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The Christian's Defence against the Fears Of Death; with Seasonable Directions how to Prepare Ourselves To Die Well...to which is prefixed, The Life Of The Author, And His Behaviour in His Last Moments
by Charles Drelincourt
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Trenton, NJ: James Oram, 1808. Leather_bound. Very Good. Octavo in full original calf, spine lined in gilt and with gilt lettered red spine label. First American from the twenty-second London edition. Frontispiece engraving "See in what Peace a Christian can die" by Chas Rollinson representing a scene between Joseph Addison at the time of his death and his nephew the Earl of Warwick (Felcone: New Jersey Books 604). 2 blanks, xviii, 19- 508 plus 12 pp. subscriber list, 2 blanks. Firm in its binding but with rubbing to the calf, chipping to the spine label. Staining to the first front blank, the second front blank bears the signature of the owner, Mary Boutton, and the date of "5th mo, 4th, 1809" The rear two blanks bear handwritten genealogical entries for the Boutton family ("Mary, daughter of Joseph and Rachel, born August the 21st at 5 o'clock in the afternoon Anno Domine 1780")and entries from Joseph (1743), Rachel (1748) and the death of the father in 1829 at age 86. Scattered light foxing to the text. Charles Drelicourt (1595-1669) was a French Protestant divine who authored several influential theological Christian works. This book was published in French in 1651 and gained wide readership in translation in Engand and later the American colonies.
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- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E20625
- Title
- The Christian's Defence against the Fears Of Death; with Seasonable Directions how to Prepare Ourselves To Die Well...to which is prefixed, The Life Of The Author, And His Behaviour in His Last Moments
- Author
- Charles Drelincourt
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- James Oram
- Place of Publication
- Trenton, NJ
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- religion, protestant, death, dying,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- New
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- Calf
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