12th Sep, 2018 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 21
 

21

Ford, Simon Hesychia Christianou, or, A Christian's Acquiescence in all the Products of Divine...

Ford, Simon Hesychia Christianou, or, A Christian's Acquiescence in all the Products of Divine Providence: opened in a sermon, preached at Cottesbrook in Northampton-Shire, April the 16, 1664, at the interment of the Right Honourable, and eminently pious lady, the Lady Elizabeth Langham, wife to Sir James Langham Kt.. London : printed by R.D. for John Baker at the Peacock in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1665. 8vo, full contemporary calf; engraved armorial frontis. Perhaps mostly notable today as the first publication of Bathsua Makin's elegy upon Lady Langham. Makin, known as the most learned woman in England, served as tutor to Lady Langham, as well as to the children of Charles I. She has been described as a proto-feminist but although she was staunchly supportive of educational equality for women, she did not similarly seek political equality. However the efforts of educational campaigners legitimised later political ones.

Sold for £140
Estimated at £150 - £250


 

Binding showing signs of age, small 1807 owner's ink inscription to ffep, small loss to bottom corner title, small marginal loss to foot of P1, a little foxing and spotting internally but a bright copy of a rare work.

 


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