The rule and exercises of holy dying: . in which are described the means and instruments of preparing our selves and others respectively for a blessed death; and the remedies against the evils and temptations proper to the state of sickness; together with prayers and acts of vertue to be used by sick and dying persons, or by others standing in their attendance. To which are added, rules for the visitation of the sick, and offices proper for the ministry.
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
Category
Books
Date
1700
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048372.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],259,[5]p., plate (folding) . ill.. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: O.5 (added in a later hand, entered with 'The rules and exercises of holy living [...]' as 'Taylor's Holy living and dying' and as a 12ʻ). Bound with the 1700 ed. of Taylor's 'Rules and exercies of holy living [...]'. 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 (worn); red spine label: Taylors living and dying.
Makers and roles
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)