Mauclerc James (1 results)

First edition. viii, [4], 403pp, [1]. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting red calf lettering-piece. Rubbed, some surface loss to upper board, lower joint starting. Armorial bookplate of Henry Bowes Howard, Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire to FEP, scattered foxing, very occasional chipping/small holes to margins. A rare survival of the first edition of sole published work of James Mauclerc, of whom little is known beyond the printed attribution on the title page: 'One of the Oldest Members of the Royal College of Physicians'. A wide-ranging work addressing a plethora of concerns for the good Christian, from 'Jewish Law' to the 'Unreasonableness and Danger of Atheism', the book is notable for its early adoption of the term 'magazine', first employed in reference to a periodical, only a few years earlier, by The Gentleman's Magazine (1731). A revised edition appeared in 1748. ESTC records copies at six locations in the British Isles (BL, NLS, NT, Oxford, St. Andrews, and Westminster Abbey), and one further copy in North America (Victoria). ESTC T100574. Size: 8vo.