1696 Truth of Christianity Dutch Hugo Grotius Veritate Pennsylvania Provenance

1696 Truth of Christianity Dutch Hugo Grotius Veritate Pennsylvania Provenance

“Not to know certain things is a great part of wisdom.” 

 – Hugo Grotius

Hugo Grotius was an early 17^th-century Dutch jurist who is most remembered for his contributions to the foundation of international and natural law. He also made provided groundwork in Arminianism and is considered and ‘economic theologist’. In addition to his most famous work ‘De Jure Belli’, Grotius published a treatise outlining the truths of Christianity – ‘De veritate religionis Christianae’. In this book, Grotius argued that Christianity was the supreme truth over all religions.

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GROTIUS, Hugo

De veritate religionis Christianae : in qua ejusdem annotationes ipsius textus verbis subjectae sunt

Amstelaedami: Henricum Wetstenium, 1696.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages

o   [8], 296

• Provenance:

o   Armorial Bookplate – T JEE, “SAPERE AUDE” / Thomas Jee, Caledecote

• Rev. Thomas Jee (1776 – 1853) from Caldecote, Cambridgeshire, served as Clerk of Thaxted, Essex.

o   Handwritten – Thomas Penn

• Thomas Penn (1702 – 1775) was the son of William Penn, founder of the Province of Pennsylvania.
• Penn inherited the position of Proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania for the British Crown in 1718 along with his brothers John and Richard on the death of their father William Penn

o   Handwritten – Gregori Bernardi Keen

• Gregory Bernard Keen (1844 – 1930) was an American historian whose primary work was based on the state of  Pennsylvania.
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

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