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MILTON, John. The Reason of Church-Governement urg'd against Prelaty. London: E.G. for John Rothwell, 1641. 4° (182 x 134mm), woodcut decoration on title (lower margins cut close at the end, rather browned, a few 19th-century marginalia and underlinings in pen and pencil). Early 20th-century half calf. Provenance: Thomas Edward Watson (bookplate; by descent to the present owners).
FIRST EDITION of one of Milton's five contributions 'to the dispute between Joseph Hall, bishop of Exeter, his son Robert, and Archbishop Ussher on the one side, and the five ministers whose united initials formed the name Smectymnuus, on the other side', Grolier 559; Wing M2175.
FIRST EDITION of one of Milton's five contributions 'to the dispute between Joseph Hall, bishop of Exeter, his son Robert, and Archbishop Ussher on the one side, and the five ministers whose united initials formed the name Smectymnuus, on the other side', Grolier 559; Wing M2175.
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