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dissenters, religious1
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Burrough, Edward (1634-1662)7
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The tablet

1974, 1975 7 issues only: 22 June 1974; 29 June 1974; 13 July 1974; 16 Nov. 1974; 14 Dec. 1974; 21/28 Dec. 1974; 11 Jan. 1975

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Divi Thomae Aquinatis doctoris angelici ordinis fratrum praedicatorum Opera omnia (v.18)

Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274); Giustiniani, Vincenzo (1519-1582); Manrique, Thomas; Pietro da Bergamo (1482)

1570-71

Edited by V. Giustiniani and T. Manrique. Volumes 7-8, 10-13, 16-17 printed by J. Accoltus. Each vol. has special t.p.; general t.p. and [8] preliminary pages bound in at beginning of v. [18]. T...

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Officium beatae Mariae Virginis : Nuper reformatum, et PII V. Pontificis maximi iussu editum

Plantin, Christophe (1520-1589); Borcht, Pieter van der (1540-1608); Huys, Pieter (1519-1581?); Wierix, Jan (1549-1618); Bruyn, Abraham de (1540-1587); Catholic Church

1575

Contains (leaf Ar 2nd series): Hymni per totum annum. Imprint date in roman numerals. Signatures (Lacombe): A-Z⁸, a-g⁸. Woodcut of Assumption on title page, signed "PB.IHW". Title inside bor...

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A test and protest against popery from the conscientious Christian Protestants called Quakers

1680

"From the true Protestant Christians, who desire the salvation of all men"--p. 18. Anon.

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

Clifton family

[late 14th century, possibly before 1389]

The original total of leaves is likely to have been 118, with the majority of the missing leaves likely to have contained illuminations and been cut out in post-medieval times. Decoration: Three 8 t...

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The case of Protestant dissenters, shewing that the laws made in the 23d and 28th year of Queen Elizabeth... were only made against papists and not against Protestant dissenters. For information of all sober Protestants, whether justices of the peace, grand jurors, petty justices, &c

Rudyard, Thomas (1692)

1682

Sometimes attributed to Thomas Rudyard. Another edition, 1680, has title: The case of Protestant dissenters, of late prosecuted, on old statutes made against papists and popish recusants.

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[Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]

[ca. 1404-1425]

Decoration: 16 large (5-8-line) initials in blue and pink with white tracery, infilled with flowers, on gold grounds, and within full borders, of gold and vine bars decorated with acanthus leaves and ...

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