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The Institution Of Christian Religion, Written In Latine By M. John Calvine, Translated Into English According To The Authors Last Edition; With Sundry Tables To Finde The Principall Matters Intreated Of In This Booke, And Also The Declaration Of Places Of Scripture Therein Expounded: By Thomas Norton. Whereunto There Are newly Added In The Margin Of The Booke, Notes Containing In The Briefe The Substance Of The Matter Handled In Each Section.
Summary
An attractive copy of this significant work that is John Calvin’s magnum opus, considered one of the most important works to emerge from the Reformation.
Description
Woodcut title page (1611) within ornamental frame. Each of the four chapters begins within a headpiece and decorative initial. Text presented in single-column Roman font within ruled border. Outer margin contains cross-references and few notes. Includes two indexes at the rear.
Pagination
[20], 749, [159] pp. Complete.
Collation
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Binding
Brown period calf. Covers with central lozenge decorated in gilt surrounded with a blind paneled border to edges; Spine with five raised bands and elaborate gilt tooling to compartments with a black morocco label and the words “Calvins Institution” lettered in gilt. Rebacked and recornered with original backstrip laid down. Endpapers renewed.
Condition
Title page soiled to edges; [fleuron]3,4,Hhhh repair to margin only; C2 closed tear into text without loss; occasional staining to foot; a few marginal annotations in two contemporary hands in both English and Latin; Ooo6 lower marginal loss. An attractive copy of Calvin’s most important work.
Provenance
“Christoph L Bisley” inked to front endpaper. “John Brough booke 1676” across title page and “John Brough his booke Hedon” to fore-edge of text block.
Note
Calvin explores both "knowledge of God" and "knowledge of ourselves" with profound theological insight in four books. The first book discusses God the Father; the second God the Son; the third the Holy Spirit; the fourth the Church. Calvin began his work as a catechism in 1536 and it grew to an extensive systematic theology by 1560.
References
ESTC S107162; USTC 3004572; STC 4424