Description:
Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556) A Confutatio[n] of Unwritte[n] Verities. [Wesel?: Printed by J. Lambrecht?, 1556]. First edition, small octavo, text printed in black letter; rare, no copies offered at auction since 1964, ESTC locates six U.S. copies; finely bound in full mottled calfskin, boards ruled in gilt, gilt-tooled spine, inner gilt dentelles, ex libris George Goyder with his bookplate and penciled signature and notes, title slightly dusty, 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 in.
This text was written in answer to Dr. Richard Smith, who maintained that there were truths requiring belief which were not expressed in Scripture.
A-P8, O7 (lacking final blank, O8).
http://estc.bl.uk/S109030
Estimate $6,000-9,000
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Richard Smith, George Goyder, United StatesJohn Dorfman
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