The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermind by unchrisitian practice / written by the author of The whole duty of man.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681.

Contributor:

Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, Lady, -1679.

Henchman, Humphrey, 1592-1675.

Sterne, Richard, 1596?-1683.

Holler, Wenceslaus, 1607-1677.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sin--Early works to 1800.

Sin.

Christian life--Early works to 1800.

Christian life.

Penn Provenance:

Ross, T. Edward (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Skjipe, George (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

20 unnumbered pages, 452 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates : portraits ; 19 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermined by unchrisitian practice

Fingerprint:

E.d, arl- d-n- coma (3) 1668 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by R. Norton for T. Garthwait, in S. Bartholomews Hospital, near Smithfield, 1668.

Notes:

"The whole duty of man" is attributed to Richard Allestree. Sometimes also attributed to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, Humphrey Henchman and others.

Epistle to Mr. Garthwait signed: H.E.

With a t.p. metalcut signed: W.H., i.e. Wenceslaus Holler.

With a preliminary imprimatur leaf.

Two engraved portraits, one K. David, the other Ezekiel, are between signatures A6 and A7.

Signatures: [pi]⁴ A-2F⁸.

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of T. Edward Ross.

Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of Geo. Skjipe (?)

Culture Class Collection copy bound with: Allestree, Richard, 1619-1681. The gentleman's calling. London : Printed by R. Norton, for T. Garthwait in St. Bartholomews Hospital, near Smithfield, 1667.

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A1098

ESTC, R7300

OCLC:

8184750