KNOX, John (1505-72). The apellation of John Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobilitie, estates and comunalitie of the same realme. Geneva: [Jacques Poullain & Antoine Reboul?] 1558.

KNOX, John (1505-72). The apellation of John Knoxe from the cruell and most iniust sentence pronounced against him by the false bishoppes and clergie of Scotland, with his supplication and exhortation to the nobilitie, estates and comunalitie of the same realme. Geneva: [Jacques Poullain & Antoine Reboul?] 1558.

Small 8° (128 x 84mm). Collation: A-K⁸. 18th-century red morocco tooled in gilt, edges gilt (spine worn). Provenance: Nicholas Bingham (17th-century signature on verso of last leaf); sold at Mr.Hutchins auction, King Street, Covent Garden, 18 December 1778 (note on flyleaf) this may possibly be John Hutchins, the topographer (d.1773); later signature deleted; Cardiff Castle bookplate.

ONLY EDITION. Written in defence of his famous tract First blast of the trumpet against the monstruous regiment of women, published the same year. At end a metrical version of Psalm 94 by William Kethe. STC 15063