Considerationes modestæ – William Forbes – 1658 | First Edition of Reformation Debates

Considerationes modestæ et pacificæ controversiarum by William Forbes was a 1658 treatise addressing Reformation-era controversies. Forbes, the first protestant Bishop of Edinburgh, focuses on five distinct topics that caused struggles within the church including justification, purgatory, invocation of the saints, Christ as Mediator, and the Eucharist.

This first edition played a substantial role in the Protestant attempts to reconcile the division between Catholics and Protestants.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Considerationes modestæ et pacificæ controversiarum, justificatione, purgatorio, invocatione sanctorum et Christo mediatore, eucharistia
• Author(s): William Forbes
• Illustrator(s):
• Contributor(s):
• Publisher: London, Typis Thomæ Roycroft : Impensis Jo. Martin, Jacobi Allestrye, & Tho. Dicas
• Edition: First edition, 1658
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Binding: Full vellum
• Size:  6.75 in x 4.5 in (17.1 cm x 11.4 cm)
• Collation: [24], 466 [i.e. 468], [8]
• Illustrations:
• Contents Include:
  • On Justification
  • On Purgatory
  • On Invocation of Saints
  • On Christ the Mediator
  • On the Eucharist
• Reference(s): Wing F 1454
• Provenance:
  • handwritten – Herbert H. Evans [sic]
  • handwritten – Ed. Thos. Sydsert; Bishop of Galloway

Condition:

Bound in full vellum with loss along the spine. Text block is tight and secure. Overall Very Good with age-related wear.

Why Collect This?

• Rare first edition of a major theological work
• Addresses five pivotal Reformation debates

Item Number: # 29263