The rule and exercises of holy dying. . In which are described the means and instruments of preparing ourselves 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 that ministery.
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)
Category
Books
Date
1680
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Chastleton House, Oxfordshire
NT 3057444
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],259,[5]p., plate . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Signatures on flyleaf: 'Anne Hancock hers' [perhaps the sister-in-law of Henry Jones IV of Chastleton (1723-1807), or an earlier one of same name]; 'Chas Hancock 1681' ['Chas' overwritten with 'Anne'; presumably a relation of Elizabeth Hancock, wife of Henry Jones IV]. Binding: Seventeenth-century calf, blind fillet borders and off-centre rule. Paper spine-label with title in MS.
Makers and roles
Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667)