J. 172
Nelson’s companion for the festivals.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 66. no. 133, as above.
NELSON,
Robert.
A Companion for the Festivals and Fasts of the Church of England: with collects and prayers for each solemnity. The
eleventh edition . . .
London: Printed by
W. Bowyer for
R. Bonwick,
T. Goodwin,
J. Walthoe [and others],
1720.
BX5141 .N4
8vo. 2 parts in 1. 322 leaves only, collating in eights; the last sheet torn away and defective after Rr
2; the title for A Companion for the Fasts on Ee
8 preceded by an engraved frontispiece.
This edition not in Lowndes.
Old panelled calf, repaired. Initialled by Jefferson at sig. I and T; the first two leaves of sig. I have been torn away,
leaving only the lower corner, which on I
1 contains Jefferson’s initial. An undated typed slip on the inside cover reads:
Do not destroy originality in binding. Repair when necessary. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Robert Nelson, 1656-1715, English religious writer. The first edition of this work, frequently reprinted, was published in 1704. The Preface
to the first is repeated in this edition, and is signed
Rob. Nelson. All Saints. Ormond-Street, 1703.
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173
The nature & end of the Lord’s supper.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 134, as above.
[HOADLY,
Benjamin.]
A Plain account of the nature and end of the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper . . . To which are added Forms of Prayer . . .
London,
1735.
First Edition. 8vo. No copy was seen for collation.
Halkett and Laing IV, 350.
Cambridge Bibl. of Eng. Lit. II, 852.
Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761, Bishop successively of Bangor, Hereford, Salisbury and Winchester. This work, published anonymously, gave rise
to numerous pamphlets.
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J. 174
The sacrament of the Ld’s supper expl
d by the B
(
~p
) of London.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 68. no. 60, as above.
GIBSON,
Edmund.
The Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper explain’d: Or the Things to be known and done, to make a worthy Communicant. With suitable
Prayers and Meditations. By the Right Reverend Father in God, Edmund Lord Bishop of London. To which is added, The Holy-Days, or the Feasts and Fasts, as they are to be observed in the Church
of England, explained: And the Reasons why they are Yearly Celebrated.
Williamsburg: Printed and sold by
W. Parks,
1740.
BV824 .G5
Sm. 8vo. 116 leaves: A-O
8, P
4; title-page for
Family-Devotion on I
1, and for
The Holy-Days on M
5; separate pagination.
Evans 4519.
Clayton-Torrence, page 128.
Wroth 107.
Bound for Jefferson in tree calf, gilt ornaments on the back, marbled endpapers, s.e., some leaves cut close. Initialled by
Jefferson at sig. I
2 (I
1 being a title), and with his shelf mark
C17.60 written on a slip and pasted on the title-page. With the Library of Congress 1815 bookplate.
Edmund Gibson, 1669-1748, Bishop of London. This work was frequently reprinted in England. Only two other copies of the Williamsburg edition
are located by the bibliographers, one in the Pennsylvania Historical Society and the other an imperfect copy in the library
of the Virginia Historical Society.
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