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The whole duty of man laid down in a plain way for the use of the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters : one whereof being read every Lords day, the whole may be read over, thrice in the year, necessary for all families : with private devotions.

Accession number
PML 18420
Creator
Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.
Published
London : Printed for T. Garthwait ..., 1659.
Notes
Front. eng'd by Hollar; Pr. title, 1f; Ded. 1f; Pref. 8ff; Table, 2ff.
Advertisement: p. [5]-[6] at end.
Illustrated t.p. and added t.p., engraved.
Prefatory letter signed: H. Hammond.
Variously attributed to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, Abp. of York, John Fell, Bp. of Oxford, Humphrey Henchman, Bp. of Salisbury, and others. Cf. DNB.
Added t.p. and separate paging (90 p.) at end: Private devotions for several occasions.
Published anonymously, 1658, under title: The practice of Christian graces, the whole duty of man.
Was there an earlier issue - see printed title. The first edition is entitled The practice of Christian graces ; or, The whole duty of man, printed for T. Garthwaite, 1658 with a frontispiece by Hollar to which is prefixed & letter by Dr. ...
First edition.
Description
[20], 386 [i.e. 384], 90, [6] p., 1 leaf of plates
Provenance
Bishop Gott's copy with book-plate.
Binding
Brown morocco.
Classification
Department