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Penitential tables : Being lively representations of the most illustrious penitents of the Old and New Testament. Written originally in French, in the civil wars of France, during the minority of Lewis XIV. the late king. By the most Reverend and most illustrious Messire Antoine Godeau. Richly embellished with two and twenty copper plates, suitable to each subject, curiously engraven by the best hands, with the arms, names and titles of the nobility and gentry, to whom each plate is dedicated. Translated into English by Mr. Samber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Godeau, Antoine, 1605-1672.
- Standardized Title:
- Tableaux de la pénitence. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Penitentials--Early works to 1800.
- Penitentials.
- Repentance--Early works to 1800.
- Repentance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (2 v., [22] leaves of plates ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Penitential tables
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard: J. Sackfield, in Licolns-Inn-Square; and B. Creake, at the Bible in Jermyn-Street, St. James's, MDCCXIX [1719]
- Notes:
- With engraved frontispiece.
- Vol. 1 dedicated to the Marquis of Carmarthen; vol. 2 dedicated to Lady Harpur.
- Each plate is dedicated to a member of the nobility, with the exception of two which are dedicated to members of the Samber family.
- Translated from the French: Les tableaux de la pénitence.
- Antoine Godeau was made Bishop of Grasse and Vence by Cardinel Richelieu.
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, T301160.
- OCLC:
- 510826600
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