LYNDE (Sir Humphrey). Via Devia; The By-Way: Misleading the Weak and Unstable into dangerous Paths of Error, by colourable Shewes of Apocryphal Scriptures, unwritten Traditions, doubtful Fathers, ambiguous Councells, and pretended Catholike Church.1630

London: Printed by Aug. M[athewes] for Rob. Milbourne, First edition,12mo (143 x 80 mm), [76], 684pp., initial blank A1, text printed within rules, two areas of minor worming, mainly marginal but affecting a few letters of text, mottled calf by Roger de Coverly, hinges cracked, spine gilt, head chipped, label, a.e.g. Sir Humphrey Lynde (1579-1636), a puritan controversialist, he contributed "to the wider controversy about whether the Roman church was a true one by publishing material defending Anglican theology, starting with The Book of Bertram the Priest (1623), a translation of a Carolingian work which maintained that the eucharist gave spiritual food, but denied transubstantiation. This was followed in 1625 by his first original work, Antient Characters of the Visible Church. In 1628 these arguments were developed in Via Tuta, or, The Safe Way, dedicated to the religious and well-affected gentry of the realm, and were argued very lucidly and succinctly in short chapters" and continued to pursue his attacks on the Catholics two years later with Via Devia; The By-Way.—(Oxford DNB). Provenance: Bookplate of Cardiff Castle. STC, 17095.