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Published by Gale, Sabin Americana, 2012
ISBN 10: 1275727654ISBN 13: 9781275727656
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Published by Andrew Sowle], [London, 1669
Seller: William Reese Company - Americana, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
[10],5-21,17-111,[1]p. Small quarto. 19th- century three-quarter crushed brown morocco and cloth, spine gilt with raised bands. Spine faintly sunned. A few isolated instances of foxing. Very good. The first written statement of Quaker doctrine by Pennsylvania founder and early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, William Penn. NO CROSS, NO CROWN was composed by Penn at the age of twenty-four while in solitary confinement at the Tower of London as a heretic for writing and publishing THE SANDY FOUNDATION SHAKEN in 1668, which seemingly refuted the trinity. NO CROSS, NO CROWN was created in two parts, the first being a guide to living in the world as a Christian according to the beliefs of the Quakers (the Religious Society of Friends), which "set out the rules for Quaker behaviour. Rejection of hat honour, titles, the vanity of apparel, and promotion of the use of āthee' and āthou' when addressing one another, regardless of title, were the outward hallmarks of a simpler approach to life" - DNB. The second half gathers together "Several weighty testimonies of the most famous persons for Piety, Power, and Learning as well living as dying, both Heathens and Christians of Ancient and Modern times, as an intire confirmation of this discourse to the conviction (if possible) of others, as well as the vindication of the innocent Quakers." William Penn (1644-1718) was born into affluence as the son of Admiral Sir William Penn of the Royal Navy, a friend to Charles II and James II. After a conventional education for a person of his class, he was sent to Ireland on behalf of his father to manage the family estates, and it was there that he first encountered Quaker preaching and began to attend meetings regularly. Not long after his conversion to the Quaker faith in 1667, Penn met George Fox, the founder of the movement, and the two quickly became friends and collaborators. During his imprisonment in the Tower, Penn wrote NO CROSS, NO CROWN as a testament of his faith; Penn wished to convince others that the tenets of Quakerism were not blasphemous - and thereby free wrongfully accused Quakers and persuade people unsure of Quakerism of the faith's validity. According to Endy, "Fox was the charismatic religious and organizational genius who founded the movement and around whom it congealed, whereas Penn was the well-educated writer and well-placed and far-sighted statesman who enabled it to become tolerated in England and to thrive in the English colonies." The 1669 first edition of NO CROSS, NO CROWN was printed at Penn's expense and was provided without cost to anyone who was interested. It is entirely different from the 1682 work of the same title, and has remained for centuries "the basic guide for Quaker living," generally accepted as the "clearest exposition of the beliefs of members of the Society of Friends" - PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN. Killcoyne believes that "NO CROSS, NO CROWN stands alongside the letters of St. Paul, Boethius's CONSOLATION OF PHILOSOPHY, and John Bunyan's PILGRIM'S PROGRESS as one of the world's finest examples of prison literature." Although we have handled the 1682 edition of NO CROSS, NO CROWN and one of its later reprints, this is the first time we have handled a copy of Penn's original 1669 classic of Christian theological literature. A foundational text for many immigrants seeking religious freedom in the American colonies. BRONNER & FRASER 6. ESTC R15257. SABIN 59721. PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 150. DNB (online). OCLC 30551329, 228723190, 1184541783. Melvin Endy, "George Fox and William Penn: Their Relationship and Their Roles within the Quaker Movement," in QUAKER HISTORY, Vol. 93, No. 1 (2004) pp. 1-39. Hope Killcoyne, "The 100 Most Influential Religious Leaders of All Time" (online).
Published by [London:] printed [by Andrew Sowle] in the year, 1669, 1669
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition of the Quaker theologian's "most ambitious and most learned work" (PMM), an eloquent and inflammatory dissertation upon the importance of the Christian duty of self-sacrifice. It is bound here with The Quakers Catechism (1655) by Richard Baxter, a fierce opponent of Penn, and Some Principles of the Elect People of God In Scorn called Quakers (1671) by George Fox, the Quaker founder with whom Penn "created a coherent Quaker philosophy" (ODNB). No Cross, No Crown was composed while Penn (1644-1718) was confined in the Tower of London for nine months for the "blasphemy" of his unlicensed tract, The Sandy Foundation Shaken (1668), which criticised what were then considered self-evident Christian truths, such as traditional interpretations of the Trinity, the doctrine of justification, and Christ's atonement. Undeterred by the threat of life imprisonment, and in a deliberate misuse of the writing materials provided for his hoped-for retraction, Penn wrote the present work. Penn argued that external expressions of respect such as titles and clothing - "hat-honour" - were falsehoods in comparison to the true honour gained from simple and unceremonial service to God. It was printed at the author's expense and distributed free to all interested parties. In both his writings and his actions, Penn "devoted his life to securing liberty of conscience as a God-given right beyond the dominion of government. Penn's aspirations culminated in the founding of Pennsylvania [in 1681], a 'holy experiment' dedicated to the idea of religious freedom. As the colony's sole proprietor and the framer of its early constitutions, he was afforded an opportunity to create a utopian society premised on Quakerism" (Adams & Emmerich, p. 58). No Cross, No Crown is bound after the following two works: 1) BAXTER, Richard. The Quakers Catechism, or, the Quakers questioned, their questions answered, and both published. London: printed by A.M. for Thomas Underhill, and Francis Tyton, 1655. [26], 30 [i.e. 32] pp. Woodcut headpiece, divisional bands, and initials. First edition, one of several type settings noted by ESTC, which states that "the relationship of the various 1655 'editions' remains to be worked out. There appears to be a fair amount of shared setting". The ejected minister and prolific religious writer Richard Baxter (1615-1691) objected to what he considered to be Penn's hypocrisy, lecturing on simple living "while hee swims himselfe in wealth". Baxter and Penn engaged in a seven-hour public debate on Quakerism on 5 October 1675, which prompted a brief, combative correspondence. One of the better known responses to Baxter's pamphlet is James Nayler's An Answer to a Book Called the Quakers' Catechism (1655). This copy of The Quakers Catechism has the following points: A1v bears six bible verses and closes with "Reader I entreat thee." (described as a variant issue by ESTC R207366); "catechism" and "Richard" are spelled correctly on the title page and the "r" in "Anchor" is printed below the line of type; the caption title on A4v prints the "i" in "in" directly above the "l" in "England"; and the caption title on page 1 has no full stop and aligns the "q" of "queries" below the "u" of "Quakers". ESTC R28362, R207366, & R13360 [this copy a combination of several points from each]; Orme, "Chronological List", 23. 2) [FOX, George, Isaac Penington, & others.] Some Principles of the Elect People of God In Scorn called Quakers. [London: no publisher,] 1671. [4], 122 pp. Second, greatly expanded, edition of a 39-page work by George Fox (1624-1691) originally published in 1661 but here enlarged with contributions from notable Quaker defenders such as Isaac Penington (1616-1679). Penn developed a close relationship with Fox in the 1660s. He supported Fox through several challenges to his leadership, including Wilkinson-Story controversies, "the most serious and widespread of those that racked Quakerism in the later seventeenth century" (ODNB). Penn also gave Fox a sizeable plot of land in Philadelphia. In later years, however, "relations between [Fox] and the royalist-inclined Penn soured. Fox considered his younger associate contaminated by his closeness to kingly power" (ibid.). Penn nevertheless contributed a lengthy preface to Fox's posthumously published Journal (vol. I, 1694). ESTC R33049; Smith, Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books I, pp. 665 & 671 and II, p. 352. ESTC R15257; Printing and the Mind of Man 150; Sabin 59721; Smith, Descriptive catalogue of Friends' books II, p. 284; Wing P1327. Arlin Adams & Charles Emmerich, "William Penn and the American Heritage of Religious Liberty", Journal of Law and Religion, 8:1/2, 1990, pp. 57-70. Bound third in a Sammelband of three works, small quarto (175 x 130 mm). Nineteenth-century polished calf, rebacked to style with red label, gilt-tooled compartments, and raised bands, dated at foot, double fillet and triangle roll border to boards in gilt, board edges and inner dentelles gilt, edges sprinkled red. Housed in a brown quarter morocco solander box by the Chelsea Bindery. Roman and italic types. Extremities expertly refurbished, boards slightly splayed with small patch of stripping to rear; endpapers browned from turn-ins, each title page sequentially numbered in a neat early manuscript hand at top right corner (with p. 5 of the Penn numbered "4:"), contents evenly browned throughout (gathering F of the Penn more so, and spotted), a few leaves cropped close in the binding process (in most cases just slightly shaving page numbers or signatures; in the Penn, affecting one or two letters per line of shoulder notes on pp. 36, 68, and 84, sense recoverable), a handful of minor chips and small tears, the latter due to paper flaws, tiny paper infill at lower corner of Penn's K4. Overall in very good condition.