The rule and exercises of holy living: . in which are described the means and instruments of obtaining every vertue, and the remedies against every vice, and considerations serving to the resisting all temptations. Together with prayers containing the whole duty of a Christian. And the parts of devotion fitted to all occasions and furnished for all necessities. By Jer. Tayor, [...].
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048372.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],335,[1]p., plate (folding) . ill.. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: O.5 (added in a later hand, entered with 'The rule and exercises of holy dying' (1700) as 'Taylor's Holy living and dying' and as a 12ʻ). Imperfect: wanting sig. D3 (pp.37-8).. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey impaling Booth, The right Honble. Lady Grey [Mary Booth (1704-1772), wife of the 4th earl of Stamford] 1736-1739, after marriage, prior to husband's succession to earldom of Stamford.. Binding: Panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine gilt; red spine label: Taylors living and dying.
Makers and roles
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)