1685 1ed Quaker William Penn Defense of Duke of Buckingham Christian Tolerance

1685 1^ed Quaker William Penn Defense of Duke of Buckingham Christian Tolerance

 

“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.”

― William Penn

 

In 1685, George Villiers, the 2^nd Duke of Buckingham, published a short political pamphlet on religious toleration. This tract, “A Short Discourse on the Reasonableness of Man’s Having a Religion,” was defended and promoted by William Penn, the father of Quakerism. According to Jones,

“The Duke’s discourse gave rise to a considerable controversy, which was comprised in political rather than theological pamphlets.”

An interesting view comes from Hume and Love in which they suspect that William Penn egged the Duke of Buckingham to write this pamphlet simply so that he could write his own response to it and defend it in his ‘Defense of Duke of Buckingham.’

 

While the author of this work is anonymous, many sources, including Wing, attribute it to William Penn.

 

Item number: #2296

Price: $950

 

PENN, William

 

Defence of the Duke of Buckingham’s Book of Religion & Worship, from the Exceptions of a Nameless Author

 

London: Printed for A. Banks, 1685. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation complete with all pages: [4], 31, [3]
• References: Wing P 1275; Hume & Love, George Villiers, p. 93; Jones, Tracts for an Against Popery, vol. 64, p. 67
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~7.75in X 5.75in (20cm x 15cm)
• Very rare with no other example for sale worldwide

 

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