Allestree, Richard

The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. [Bound with:] The Gentleman's Calling [And:] Private Devotions

Engraved title vignette of a burning ship and 4 engraved plates. [20], 452, [24], 166 pp. 8vo, London: R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1667. First edition. Contemporary English black goatskin, tooled in gilt with a triple fillet outer border enclosing a double fillet border and a floral roll tool, floral hand tools at corners, spine in six compartments elaborately gilt, gilt edges (some restoration to joints).
Wing A-1097. Provenance: P. Goring (name dated 1669 on front free endpaper); Henry B. Wheatley (bookplate).

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