Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine Articles...: [Bound with 13 other works].

London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington,, 1841. The Oxford Movement sparks controversy A collection of 14 tracts on the Oxford Movement, beginning with the presumed first edition of Newman's controversial Remarks, better known as Tract 90. Most of the remaining tracts respond to Newman's work, capturing a vigorous debate on the relationship between the Church of England and Roman Catholicism. Newman's Tracts for the Times, a series of 90, formed the philosophical basis for the Oxford Movement. Tract 90 seeks to demonstrate that the Thirty-Nine Articles, traditionally understood to reject traditional Catholic doctrines, were actually concerned with popular errors and popery. This effort to reconcile the Church of England with traditional Roman Catholicism sparked a major controversy over the intentions of the Oxford Movement. Newman's tract was seen by many Protestants as betraying the spirit of the English reformation, and he was publicly rebuked by the vice-chancellor at Oxford. The controversy prompted him to leave Oxford and, eventually, the Anglican communion itself. Among the remaining tracts, the two presentation copies from Godfrey Faussett (c. 1781-1853), then Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, are significant, as is the work by Nicholas Wiseman (1802-1865), later the first cardinal resident in England since the reformation. The first edition of Tract 90, as here, is identified by the lack of any attribution on p. 83: the second edition, published the same year, prints "J. H. N." The remaining 13 tracts comprise: a) NEWMAN, John Henry. A Letter to the Right Reverend Father in God, Richard, Lord Bishop of Oxford, on occasion of no. 90, in the series called The Tracts for the Times. Oxford: John Henry Parker; J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London, 1841. 47, [1] pp. First edition. b) NEWMAN, John Henry. A Letter addressed to the Rev. R. W. Jelf, D. D., Canon of Christ Church, in explanation of No. 90, in the series called The Tracts for the Times. Oxford: John Henry Parker; J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London, 1841. 31, [1] pp. Second edition. c) SEWELL, William. A Letter to the Rev. E. B. Pusey, D. D. Regius Professor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christ Church, on the Publication of No. 90 of the Tracts for the Times. Oxford: John Henry Parker; J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London, 1841. 20 pp. Second edition. Small ink manuscript correction on p. 6. d) WILSON, Harry Bristow. A Letter to the Rev. T. T. Churton, M.A. Fellow and Tutor of Brasenose College. Oxford: W. Graham; J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London, 1841. [2], 37, [1] pp. First edition. e) HOOK, Walter Farquhar. Letter to the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Ripon, on the state of parties in the Church of England. London: J. G. F. and J. Rivington; J. Burns, J. Cross [& 3 others], Leeds, 1841. 16 pp. First edition. f) PERCEVAL, Arthur Philip. A Vindication of the Principles of the Authors of "The Tracts for the Times." London: Printed for J. G. F. and J. Rivington, 1841. 33, [1] pp. First edition. g) WISEMAN, Nicholas. A Letter respectfully addressed to the Rev. J. H. Newman, upon some passages in his Letter to the Rev. Dr. Jelf. London: Charles Dolman, 1841. 32 pp. First edition. h) MAITLAND, Samuel Roffey. A Letter to a Friend, on the Tract for the Times, No. 89. London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1841. 19, [1] pp. First edition. i) FAUSSETT, Godfrey. The Revival of Popery: A Sermon preached before the University of Oxford, at St Mary's, on Sunday, May 20, 1838. Oxford: At the University Press, for the Author; J. G. and F. Rivington, 1838. xvi, [5]-51, [1] pp. Third edition. Inscribed "With the author's kind regards" on the upper margin of the title page. j) FAUSSETT, Godfrey. The Thirty-Nine Articles considered as the standard and test of the doctrines of the Church of England, chiefly with reference to the views of No. 90 of the Tracts for the Times. Oxford: John Henry Parker; J. G. F. and J. Rivington, London, 1841. 44 pp. First edition. Inscribed "With the Author's kind regards" on the upper margin of the title page. k) DODSWORTH, William. Romanism successfully opposed only on Catholic principles. A sermon. London: James Burns, and J. G. and F. Rivington, 1839. 23, [1] pp. First edition. l) BROOKE MOUNTAIN, J. H. Public Education. A Sermon, preached in the Parish Church of Hemel Hempstead, on Sunday Dec. 22, 1839. London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1840. 20 pp. First edition. m) PEARSON, George. The Progress and Tendencies of Socialism. A sermon, preached before the University of Cambridge, on Sunday, November 17, 1839. Cambridge: for J. & J. J. Deighton; & T. Stevenson; John W. Parker, London, 1839. 44, [2] pp. First edition. Fourteen works bound in a single volume, octavo (210 x 135 mm). Near-contemporary half calf, smooth spine ruled in gilt and with red morocco label, marbled paper sides, edges sprinkled red. Contemporary engraved bookplate of "William Holden" to front pastedown. Infrequent pencil underlining. Light bumping and rubbing, minor browning and foxing to endpapers and content margins, slight offsetting from bookplate: a very good copy. Printing and the Mind of Man 312 (Remarks).