The whole duty of man, . laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader. Divided into XVII. chapters; one whereof being read every Lord's day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year. Necessary for all families. With private devotions for several occasions.
Richard Allestree (1619 - 1681)
Category
Books
Date
1687
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dorneywood House and Gardens, Buckinghamshire
NT 3124570
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 503, [9] p., [2] leaves of plates ill. 8vo. Provenance: Seventeenth-century manuscript inscription partially washed out of second flyleaf: S[] mond. Black ink stamp on flyleaf: The National Trust founded 1895. zBinding: Seventeenth-century red goat over boards on six raised bands, Harleian style, gilt-tooled rectangular compartments on covers comprising fillet and rolls, with double fillet at outer, spine with floral and geometric gilt tooling in compartments, gilt roll at board edges and inners, gilt edges, horizontal double-comb marbled endpapers. Gilt spine title (lettered direct): Duty of Man.
Makers and roles
Richard Allestree (1619 - 1681) John Fell (1625-1686) Bishop of Oxford Dorothy Coventry, Lady Pakington (1679) Richard Sterne (1596?-1683) Archbishop of York