A cluster of coxcombes, or, A cinquepace of five sorts of knaves and fooles : namely, the Donatists, Publicans, Disciplinarians, Anabaptists, and Brownists : their originals, opinions, confutations, and (in a word) their heads roundly jolted together : also shewing how in the raignes of sundry Kings, and in the late Q. Elizabeths raign the Anabaptists have bin burnt as hereticks, and otherwayes punished : and that the sect of the Brownists is so new, that many are alive who knew the beginning of it : with other sects displayed / by John Taylor.
1642
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A cluster of coxcombes, or, A cinquepace of five sorts of knaves and fooles : namely, the Donatists, Publicans, Disciplinarians, Anabaptists, and Brownists : their originals, opinions, confutations, and (in a word) their heads roundly jolted together : also shewing how in the raignes of sundry Kings, and in the late Q. Elizabeths raign the Anabaptists have bin burnt as hereticks, and otherwayes punished : and that the sect of the Brownists is so new, that many are alive who knew the beginning of it : with other sects displayed / by John Taylor.
Created/published
[London] : Printed for Richard Webb, Iuly 13, 1642.
Description
[8] p. : ill. ; 18 cm (4to)
Associated name
Taylor, John, 1580-1653, author.
Webb, Richard, active 17th century, bookseller.
Fair, Anthony, active 20th century, former owner.
Martin, H. Bradley (Henry Bradley), 1906-1988, former owner.
Slater, Gerald E., Dr., former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Henry Sotheran Ltd., binder.
Webb, Richard, active 17th century, bookseller.
Fair, Anthony, active 20th century, former owner.
Martin, H. Bradley (Henry Bradley), 1906-1988, former owner.
Slater, Gerald E., Dr., former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Henry Sotheran Ltd., binder.
Note
Place of publication from Wing.
On title page, "Iuly 13" precedes bookseller's name.
Signatures: A⁴.
Illustration on title page.
On title page, "Iuly 13" precedes bookseller's name.
Signatures: A⁴.
Illustration on title page.
Cited/described in
English short title catalogue, R2080
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), T441
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.154[49]
Wing, D.G. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700 (2nd ed.), T441
British Museum. Catalogue of the pamphlets, books, newspapers, and manuscripts relating to the Civil War, the Commonwealth, and Restoration, collected by George Thomason, 1640-1661, E.154[49]
Genre/form
Essays.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Item Details
Call number
269- 353q
Folger-specific note
Bookplates: Anthony Fair; H. Bradley Martin; Robert S Pirie. Also belonged to Dr Gerald Slater (Sotheby's). Bound in burgundy goatskin with gold tooling, marbled endpapers, gilt edges, signed: Henry Sotheran Ltd., 2-5 Sackville St. W.1. Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2015-12-02/04, lot 785 Adopted by Mary Jane Ruhl, in memory of her father, Donald D. Hayes, who was neither a "knave" nor a "foole", but who had an excellent sense of humor about religions and their foibles, Acquisitions Night 2016
Folger accession
269353