BARCLAY, Robert (1648-1690). An Apology for the True Christian Divinity, As the same is Held Forth, and Preached, by the People called, in Scorn, Quakers. London: T. Sowle Raylton and Luke Hinde, 1736.

The Brinley copy of Barclay's classic defense of Quakerism, sixth edition. This copy also belonged to the Apthorps, a prominent Boston mercantile family and bears the ownership markings two direct descendants of Charles Apthorp (1698-1758).

Octavo (194 x 117mm). (Marginal soiling to 281-284.) Contemporary calf gilt (joints repaired with some flaking). Provenance: James Apthorp (1731-1799, ownership signature on front endpaper) – George Henry Apthorp (1770-1825, ownership stamp on front endpaper) – George Brinley (label on front pastedown, his sale, 22 March 1880, lot 3481).

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