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ROVENIUS, Philippus. Presentation copy by the author: the highest representative of the Roman Catholic Church in the protestant Dutch Republic Reipublicae Christianae libri duo, tractantes de variis hominum statibus, gradibus, officiis, & functionibus in ecclesia Christi, & quae in singuils (sic) amplectenda, quae fugienda sint. ... Accessit ejusdem auctoris tractatus de missionibus instituendis. Antwerp, Arnold a Brakel, 1668 (=1648).
The original and only edition of this most important work of the famous Philippus Rovenius (1574-1651). Rovenius has donated the present copy to the Zwolle priest and vicar of the provinces of Overijssel, Groningen and Friesland, Volkert Herkinge (1586-1662) who was called to Zwolle in 1618 to be the parish priest there by Rovenius in his capacity of Apostolic vicar - the highest representative of the pope and the Roman Catholic church in the Northern Netherlands. Rovenius was appointed the Apostolic vicar in the Northern Netherlands by the well-known Sasbout Vosmeer in 1614; Rovenius became archbishop 'of Philippi' in 1620 (it was of course impossible to chose him as the 'archbishop of Utrecht' in these times) and he has played a very important role during the very difficult times for the Roman Catholic faith in the Dutch seventeenth century protestant Republic. In the 40's Herkinge was named as the candidate for the co-adjutorship of Rovenius, who donated our copy to him with the formula 'Admodum Rdo. Domino M. Volkero Herkinge Pastori Swollensi S. Theol. Licentiato Author donum dedit', written on the French title. The difficulty with this donation formula is that Rovenius as well as Herkinge were already dead in 1668, the date on the title and the year of publication of this so-called 'second edition'. There are two possible solutions for this problem: (1) the 1668 edition is a re-issue with another title page and the original 1648 title has been replaced in our copy by the dubble-leaf containing the new 1668 title, or (2) the only difference between the '1648' and the '1668' edition being the date on the title-page ('MDCLXVIII' instead of 'MDCXLVIII'), this date is only a misprint, corrected in a number of copies. That the latter solution is indeed correct, is confirmed by the fact that there are more copies of this '1668 edition' which are donated by Rovenius, in one of them Rovenius has even changed the date on the title '1668' in '1648'. As a consequence it can be assumed that a second, or even a third edition of Rovenius' work never have existed, as the bibliographies claim.The work in fact is a doctrine or theory regarding the social positions of men, or a doctrine of religious and social duties establishing a complete Christian moral. At the same time it is an interesting encyclopaedia of juridical, theological and ascetical peculiarities relating to the Christian duties.The first book deals extensively with the religious and social position and duties of priests, clerics, monks, devout virgins and the many religious orders, as well as with exorcism, the abuses of simony, benefices and prebends and the differences between Roman Catholicism and the Reformation; the second with laymen: from kings and monarchs to the citizens, from rich to poor; with education, including the professors and universities, medical care, sins and crimes, superstition and sorcery. The added treatise on missionary work, that had first appeared in 1625, is here in its third edition: the fruits yielded by his many years' experience in this field in the Calvinistic Northern Netherlands, especially during his years in Oldenzaal.
Good copy.- (Some waterstaining in the first quires; binding slightly damaged, front cover and quire of fly-leaves half loose).
NNBW 2 (1912), cols. 567-8 and 4 (1918), cols. 1172-8; J. Visser, Rovenius und seine Werke (1966), p. 60-76.

4to. Contemporary full parchment, spine lettered in ink. Title printed in red and black, with French title. (48), 587, 62 (=52) pp.

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Trevor-Roper, Hugh R. Archbishop Laud (Phoenix Press Ser.) London, United Kingdom Phoenix Press 2001
ISBN: 1842122029 VG

464 pp. Indexed. Sparse underlining, faint spine crease, else fine. "A book that is, by any standards, brilliant."--New Statesman. The most powerful man in England during the so-called "Eleven Years Tyranny" from 1629-1640, Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud was dragged from power in 1640 and executed on Tower Hill during the Civil War. Ever since, Laud has been a controversial figure in English history, either denounced as a tyrant and bigot or extolled as a statesman and martyr. Behind Laud's political and religious conservatism there lay a large if rigid social ideal that is often obscured by his human limitations. This social ideal and the limitations which were fatal to it are clearly brought out in this biography. Oversize Trade Paperback 6 x 9

[SW: LAUD WILLIAM 1573 1645 CHURCH ENGLAND BISHOPS ANGLICAN COMMUNION BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY RELIGIOUS RELIGION CHRISTIANITY ANGLICANISM]

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Byrne, Neil J. Robert Dunne; Archbishop of Brisbane 1830 -- 1917, Brisbane University of Queensland Press 1991
ISBN: 0702 224049 Average

XVIII, 350pp., last three blank, list of illustrations, foreword by Francis Rush, Archbishop of Brisbane, introduction by author, acknowledgements, appendix, abbreviations, notes, bibliography and index. Coloured endpapers. Illustrations used within book by the black and white photographs, sketches or illustrations. Dark blue boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed and top two corners are bumped, the front more noticeable than the back. The head and the heel of the spine are also bumped and rubbed. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing a portrait of the subject, with dark green background and white and yellow writing on front panel and spine. Dustwrapper slightly rubbed and faded and there is a small tear on front cover near the spine. The top two corners are bumped commensurate with bumping underneath. "This distinguished study is a major contribution Australian social, cultural and religious understanding, a revealing portrait of complex church leader and his times.". First Edition Average Blue Boards 4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Biography

[SW: Robert Dunn, Archbishop of Brisbane, Religion, Biography, Westland, Australia, Social History, 19th-Century, CatholicismAustraliana Religion -- Christianity 19th Century]

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Barbara Wootton-: The Social Foundations of Wage Policy- W.W. Norton Publishers-

Hardcover dj/ pub.1955/Gd. condition/198 pages- The social influences of which affect the determination of wage and salary rates. The pay of every worker- be he miner, doctor, shipwright or archbishop - is found to be not only the result of a bar gain in economic terms, but also an expression of social attitudes. (C54901)

[SW: ECONOMICS, BUSINESS, LABOR, INCOME, WORK, EMPLOYER, POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, UNIONS, HISTORY, SOCIETY, SALES PERSONAL FINANCE SOCIOLOGY]

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