The Scots worthies: their [73] lives and testimonies. Including many additional notes,and [22] lives not in the orig. collection

Published by London: [1875-6] Quarto, William Mackenzie

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[3], lxxxxiv, 872 double-column p.: 25 woodcuts in Wylie's introduction, 29 plates; ## cm. Text in great primer type. Woodcuts in Wylie's `An introductory sketch of the history of the period': Covenanters' sacrament, martyrdom of Jerome of Prague, Luther nailing 95 theses, Luther's house at Eisenach, death of Zwingle, Calvin dispensing the sacrament, view in Strasburg, Calvin refusing the sacrament to libertines in St. Peter's, Iona, Dunkeld, execution of Wallace, John Campbell laird of Cessnock before James IV, Prior Campbell and Patrick Hamilton disputing, martyrdom of Patrick Hamilton, Knox before Mary Queen of Scots, signing the Covenant, execution of Argyle, Guthrie addressing the crowd before his execution, rescue of the old man of Dalry, Battle of Rullion Green, Thomas Dalziel of Binns, murder of Abp. Sharp, escape from Drumclog, Greyfriars' Churchyard, William Prince of Orange. -- Full-page steel engravings: John Knox (frontispiece) -- George Wishart -- Cardinal Beaton -- St. Andrews Castle -- Regent Moray -- Assassination of Regent Moray -- Knox's house & Canongate -- George Buchanan -- Alexander Henderson -- Confession of faith, 1638 (folding, lithographed from the manuscript, tear across upper panel) -- Signing the Covenant in Greyfriars Churchyard -- Battle of Preston -- Archibald Campbell, Marquis of Argyll -- Marquis of Montrose -- Battle of Philiphaugh -- General David Lesley -- Duke of Lauderdale -- The Grassmarket, Edinburgh -- Graham of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee -- Battle of Drumclog -- Battle of Bothwell Bridge -- The Netherbow Port -- Stirling Castle -- Arrest of Montrose -- The Bass Rock -- Dunnottar Castle -- Lady Grisel (Hume) Baillie -- Sir Patrick Hume -- Lady Anna Mackenzie. Good scuffed half calf. Joints weak, covers holding by cords. …

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Title
The Scots worthies: their [73] lives and testimonies. Including many additional notes,and [22] lives not in the orig. collection
Author
Howie, John, 1735-1793, comp. by. [Biographia Scoticana, 1775] edited by J. A. (James Aitken) Wylie, asst. by James Anderson.
Publisher
London: [1875-6] Quarto, William Mackenzie
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Large type

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Our business, established in Chicago in 1924 and relocated in Naperville Illinois, was moved to the Florida Panhandle in 1980. Our main warehouse, with a mile of double shelving and open by appointment, includes stock for sale --around 20% so far on line -- together with special collections in Anglicanism (with special strength in the Oxford or tractarian movement and editions of John Henry Newman, Bible texts and commentaries, lectureships and monographic series, the philosophy of religion, the Reformed tradition, and antiquarian theology before 1840. Please try a keyword search (we suggest truncating, e.g. Anglic*) on these or other words of your choosing.…

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