Lot 03162

sive, Polemicæ adsertiones locorum aliquot S. Scripturæ, ab imposturis perversionum in catechesi Racoviana…” Londini (London) Typis Jacobi Flesheri. Prostant apud Cornelium Bee, 1660. Large 8vo, pp.[22],762,[2]. Text in Latin. Woodcut ornaments. Ex-libris cachet “Ex Biblioth. Regia Berolinensi”. Boards of coloured (red) vellum, worn leather spine (rebacked prob in 19th cent). First 11 sheets with signs of water-stain on inner joint, rest of book in very fine condition with occasional spotting. The current work of Matthew Wren (Bishop of Hereford, Norwich and Ely) is a volume of polemical interpretations of Scripture, in reply to the Racovian catechism, written during the author’s imprisonment in the Tower. RARE.