Title from caption on p. [1], 2nd count.

Signatures: A² A⁴ a-b⁴ (b4 verso blank) B-2C⁴ 2D² ..

Woodcut head pieces; initials.

Caption title on p. [1], 2nd count, preceded by "The publisher to the reader", p. [3-4], 1st count, and "A preface by the author to a judicious person of quality", p. [5-26], 1st count.

The typography of "The publisher to the reader" is different than that of "A preface by the author to a judicious person of quality", which differs further from the text of "An essay towards the reconciling of differences among Christians"

John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting title page leaf; "The publisher to the reader", p. [3-4], 1st count, is leaf A2; wanting all after p. 204, though the contents on p. [27], 1st count, give the pagination of p. V "from p. 207 to the end". Suggested place and date of publication is given as [London, 1645?] in the JCB bibliographical file, but until more information can be acquired about the work, the exact title, author and imprint of this work is wholly unidentified, and the work can only be said to have been printed from approximately the middle of the 17th century to the end of the 17th century.

John Carter Brown Library copy has extensive ciphers, purportedly in the hand of Roger Williams, in margins and on all pages.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full speckled calf.

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Nicolas Brown: from JCB bibliographical file.