Rational Catechism, Used (4 results)

Leather. Condition: Good. Second Edition. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 106 pages; Amsterdam: Widow of J. F. Schipper, 1712. Small 12mo. [xii], 106 pp. Contemporary full calf, spine gilt in compartments with red morocco label (rubbed and chipped, gilt largely perished). Front board detached, rear joint sound. Lacking preliminary leaves before the title-page. Title-page with contemporary ownership inscription of "Rev. Frederick Winckel, " later notations, and a hand-lettered subtitle Infidelity under a mask. Front pastedown with abrasions from removed bookplate and multiple ownership markings. Rear blank with loss of lower third. Text block generally sound and clean, light age-toning only. Locke epigraph to title from Of Education (§136) underscores the rationalist orientation of the work. An early Enlightenment rational catechism, emphasizing moral education and reasoned faith over rote orthodoxy. A scarce early 18th-century catechetical imprint, situated at the intersection of rationalist theology and Lockean pedagogy. Good only.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. William Popple (1638-1708) was the nephew of Andrew Marvell and was educated under his guidance. He was a successful merchant in Hull before moving to Bordeaux, where he lived from 1670 to 1688. After returning to London he met William Penn, and became secretary of the Dry Club, established by John Locke to debate issues of religious liberty. He also translated Locke's Letter on Toleration (1689) from the Latin. When Locke was appointed a commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1696, Popple became the board's secretary. Though this is a dialogue between a father and son, the dedication to his daughters states: ÒI am desirous that it may be a common memorial of me unto all of you, when I shall be no more, I therefore make it yours also by this dedication: And for the same reason, I have likewise added unto it a copy of that advice which I formerly gave him, in such verse as my unpractised Muse then dictated." Twelvemo. [xiv], 106 pp. . Contemporary mottled calf. Gilt spine, tooled in compartments, yellow silk ribbon marker. Edges sprinkled red. Binding extremities slightly worn and boards a bit scratched. Front joint cracked, but sound. The Macclesfield copy, with the blindstamps, shelf marks, and the South Library bookplate. A very good copy, clean copy. Second edition, not so stated, dedicated to the authorÕs Òdearest daughters,Ó with a long quote from LockeÕs On Education on the title-page. The work is a significant distillation of the principles of toleration, first published in 1687. Not noted in Yolton.

Removed, stained and foxed. Evans 27991, W31291.

[16], [1]-143, [1, errata]pp. 16mo. ESTC R25590; Wing P2966 Contemporary mottled calf, neatly rebacked [16], [1]-143, [1, errata]pp. 16mo.