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A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding
A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding
A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding
A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding

heart-shaped red morocco bookplate


ALLESTREE, Richard.

The Whole Duty of Man, laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader.

London, Printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlet, at the Sign of the Bible in Chancery-Lane, near Fleetstreet, 1675.

£2,500.00
£2,500.00

The Whole Duty of Man,

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A beautiful example of Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration binding of red goatskin, the covers panelled in gilt with an all-over design of floral vines; appearing through the front pastedown, a charming heart-shaped goatskin bookplate incorporating the initials 'A' and 'E'.

The tooling in the central rectangular panels shares similarities with a gilt roll more commonly employed to decorate the borders on a number of bindings of this period. (See nos 104, 107, 114, 117 and 199 illustrated in The Henry Davis Gift: Volume II, ed. Mirjam M. Foot (1983)).

8vo (19.5 x 12.5 cm); engraved frontispiece and additional engraved title, 2pp. publisher's ads to rear, red morocco heart-shaped bookplate lettered in gilt to board under front pastedown appearing through paper, monogrammed blindstamp to front free endpapers, a little toned; contemporary red goatskin, covers panelled in gilt with an all-over design of floral vines, enclosed in double gilt filet borders, gilt spine in 6 compartments, all edges gilt, upper-joint a little weak, very good; [16], 503, [9]pp.

ESTC R5032.

Stock code 123542

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A beautiful example of Richard Allestree's The Whole Duty of Man, well-preserved in this English Restoration red goatskin binding

The Whole Duty of Man,

£2,500.00
£2,500.00

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