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    By [Isaac Williams]
    Oxford   John Henry Parker
    9" by 5.5" xxiv, 145pp.
    The second edition of this illustrated religious work featuring the engravings of Boetius of Bolswert by Isaac Williams, bound in half calf.
    By [Isaac Williams]

    1844 The Baptistery, or The Way of Eternal Life

    Oxford   John Henry Parker
    9" by 5.5" xxiv, 145pp.
    The second edition of this illustrated religious work featuring the engravings of Boetius of Bolswert by Isaac Williams, bound in half calf.
    £90.00
    : 2kgs / : 919Z16
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    Description

    Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding

    The second edition. 

    Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. 

    Illustrated with a monochrome frontispiece and thirty-two monochrome plates. Collated complete.

    This work was written by Isaac Williams, a member of the 'Oxford Movement' and a student of John Keble. This work features a series of Christian verse and an analysis of the artwork of the engraver, Boetius of Bolswert. The author uses letters to direct the reader to each section of the artwork he is discussing.

    Institutional library copy with their shelving number to the spine.

    Condition

    Bound in half calf with cloth to the boards. Externally generally smart with fading and a library number to the spine , rubbing to the extremities, spine and joints with marks to the boards. Past owner's stamp to the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with lightly age toned pages with occasional spotting and the odd mark. Ink inscription to the title page.

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