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Record Nr.

UNISA996394227003316

Autore

Allestree Richard <1619-1681.>

Titolo

The causes of the decay of Christian piety, or, An impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion undermin'd by unchristian practice [[electronic resource] /] / written by the author of The whole duty of man

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett ..., 1679

Descrizione fisica

[20], 449, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

FellJohn <1625-1686.>

SterneRichard <1596?-1683.>

PakingtonDorothy Coventry, Lady,  <d. 1679.>

HenchmanHumphrey <1592-1675.>

Soggetti

Christian life

Sin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The whole duty of man," variously attributed to John Fell, Dorothy Pakington, R. Sterne, H. Henchman and others, is generally attributed to Richard Allestree. Cf. Oxford comp. to English lit., 1985; BM; NUC pre-1956; Wing. For a discussion of the authorship, see Nichols, J. Literary anecdotes, 1812, ii, p. 597-604.

Illustrated t.p.

Advertisement: 2 p. at end.

Reproduction of original in Bodleian Library.

"Private devotions": p. [437]-449.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014