George Tomline's Refutation of Calvinism and Thomas Scott's Reply -Remarks on the Refutation of Calvinism
3 Vols 1811 Full Leather
Scarce Set!!!
A scarce and historically interesting group of three early nineteenth-century theological volumes concerning the Calvinist controversy within the Church of England, all published in 1811.
The group comprises George Tomline’s A Refutation of Calvinism, together with both volumes of Thomas Scott’s extensive contemporary reply, Remarks on the Refutation of Calvinism.
Tomline—then Bishop of Lincoln and Dean of St Paul’s—argued against the Calvinistic interpretation of doctrines including original sin, grace, regeneration, justification and redemption. Thomas Scott, the noted evangelical clergyman, biblical commentator and author of The Force of Truth, responded with a detailed defence of Calvinistic teaching.
Offered together, the three volumes provide both the original argument and its principal contemporary rebuttal.
1. George Tomline — A Refutation of Calvinism
Full title:
A Refutation of Calvinism; in Which the Doctrines of Original Sin, Grace, Regeneration, Justification, and Universal Redemption, Are Explained, and the Peculiar Tenets Maintained by Calvin upon Those Points Are Proved to Be Contrary to Scripture, to the Writings of the Ancient Fathers of the Christian Church, and to the Public Formularies of the Church of England.
Second edition.
London: printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies; Rivingtons; White & Co.; Deighton, Cambridge; and Parker, Oxford, 1811.
Pagination: ix, [1], 590 pages.
Dimensions: approximately 225 × 140 × 37mm.
Bound in full diced calf with gilt borders and an extensively gilt-decorated spine. Marbled endpapers and an armorial bookplate for William Phelps.
2–3. Thomas Scott — Remarks on the Refutation of Calvinism
Full title:
Remarks on the Refutation of Calvinism, by George Tomline, D.D. F.R.S., Lord Bishop of Lincoln, and Dean of St. Paul’s, London.
By Thomas Scott, Rector of Aston Sandford, Bucks.
Complete first edition in two volumes.
London: printed for the author by C. Baldwin and sold by L. B. Seeley, 1811.
Volume I: xv, [1], 1–392 pages.
Approximately 218 × 137 × 27mm.
Volume II: vi 1–808.
Approximately 218 × 137 × 47mm.
Both volumes bound in contemporary full leather with gilt borders and ornate gilt-decorated spines.
Combined weight of all three volumes: approximately 2,393g.
Antiquarian condition, with considerable age-related wear, especially to the bindings of Scott’s two volumes.
Tomline’s volume remains the more presentable of the three. Its diced calf binding has rubbing, surface marking and areas of discolouration. The spine leather is dry and finely cracked, although much of the attractive gilt decoration remains visible.
Scott’s two volumes are heavily rubbed and scuffed, with dry and cracked leather, worn corners and losses at the heads and tails of the spines. Volume I has particularly pronounced wear and splitting along the spine and joints, including leather loss at the foot. The bindings should therefore be handled carefully. Nevertheless, they are all intact and the hinges are still working though weak.
The contents show expected toning, occasional spotting, marks and signs of use. Former institutional ink stamps appear on the title pages of Scott’s volumes. There may be occasional older annotations or marginal marks. The principal pagination is complete as stated, ending at page 590 in Tomline and pages 392 and 808 in Scott respectively.
Please study all photographs carefully, as they form an important part of the condition description.
An uncommon opportunity to acquire Tomline’s controversial work alongside the complete original two-volume edition of Thomas Scott’s answer.
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