" It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life. "
— Henry Ward Beecher
London: printed by R. Norton for Timothy Garthwait at the little north-doore of St. Pauls Church, 1661. [English Church History] FINELY BOUND FIRST THUS. Small quarto (20 x 16cm), pp.[16] 31; [3] 33-92; 63-85; [9] 87-99; 200-247 [3]; 6 [2]; 54 [2] 303-372 [2]. Collates as per the ESTC, except that the overall title page and frontispiece are lacking, replaced with blanks. Heavily trimmed and rebound in the late eighteenth or early nineteenth century, with marbled edges and endpapers, and dark marbled full calf with gilt titles to a red label and further gilt decoration to spine. Coloured armorial bookplate of A. Fenwyke [Fenwick] to front pastedown, contemporary with the binding. A mark to the facing flyleaf where another bookplate has been removed. A large contemporary ink inscription to verso of first title page reading "Company | Avoid Evil." Occasional very light pencil underlining and marginal marks. Lightly toned throughout with very occasional light spotting. Water stains to margins in various places, especially preliminaries. A small black ink note to the final page. Light wear only to binding; an attractive, largely clean copy, lacking only the frontispiece and overall title page. Very good. Item #60714
ESTC: R211415.
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