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[QUAKERIANA] -- [PENN, William (1644-1718)]. A group of Quaker imprints including a rare proposal for printing of William Penn's No Cross, No Crown, by subscription.
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[QUAKERIANA] -- [PENN, William (1644-1718)]. A group of Quaker imprints including a rare proposal for printing of William Penn's No Cross, No Crown, by subscription.

PENN, William. Proposals for Printing by Subscription No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ. [Philadelphia]: [Jacob Johnson & Co.], [1795]. 8vo. Caption title. (Minor soil.) FIRST EDITION prospectus for the 1796 edition of Penn's classic No Cross, No Crown. RARE: OCLC locates only 1 copy at Haverford College Library. Evans 513156.

[With:] An Apology for the People called Quakers, containing some Reasons, for their not complying with human Injunctions and Institutions in Matters relative to the Worship of God. [Philadelphia]: [James Chattin], [1757]. Folio. FIRST EDITION pamphlet regarding the Quakers' conscientious objection and the French & Indian War.

[Also with:] [PENN, William (1644-1718)]. To the Children of Light in This Generation, Called of God to be Partaker of Eternal Life in Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, and Light of the World. [Philadelphia]: N.p., [1776?]. 4to. Colonial-era reprint of Penn's epistle originally published in 1678 in London. 

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