[Rarebooks] FS: Prynne's CANTERBURIES DOOME, 1646

[Charles Agvent]

PRYNNE, William. CANTERBURIES DOOME. OR THE FIRST PART OF A COMPLEAT 
HISTORY OF THE COMMITMENT, CHARGE, TRYALL, CONDEMNATION, EXECUTION OF 
WILLIAM LAUD, LATE ARCH-BISHOP OF CANTERBURY. Containing The Severall 
Orders, Articles, Proceedings In Parliament Against Him, From His First 
Accusation Therein, Till His Tryall: Together With The Various Evidences 
And Proofs Produced Against Him At The Lords Bar, In Justification Of 
The First Branch Of The Commons Charge Against Him; ... With His 
Severall Answers To Those Evidences, Proofs, And The Commons Reply 
Thereunto. Wherein This Arch-Prelates Manifold Trayterous Artifices To 
Usher In Popery By Degrees, Are Cleerly Detected, And The 
Ecclesiasticall History Of Our Church-Affaires, During His Pontificall 
Domination, Faithfully Presented To The Publike View Of The World. 
London: John Macock for Michael Spark senior, at the sign of the Blue 
Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. First Edition. Quarto (7-1/4" x 11") in 
contemporary calf leather with cloth string ties, the spine with 5 
raised bands and a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. Text 
complete with errata leaf, unevenly paginated: [22], 17-128, 131-134, 
141-142, 151-154, 147-404, 408-409, 407-488, 491-565, [15] pages; [3], 
a-b4,C-L4, M6, N-R4, S2, V-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Fff4, Ggg2, Hhh4-Mmm4, 
Nnn6, Ooo4-Ppp4, Qqq2, Rrr4-Zzz4, Aaaa4-Bbbb4, Cccc6, B2, C4, D1. Wing 
P3917. Engraved portrait of Laud, engraved portrait of Prynne, and 
full-page engraving on page 122, plus woodcut headpieces and initials. 
Lacking the frontispiece engraving of the room setup. William Prynne was 
a contentious Puritan attorney remembered for his numerous books and 
pamphlets and for his ability to antagonize others. He attacked the 
fashions of his day, railing against men for wearing long hair and women 
for wearing short hair. He wrote a book claiming stage plays were 
immoral at a time when the Queen was acting in a play. His action 
resulted in imprisonment and the loss of his ears. He blamed Laud, the 
King's religious advisor, as his chief nemesis and gathered evidence 
against him when Laud was accused of treason. Laud was executed in 1645 
as a result, and Prynne was tasked with publishing this book, an account 
of the trial. Other than the frontispiece, often lacking, this is a 
complete copy in Near Fine condition with light browning of the text and 
occasional minor paper repairs. (#020441)        $1,000

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