1641 William Prynne Mount Orgueil PURITAN Poetry Bible Heaven Hell Seas Gardens

1641 William Prynne Mount Orgueil PURITAN Poetry Bible Heaven Hell Seas Gardens

William Prynne, a 17^th-century Puritan lawyer, was known for his political pamphlets, meditations, and support of the Restoration. In his book ‘Mount-Orgueil’, Prynne wrote numerous meditations and contemplations in verse, the first collection entitled ‘Rockes Improved’. This collection of meditations was written to parallel the life and ministry of Christ and nature.

Item number: #24993

Price: $1500

PRYNNE, William

[Movnt-Orgveil: or Divine and profitable meditations]… Rockes improved comprising certaine poeticall meditations extracted from the contemplation of the nature and quality of rockes

London: Printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke, 1641. 1^st edition

Details:

• Collation:
  • Rockes Improved – [2], 52, [2], [16]
  • A Christian Sea-Card – 53-110
  • Christian Paradise – 111-172
  • The Soules Complaint – 173-184
  • Comfortable Cordials – [2], 12, [4]
    • Last leaf partially present; damaged
  • Language: English
  • Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
  • Size: ~7.5in X 6in (19cm x 15cm)
  • Very rare and desirable

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