1693 1ed Hacket Scrinia Reserata John Williams King James William Laud Puritans

1693 1^ed Hacket Scrinia Reserata John Williams King James William Laud Puritans

John Hacket was a 17^th-century Anglican bishop who is best known for his biography of Archbishop John Williams. Williams was the personal advisor to King James I and supported Puritan movements much in part to his disdain for William Laud. Hacket’s biography, ‘Scrinia Reserata’, is unquestionably the best and most reliable biography of John Williams.

This 1693 first edition is exceedingly rare and valuable. It has long been considered a valuable source on the reign of King James I and his feuds with William Laud.

Item number: #13815

Price: $950

HACKET, John

Scrinia reserata: a memorial offer’d to the great deservings of J. Williams … Ld Keeper of the Great Seal … and … Archbishop of York: containing a series of the … occurences and transactions of his life, in relation both to Church and State, etc.

Savoy [London]: Printed by Edw. Jones for Samuel Lowndes, 1693. First edition.

Details:

• Collation: Complete; 2 parts in 1
  • Part I – [2], 228
    • Includes general title page but is wanting title for part I, otherwise complete
  • Part II – 230, [2]
• Reference: Lowndes 966
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~12.5in X 8.25in (32cm x 21cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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