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The Christians defence against the fears of death : with seasonable directions how to prepare our selves to dye well / written originally in French by Char. Drelincourt ; and translated into English by M. D'Assigny B.D.

Accession number
PML 4145
Creator
Drelincourt, Charles, 1595-1669.
Published
London : Printed by T.N. for John Starkey, 1675.
Notes
Dedicatory epistle to Heneage, Lord Finch, Baron of Daventry, Lord keeper of the Great Seal of England (1621-1682).
The original French ed. published in Paris, 1651, under the title: Les consolations de l'ame fidèle contre les frayeurs de la mort.
At end: A catalogue of books printed for John Starkey bookseller, dated March 25, 1675.
Advertising matter: p. [5]-[18] at end.
Signatures: A⁴, B-Z⁸ Aa-Oo⁸, the last a blank and present - perfect.
Description
4 p.l., 556, [3] p. ; 19 cm
Provenance
With the armorial book-plate of Sir John Chester, Barr'tt. of Chichley, Bucks; in autograph on fly leaf: Francis Wollaston his booke (1680) Given by his honoured mother; also from the Toovey collection.
Binding
Red morocco gilt.
Classification
Department