A companion to the altar : shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation, in order to our worthy receiving the holy communion, wherein the fears and scruples about eating and drinking unworthily, and of incurring our own damnation thereby, are proved groundless and unwarrantable. Unto which are added prayers and meditations preparative to a sacramental preparation, according to what the Church of England requires from her communicants.

Accession number

PML 142056

Creator

Vickers, William, active 1707-1711.

Published

London : Printed, by assignment of T. Beecroft, for Scatcherd and Whitaker ..., [1785?]

Credit line

Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.

Notes

"This book is bound up with the Common-prayers of several sorts, printed by the University of Oxford and Cambridge, and are to be had above."
Advertisements: p. iv.
Anonymous. By William Vickers. Cf. Halkett & Laing.
Frontispiece of the Lord's Supper engraved by John Lodge.
Possible date determined from a similar ed. with 1785 on frontispiece. Cf. ESTC (RLIN) T164955.
Signatures (8vo): A-C⁸.
Text in two columns.

Description

48 [i.e. iv, [5]-48] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. (engraving) ; 21 cm

Provenance

Inscription of Thomas Alexander Roberts (signed and dated: "Foley Place, [Dublin?], 1843); signature of Sarah Roberts; from the library of Gordon N. Ray.

Binding

Contemporary dark blue morocco, tooled in gilt, Greek-key pattern as border, with Jesuit device encircled by eight cherub heads onlaid in red morocco and gilt as medallion on both panels, possibly Irish.

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