Volume 1

Scope and Contents A small (roughly 12mo) bound manuscript on paper containing a handwritten copy of the 1584 printed edition of The First Booke of the Christian Exercise by Jesuit leader Robert Persons. The date 1654 is included at the bottom of the title page and at the end of the volume, likely indicating the year in which the copy was made.The 1584 edition copied here is scarce in print, with only two copies listed on the English Short Title Catalog: one at the...