The figg-less figg-tree, or, The doome of a barren and unfruitful profession lay'd open : in an exposition upon that parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, etc. Luke 13. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rogers, Nehemiah, 1593-1660.

Contributor:

Sawbridge, George, -1681, bookseller.

Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

English Culture Class Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--Parables.

Jesus Christ.

Bible.

Parables.

Bible. Luke XII, 6-10--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.

Penn Provenance:

Lyte, Henry Francis, 1793-1847 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 502 pages, 14 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates ; 20 cm (4to)

Other Title:

Figg-less figg-tree

Doome of a barren and unfruitful profession lay'd open

Fingerprint:

i-in n.ou stis ce(f (3) 1659 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by J.S. for George Sawbridge, and are to be sold at the Signe of the Bible on Lud-Gate Hill, 1659.

Notes:

Leaf 3S4 (preceeding the index) is blank.

The folded leaf is a table.

Errata: p. [14] at end.

Index: p. [3]-[13] at end.

Signatures: A⁴ a⁴ B-3T⁴ 3V².

Local Notes:

Culture Class Collection copy bound in full calf; author and title stamped in gold on spine; all edges red.

Culture Class Collection copy has armorial bookplate of Henry Francis Lyte (1793-1847), a Scottish Anglican divine and hymn-writer, on front pastedown. H.F. Lyte built a magnificent library, largely of theology and old English poetry, described in his obituary as "one of the most extensive and valuable in the West of England."

Cited in:

Wing (2nd ed.), R1823

Thomason Coll., E973[1]

Gillett, C.R. McAlpin coll., III, p. 322

ESTC, R203371

OCLC:

41217248