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    By John Randolph [ed.]; Barnabas Oley [preface] George Herbert; Jeremy Taylor; Gilbert Burnet; George Bull; Edmund Gibson; et al.
    Oxford   The Clarendon Press
    9" by 5.5" viii, 426 [3pp.]
    A rare first edition of the Clergyman's Instructor, a selection of tracts by George Herbert, Jeremy Taylor, Edmund Gibson and others, advising on ministerial duties.
    By John Randolph [ed.]; Barnabas Oley [preface] George Herbert; Jeremy Taylor; Gilbert Burnet; George Bull; Edmund Gibson; et al.

    1807 The Clergyman's Instructor, or A Collection of Tracts on the Ministerial Duties

    Oxford   The Clarendon Press
    9" by 5.5" viii, 426 [3pp.]
    A rare first edition of the Clergyman's Instructor, a selection of tracts by George Herbert, Jeremy Taylor, Edmund Gibson and others, advising on ministerial duties.
    £55.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 945M10
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    Description

    First Edition, Leather Binding, Scarce

    The first edition of this work in a half morocco binding with marbled boards and end papers.

    Previous owner's bookplate to the front paste down.

    A very scarce first edition of this collection of tracts advising on ministerial duties.

    Edited by John Randolph, this work contains George Herbert's A Priest to the Temple, or the Country Parson, Edmund Gibson's 1724 Directions Given to the Clergy of the Diocese of London, Gilbert Burnet's advice on pastoral care, as well as various discourses and instructions by Jeremy Taylor, Thomas Sprat, George Bull, Josiah Hort, and Johanne Stearne.

    Condition

    In a half morocco binding. Externally, sound. Rubbed to the spine and extremities with shelf wear to the boards. Hinges are starting but remain firmly held by cords. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for spotting to the first and last few pages, with heavier spotting to the first couple of pages.

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