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R. Norton for R. Royston, 1676. Folio. Full calf. Leather is worn, scuffed & peeling. Portrait frontispiece. ESTC R29540 Wing T326

London: R. Norton, for R. Royston, 1660. Hardcover. Good. [Of humane laws] Volume 2 only. (Books 3 and 4). Folio. Bound in contemporary leather. 5 raised bands. 6 compartments. Worn and rubbed leather. Two bookplates "F.W. Fowle," (armorial) and "Henry McLallen." Signature on title page. Overall, text is good. [2], 558, [2] p. No plates. <br><br> Ductor Dubitantium was designed as a comprehensive manual of cases of conscience which would form a capstone to the English Protestant edifice already created by Sanderson, Hall, and Perkins. No longer would English clergy need to consult Roman Catholic casuists and run the risk of being misled by their probablism. Taylor promised general rules from which every particular case could be resolved. Taylor believed that there is always a right answer in moral dilemmas, even if human reason cannot fathom it; and while offering the conventional teaching on the obligation of an erroneous conscience, he placed an overwhelming… Read More

London: printed by J[ohn]. L[eake]. for Luke Meredith, at the Star in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1696. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Folio, [4], xxvi, 819, [25] pages, [1] leaf of plates; VG; Rebacked with earlier boards preserved and repaired. Some minor rubbing to new portions of binding. Spine tanned. Archival repairs to frontispiece. Closed tear extending across fore edge margin of p. 303. Discoloration to upper corner of p. 400. Scattered foxing; evidence of water damage to upper margins of pp. 481-492. Frontis. portrait (plate) of author signed: P. Lombart sculpsit. "Of humane laws, ... third book" has separate title page, with imprint "printed for Luke Meredith, 1696" on leaf 2O3r. "Of the nature and causes of good and evil, ... fourth book" has separate dated title page, with imprint "printed by W.H. for Luke Meredith", on leaf 3S2r. Includes index. Scattered ink and pencil marginalia and underlining. JR Consignment.; shelved Room G; Oversized item(s). Will require additional postage for… Read More

Richard Royston. Good. xl 559/558pp brown leather binding with raised bands on spine, crease down spine, corners bumped, binding worn, loss on corner, lacks frontispiece & part of title page missing, front hinge exposed, endpapers marked, page edges discoloured text unmarked

London: Printed by James Flesher, for Richard Royston. Collectible - Acceptable. London: Printed by James Flesher, for Richard Royston, 1660. 2 vols bound in 1. 1st Edition. [6]+xl+[2]+559+[1; [2]+558+[2]pp. + frontis copper engraving and handsome engraved portrait opposite page 1 of the first volume. Copper engraving to the title-page of the second volume. With a number of copper-engraved devices and historiated initials. Signatures: A3-A4, a-b6, B-Z6, Aa-Zz6, Aaa-Aaa6, Bbb-Bbb4, Aa-Zz6 (Aa2 misfolioed Aa3), Aaa-Aaa4. Folio. Contemporary paneled calf with dark brown morocco spine label, edges sprinkled red. Binding copy. Boards detached, leather erose in the top panel of the spine above the label, blank front leaf [A1] lacking, minor marginal smudging to a few leaves and sheets lightly browned, internally VG. Both title-pages ruled in red. Integral last leaf of the second volume with corrigenda for the first volume (top half) and catalogue of books available from Royston (bottom half). Imprint to… Read More

London: Printed by James Flesher, for Richard Royston 1660 First edition. Contemporary calf, ruled in blind, expertly rebacked and recornered. Title in gilt on spine. . Two volumes in one, folio. Engraved title and frontisportrait, engraved vignette of Jesus carrying a lamb on the title-page to the second volume. Printed title-pages for both volumes ruled in red. L6 in the second volume is a cancel, as usual, reflecting a change due to the Restoration of Charles II. Light intermittent dampstain at upper corner. A very good, clean copy. Ductor dubitantium was designed as a comprehensive manual of cases of conscience which would form a capstone to the English Protestant edifice already created by Sanderson, Hall, and Perkins. No longer would English clergy need to consult Roman Catholic casuists and run the risk of being misled by their 'probablism.' Taylor promised general rules from which every particular case could be resolve...Taylor believed that there is always a right answer in moral dilemmas,… Read More