A collection of the works of William Penn : In two volumes : To which is prefixed a journal of his life. With many original letters and papers not before published (v.2)
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Type of record: Book
Title: A collection of the works of William Penn : In two volumes : To which is prefixed a journal of his life. With many original letters and papers not before published (v.2)
Classmark: Leeds Friends' Old Library 393
Creator(s): Penn, William (1644-1718)
Additional creator(s): Besse, Joseph (1683?-1757) (Other)
Related people: Penn, William, 1644-1718
Publisher: Printed and sold by the assigns of J. Sowle
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1726
Language: English
Size and medium: 2 volumes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/213800
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991011034519705181
Collection group(s): Quaker Collection
Description
"Truth exalted: in a short, but sure testimony, against all those religions,..." (London, J. Sowle, 1726) -- separate t.p. in v. 1, p. 239.
Some copies have 4 pages of advertisements at the end of v. 1 and "An index to William Penn's works" (18 p.), compiled in 1730 by Henry Portsmouth.
References: Bronner, E. B. & Fraser, D. William Penn's published writings, 1660-1726 (1986), no. 135.
Edited by Joseph Besse.
Indexed in: Smith II, 323.
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