Ruths recompence: or a commentarie vpon the booke of Ruth: . wherein is shewed her happy calling out of her owne country and people, into the fellowship and society of the Lords inheritance: her vertuous life and holy carriage amongst them: and then, her reward in Gods mercy, being by an honourable marriage made a mother in Israel: deliuered in seuerall sermons, the briefe summe whereof is now published for the benefit of the Church of God. By Richard Bernard ...
Richard Bernard (1568-1641)
Category
Books
Date
1628
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Mr Straw's House, Nottinghamshire
NT 3138475
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],479,[1]p. . 4to.. Prices "13/" and "1962 4 copies [?] 30/-"and lot or catalogue number "29" on endpapers Provenance: contempory inscription on title page "W.B.Ex. ij ij". Purchased by William Straw junior (1898-1990) from Charles W. Traylen, Catalogue 33 779, January 15th 1955 for £1.10.3 (receipt loosely enclosed). Straw has made notes about Bernard on the verso, noting that he was Vicar of Worksop 1601-1613. Binding: seventeenth-century full calf; all edges red; rebacked with spine label "Bernard on Ruth"
Provenance
Straw collection bequeathed contents of the house to The National Trust on the death in 1990 of William Straw.
Makers and roles
Richard Bernard (1568-1641)