12mo., collating in twelves; the Library of Congress copy is imperfect at the end and no perfect copy was seen for collation.
Not in Lowndes.
Aitken, page 391.
Sir Richard Steele, 1672-1729, essayist, dramatist and politician, was born in Dublin, and educated in England. The first edition of
The Christian Hero was published in London in 1701.
[1620]
157
Grosvenor’s mourner.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 64. no. 57, as above.
GROSVENOR,
Benjamin.
The Mourner: or, the afflicted relieved. By B. Grosvenor, D.D. . . .
London: Printed for
Richard Hett,
m.dcc.xxxi
. [1731]
BV4904 .G7
First Edition. 12mo. 78 leaves, publisher’s advertisement on the last page.
Benjamin Grosvenor, 1676-1758, English dissenting divine.
[1621]
J. 158
The Christian’s duty.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 111, as above.
The Christian’s Duty from the Sacred Scriptures: containing all that is necessary to be believed and practised in order to
our Eternal Salvation . . . Collected out of the Old and New Testament, and the Books of Wisdom and Ecclesiasticus &c. The
third edition . . .
London: Printed for the author; and sold by
John and James Rivington,
m.dcc.xlix
. [1749]
BS391 .C55
8vo. 160 leaves, the first blank on the recto and with the publisher’s advertisement on the verso.
Not in Halkett and Laing.
Not in Lowndes.
Rebound in half brown morocco by the Library of Congress. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T. With the Library of Congress
1815 bookplate.
From the library of
Eliz
a. Skelton
, with her name so written on the fly-leaf and the date
Dec
r. 9, 1751
.
An edition of this work was printed in 1730.
Elizabeth Skelton was the wife of Reuben Skelton, and sister-in-law of Jefferson’s wife.
[1622]
159
Officium hominis.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 52, as above.
[ALLESTREE,
Richard.]
Officium Hominis, cùm Stylo, tum Methodo Luculentissimâ expositum . . . Liber hic ex Lingua
Anglicana in
Latinam, eo præcipuè consilio traductus est . . .
Londini: Pro
Roberto Pawlet,
1680.
BV4500 .A425
First Edition of this translation. Sm. 8vo. 196 leaves, on T
8 recto is the title for
Preces Privatae variis occasionibus ordinariis & extraordinariis accomodatae. Anno MDCLXXX.
A translation into
Latin of
The Whole Duty of Man.
[1623]
J. 160
The whole duty of man.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 53, as above.
[ALLESTREE,
Richard.]
The Whole Duty of Man, laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of
