Hendrik Niclaes: Extracts

Scope and Content

Extracts from translations of his work into English. Includes: fo. 1) summary of contents; (fo. 4v) blank; (fo. 5) extract from Exhortatio II, ch. 6; (fo. 10v) extract from idem., ch. 7; (fo. 19v) extract from The Glass of Righteousness I, chs 15-16; (fo. 55v) extract from The Glass of Righteousness II, ch. 19; (fo. 87) extract from idem., ch. 20; (fo. 105v) extract from The Glass of Righteousness I, ch. 24. No translation of these three works is known to have been printed. There is a copy of Exhortatio II in Add. 2807. For Glass of Righteousness I and II see J. H. Hessels, Henrick Niclaes, Cambridge, 1869, p. 9, but none of the present extracts is taken from Introduction to the Glass of Righteousness. fo. i: 'Anne Luckyn 1678'.

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Acquisition Information

Apparently belonged to Anne Luckyn, 1678. Purchased from Messrs Bull & Auvache, Dec. 1897, for 10s 6d.

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