A Short View of The Present State of the Protestant Religion in britain, as It is now profest in the Episcopal Church in England, the Presbyterian Church in Scotland, and the Dissenters in Both.
Edinburgh.
[s.n.], 1707.
First edition.
8vo.
48pp. Recent black morocco-backed marbled boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Lightly rubbed.
The sole edition of Daniel Defoe's (1660-1731) short history of the Reformation in England and Scotland, illustrating the persecutions endured by, and defending the integrity of, the Dissenters whilst simultaneous indirectly responding to minister James Webster's charges against the English Presbyterians by contextualising their willingness to accept prelacy in 1661 and James II's indulgence in 1687.
ESTC records copies at seven locations in the British Isles (Advocates, BL, Cambridge, Edinburgh, NLS, Oxford, and Senate House), and a further seven in North America (California, Huntington, Illinois, Newberry, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Yale).
ESTC records copies at seven locations in the British Isles (Advocates, BL, Cambridge, Edinburgh, NLS, Oxford, and Senate House), and a further seven in North America (California, Huntington, Illinois, Newberry, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Yale).
ESTC T55491.
£ 950.00
Antiquates Ref: 27118
