Fl.8.15(01)
A bride-bush. Or, A direction for married persons. Plainely describing the duties common to both, and peculiar to each of them. By performing of which, marriage shall prooue a great helpe to such, as now for want of performing them, doe finde it a little hell. Compiled and published by William Whateley, minister and preacher of Gods Word, in Banbury in Oxford-shiere.
Direction for married persons.
Bride-bush
London, : Printed by Bernard Alsop for Beniamin Fisher, and are to be sold at his shop in Pater noster Rowe, at the signe of the Talbot., 1623.
[12], 220, [2] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)
Some print faded and show-through; some pages marked and stained. Leaf 2F3 bound after quire A.
Variant: imprint has "Taulbut".
The final leaf bears Whately's revocation of his opinion that adultery and desertion are grounds for divorce.
The first leaf is blank.
An enlargement of "A bride-bush, or A wedding sermon" into a treatise.
Signatures: pi1(=[2G]2) A-E⁴ 2F² [2G]²(-[2G]2).
Entered to T. Man 1 March 1624.
STC (2nd ed.) 25298
ESTC, S119431
Armorial bookplate of Edward Waddington, recording donation to Eton College in 1731.
Armorial bookplate of Eton College.
18th century; inboard binding; sewn on cord sewing supports; paper boards; tight spine; four raised bands; full cover of sprinkled tanned calf; blind tooled frame with fleurons in each corner on both covers; no endbands; endleaves; cut two colour sprinkled edges.
Bound with two other items.
Previously: Dn.8.15.
Ms. contents list on front endpaper: "Tracts in this volume ...".
Marriage Early works to 1800.
Marriage law England Early works to 1800.
Alsop, Bernard printer.
Fisher, Benjamin bookseller.
England London.
B42048