Calendar of the Correspondence of Richard Baxter Volume I 1638-1660 [Hardcover]

The correspondence of the Puritan divine Richard Baxter is an unusually rich source of evidence for seventeenth-century history, particularly the period's involved ecclesiastical history and its intellectual, cultural, and bibliographical tastes. These two volumes present the 1250 extant letters by and to Baxter. Presented chronologically, with extensive biographies, annotations, summaries, and contextual notes, many of the letters have never before been published.

This is a major publication for seventeenth-century scholarship. The editors are masters of Baxterian studies....The volumes are a treasure trove of bibliographic and biographical information....A concise, well-indexed, and stimulating work....Local and social historicans and graduate students will find insights (and an extensive bibliography) in these vital reference volumes. --History: Reviews of New Books

From all points of view, an exemplary piece of work. Its intrinsic value as a comprehensive listing of Baxter's correspondence is enhanced by the special advantages that the calendar format offers, since readers not only have access to the substance of Baxter's own letters--many of which are here summarized for the first time--but also those of over 350 of his diverse correspondents....This is one of the most well-planned and well-executed works of its kind. --Seventeenth-Century News