Catechisms, or, Instructions in the principles of the christian religion, and the history of scripture : composed for children and youth, according to their different ages : to which is prefix'd, a discourse on the way of instruction by catechisms, and the best manner of composing them / by Isaac Watts, D.D.

Accession number

PML 15604

Creator

Watts, Isaac, 1674-1748.

Published

London : Printed for E. Matthews, at the Bible in Pater-noster Row : R. Ford, at the Angel : And R. Hett, at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, 1730.

Credit line

Purchased in 1907.

Notes

Errata list at foot of p. 261.
Advertisement at foot of p. [3] at end.
Misnumberings: "171" as "371."

Description

xii, 261, [3] pages ; 17 cm

Provenance

Presentation copy to Rev. Dr. T. Curteis from Isaac Watts; William C. Van Antwerp; his sale, Sotheby's London, July 1907, lot 237 for £30; Bernard Quaritch, cat. 230, no. 277 for £45; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Quaritch, 1907.

Binding

18th-century sheep over paper boards; rebacked/repaired by Sanford & Clarke.

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