Shelfmark
Ic3.4.24
Author
Uniform title
[Whole duty of man. Latin]
Title
Officium hominis, cum stylo, tum methodo luculentissimâ expositum; opus cujusvis, at præcipuè indoctissimi lectoris captui accommodatum. In XVII capita divisum. Quorum uno, quovis die dominico, perlecto, omnia ter quovis anno perlegantur. Cum orationibus aliquot pro variis occasionibus. Liber hinc ex lingua Anglicana in Latinam, eo præcipuè consilio traductus est, quo juvenes in ludis literariis versantes, simul & moribus instituantur, & in lingua Latina proficiant.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Londini : pro Roberto Pawlet, ad insigne Sanctorum Bibliorum in vico Chancery-Lane, prope Fleet-street, 1680.
Physical description
[24], 367, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates ; 17 cm. (8vo)
Note
The address "Bibliopolæ" is signed "H. Hammond.".
Note
With a separate title-page for "Preces, privatæ variis occasionibus ordinariis extraordinariis accommodatæ" (dated "Anno MDCLXXX.") on page [287] (T8r).
Note
A translation of "The whole duty of man", usually ascribed to Richard Allestree. It has also been attributed to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, John Fell, Humphrey Henchman and others (cf. DNB).
Note
With frontispiece (plate) comprising the royal arms of Charles II.
Note
Signatures: A⁸, a⁴, B-Z⁸, Aa⁸.
Citation/references note
ESTC, R13371
Citation/references note
Wing (CD-ROM, 1996), A1156
Provenance
"John Goddard" inscribed four times on front endpaper and dated in ms. 1722.
Provenance
Ms. inscription on front flyleaf: "John Goddard his book D. 1718 [?or 1713]".
Provenance
Ms. inscription on rear endpaper: "John Goddard his book Anno Domini 1713 [?or 1718] day 22 April".
Binding
17th century brown calf binding; four tawed leather sewing supports laced through boards; four raised bands; blind tooled perimater frame with decorative elements in each corner; endbands; red sprinkled edges.
Copy-specific note
Ms. scribbles on front endpaper and front free endpaper.
Subject
Christian ethics Early works to 1800.
Subject
Devotional exercises Early works to 1800.
Subject
Christian life Early works to 1800.
Subject
Prayers Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Pawlet, Robert, ? - d.1683 publisher.
Added entry--name
Henchman, Humphrey, 1592 - 1675 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Fell, John, 1625 - 1686 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Sterne, Richard, 1596? - 1683 attributed name.
Added entry--name
Pakington, Dorothy Coventry, ? - d. 1679 Lady, attributed name.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
lat eng
Identifier
B37784