Feb 28, 2013 - Sale 2305

Sale 2305 - Lot 78

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
GILLESPIE, GEORGE. Aarons Rod Blossoming; or, The Divine Ordinance of Church-Government Vindicated, so as the Present Erastian Controversie concerning the Distinction of Civill and Ecclesiasticall Government, Excommunication, and Suspension, is fully debated and discussed. [64], 152, 161-336, 537-560, 361-590, [2] pages, including final blank. 4to, contemporary sheep, covers warped, gilt shelf number on spine, top and bottom compartments off; contents toned, with light marginal soiling and dampstaining, institutional embossed stamp and other markings on title, 18th-century owner's inscription on verso. London: E. G. for Richard Whitaker, 1646

Additional Details

first edition of an attack on the Erastian doctrine of the primacy of the state over the church in ecclesiastical matters, the chief work of a Church of Scotland minister and theologian (1613-48). Wing G743; ESTC R177416.