title-piece largely lost, speckled green edges, a contemporary binding.
Partly informed by letters and documents supplied by William Sewel (1653-1720, himself the author in 1717 of an excellent Histori van de Opkompste, Aanwas en Voortgang der Christenen bekend by den naam van Quakers), it offers an account of the movement at a particularly significant moment in its histo
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