Author: Hacket, John.
Title: SCRINIA RESERATA: A Memorial Offer’d to the Great Deservings of John Williams, D.D. Who some time held the Places of Ld Keeper of the Great Seal of England, Ld. Bishop of Lincoln, and Ld. Archbishop of York. Containing a Series of the Most Remarkable Occurrences and Transactions of his Life, in Relation both to Church and State.
Description: In the Savoy Printed by Edw. Jones for Samuel Lowndes, 1693. 1st Ed. Folio. [4], 228, 230, [4]p. Red and black lettered title page, engraved port. frontis., additional contemporary engraving of Williams affixed to verso of title page. Pp.185-202 of first work with minor marginal worming, some browning and spotting, with the signature of ‘Johannis Williams A.D. 1917’, ex.-libris Gerald E Aylmer, new e.ps., contemporary mottled calf, marking and wear, restoration to corners, upper joint cracked, rebacked in modern leather, gilt motifs and gilt lettered label to spine. ¶ ESTC R9469 ‘Title page in red and black. Frontis. portrait of the author signed: R. White Sculp. A memorial offer’d to the great deservings of John Williams, D·D· who sometimes held the places of Lord-keeper of the Great-Seal ... Part II.. has separate dated title page, with imprint printed for Samuel Lowndes, pagination and register. With penultimate advertisement leaf; last leaf bears errata. This is the first printed edition, although the work was composed in the 1650’s (cf. DNB). Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), H171.’ ODNB ‘... the text was not revised before it was published, more than twenty years after Hacket's death, as [the above] in 1693. It provides a study, remarkable in its time, of the life of a public figure not quite of the highest importance, and puts the case for a minister whose perversity, overshadowing the firmness of his Calvinist faith, has encouraged others to vilify him. Although the quality of Hacket's evidence, often a single source, makes his accuracy variable, the biography conveys information and offers insights not readily found elsewhere. Its florid style is, however, no help to the clarity of its exposition, and was not to the taste of all its readers in the 1690s or since ...’

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