Apr 19, 2004 - Sale 2003

Sale 2003 - Lot 168

Price Realized: $ 632
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
SELDEN, JOHN. The Historie of Tithes. [40], 491, [5] pages. 4to, modern red morocco, spine slightly faded; a4 remargined not affecting text, scattered repaired wormholes generally not impairing legibility, title soiled, with stamp of the Oxford scholar Mark Pattison (1813-84), modern institutional stamps on verso (released), ink accession number on next leaf. [London], 1618

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" . . . this book which tacitly denied the 'divine right' of tithes gave great offense to the clergy and was vigorously refuted in a number of volumes to which Selden was forbidden the right to print replies"--Pforzheimer 857. STC 22172.7.