Binding - ?Presentation Copy, Hallows (Daniel, A.M., Rector ...

Hammer

£30

Binding - ?Presentation Copy, Hallows (Daniel, A.M., Rector of All-Saints, and Vicar of St. John's, United Parishes in Hertford), The Worthy Communicant: Or, Plain Instructions For the profitable and comfortable Receiving of the Holy Communion. With Prayers and Thanksgivings, To be used before, at, and after Receiving; Together with suitable Mediations and Hymns, first and only edition, London: Printed for, and Sold by James Holland, 1727, pp: xii, 91, [4] (contents), [1] (advert), double black-ruled title-page, woodcut Baroque tail-pieces, finely bound in contemporary black goatskin, the covers tooled in gilt with a double-fillet border, an outer panel of a fillet enclosing floral tools at the outer corners and centre of each side, the five-compartment spine divided by slightly raised bands, each enclosing the cypher or monogram S or SS, gilt turn-ins, all-edges gilt, gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, 12mo, [1]

Provenance: Elizabeth Clay, 1827, dated ink MS ownership inscription to flyleaf.