A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers for the Testimony of a Good Conscience from the Time of their being first distinguished by that Name in the Year 1650 to the Time of the Act commonly called the Act of Toleration

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granted to Protestant Dissenters in the first year of the Reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the year 1689. 2 vols. London: Luke Hinde 1753. Folio. Orig. full old calf (rebacked; corners rubbed). Spines with raised bands and contrasting morocco titling-labels. An excellent complete set with contemp. signatures on title-pages. NOTE: The Quakers are a religious Society of Friends founded by George Fox in 1648-50 distinguished by peaceful principles and plainness of dress and manners.