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Anguis Flagellatus: or, A Switch for the Snake. Being an Answer To the Third and Last Edition of the Snake in the Grass. Wherein That Author's Injustice and Falsehood, both in Quotation and Story, are Discover'd and Obviated. And the Truth Doctrinally Deliver'd by Us, Stated and Maintained in Opposition to his Misrepresentation and Perversion. By Joseph Wyeth. To which is added a Supplement, By George Whitehad. London, Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, in White-Hart-Court in Gracious-Street, and at the Bible in Leaden-Hall-Street, 1699, front board lacking - replacement board included to preserve title page, rear board and spine are original and Cambridge binding, a complete work, 548 pp, 7 x 4.25", 12mo. In poor condition. As is. Original front board lacking - a replacement board of similar size is included with purchase, but still detached from binding. Both original and replacement leather boards scuffed at edges & worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of leather spine rubbed - tail is chipped. Fore-edge of text-block speckled red. Ex-library plate found on front paste-down: Property of the Mechanics' Library Association, Lancaster, PA. Front end-page and fly-leaf lacking - text begins at title page. Title page exhibits some loss at bottom corner, but does not impede text. Toning throughout text-block, and some instances of finger-soiling or age-staining. Rear board fragile - attached by cording only. Binding is intact, but in need of restoration. Please see photos. Joseph Wyeth (1663-1731) was an English merchant and Quaker controversial writer. He was the author of several controversial works. Anguis Flagellatus: or, A Switch for the Snake. Being an Answer to the Third and Last Edition of the Snake in the Grass was a response to Charles Leslie's (1650-1722) The Snake in the Grass: or, Satan transform'd not an angel of light. Discovering the deep and unsuspected subtlety which is couched under the pretended simplicity of many of the principal leaders of those people call'd Quakers (1696). Of all the attacks upon early Quakerism, Leslie's "Snake in the Grass" provoked the most replies. This first edition includes a preface by George Whitehead (1636-1723), who was a leading early Quaker preacher, author and lobbyist remember for his advocacy of religious freedom before three kings of England. His lobbying in defense of the right to practice the Quaker religion was influential on the Act of Uniformity, the Bill of Rights of 1689 and the Royal Declaration of Indulgence. His writings are both biographical and ideological in nature, examining the Quaker way of life. Important and scarce Quaker work - first edition - a reading copy. FORN-SHELF-0461-BB-2409-HKREV17. Seller Inventory # RAREB1699DMOX
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