1829-1833 The Remains of Thomas Cranmer; A Short Instruction into Christian Religion

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding

The first edition of Jenkyns's edition of Cranmer's works, complete in four volumes and published in 1833, uniformly bound with an uncommon 1829 reproduction of Cranmer's chief work, 'A Short Instruction into Christian Religion: Being a Catechism Set Forth by Archbishop Cranmer'.

Jenkyns's four volume edition of the works of Cranmer is illustrated with a frontispiece to volume I.

'A Short Instruction' features vignette illustrations throughout.

A wonderful and scarce collection of the works of theologian Thomas Cranmer, who was a leader of the English Reformation, and served as Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of Henry VIII, Edward VI, and briefly under Mary I. 

Cranmer published the first officially authorised vernacular service, the 'Exhortation and Litany'.

Cranmer is honoured as a martyr in the Church of England; he was burned at the stake in 1556 after being put on trial for treason and heresy.

In full calf bindings, with gilt detailing to back strips.