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Leather. Zustand: Good. First edition. A smart example of the very scarce first edition of James Canaries' seventeenth-century work of Christian apologetics, discussing divine revelation and the authority of Scripture. A very scarce first edition. James Canaries offers a work of Christian apologetics concerned with divine revelation and the authority and sufficiency of Scripture. Canaries considers the means by which God"s will was made known to humanity through successive periods of religious history. Rebound, with endpapers renewed. ESTC R27828 A-T8. Collated, lacking leaves U1-5, which corresponds to pages 289-296. Former owner's inscription to A8 verso. Bookplate of the Cortachy Castle Library to the front pastedown. An exceptionally scarce work of 17th century apologetics. Rebound in full calf, with endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent. Front joint head and tail starting, but board remains firmly held. Bookplate to front pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type. Inscription to A8 verso. Light tide marks to tail of final third of the work, with further instances of light tide marks throughout. Lacking pages 289-296. Closed tears to tail of pages B7 and B8. Good. None (illustrator). book.…