Concertatio Ecclesiae Catholicae in Anglia, adversus Caluinopapistas & Puritanos [...] [and] Duo edicta Elizabethae Reginae Angliae contra sacerdotes Societatis Iesu, & alumnos seminariorum, quae a Gregorio XIII. Pont. Max. Romae & Remis pro Anglis sunt instituta [...]. Una cum Apologia [...] Gulielmi Alani [...].

2 vols 8vo: 369 (= 367)-[1 bl.], 175-[1 bl.] pp. (toned, occ. soiling and thumbing).

Mod. quarter vellum, cloth boards, decorative endpapers. Good copy.

“A collection edited by J. Gibbons and J. Fen. Pt. 1 includes the text of nos 135.1 [E. Campion, Rationes decem, 1581], 874 [R. Persons, De persecutione Anglicana, 1581] and Vita et martyrium [...], and Latin versions of no. 8 [W. Allen, Historia del glorioso martirio di sedici sacerdoti, 1583] and A&R 12 [W. Allen, A true report ... of Iohn Nichols, 1583]; pt. 2 includes a Latin version of A&R 6 [W. Allen, An apologie ... of the institution ... of the two English colleges ..., 1581].” (Allison/Rogers). Woodcut mark on titles. Large woodcut arms of dedicatee on verso of 1st title. Ref. Allison/Rogers 524. - VD-16 ZV-22415. - DBS III:1403:1. - Adams C-2485 & E-141. - STC German (BL) 269. Prov. Libr. stamp. Joined: Chauncy, Maurice, O.Carth. - Commentariolus de vitae ratione et martyrio octodecim Cartusianorum qui in Anglia sub rege He(n)rico VIII. ob Ecclesiae defensionem ac nefari schismatis detestationem crudeliter truncati sunt [...]. Una cum noua Historica relatione duodecim Martyrum Cartusianorum Ruremundensium qui anno M.D.DXXII. [!] angonem [!] suum compleuerunt auctore V.P. Arnoldo Havensio priore Cartusiae Gandensis. Ghent, G. Manilius, 1608. 8vo: [8]-111-[1 bl.], [16]-77-[3] pp. (toned, some soiling, fore-edge title margin frayed and strengthened). Cont. overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (a recasing with new endpapers). Rare Ghent re-issue of the original Cologne ed. by B. Walter under the title “Innocentia et constantia victrix”. Accounts by the Carthusian of the Sheen Charterhouse (moved from London to Bruges) Chauncy (1509-1581) of the death of English Carthusians who refused to take the Oath of Supremacy in 1535 and by the Dutch Carthusian Havensius (1540-1610) of the death of Carthusian Martyrs of Roermond in 1572. 2 full-page engravings. Woodcut device on part-title. Ref. Allison/Rogers 239. - BCNI 5345 (orig. title) & 5367 (Havensius). - Bibl. gant. 477. - Simoni (BL) C-91. - STCV 6623698. Prov. "Cartusiae Herinensis prope Angiam" i.e. Herne Charterhouse (old ownership entry on title). (2 vols)