[Rarebooks] FS: 17 discourses by the Reverend William Bates. London: 1700

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Bates, William. THE WORKS OF THE LATE REVEREND AND LEARNED WILLIAM
BATES, D.D. Containing, [15 Discourses]... To Which Are Added, Two
Discourses Never Before Published... Also Some Account of the Author’s
Life and Character, in a Funeral Sermon Preach’d by the Reverend Mr.
Howe. With an Alphabetical Table to the Whole. London: Printed by J.
Robinson, and B. Aylmer. 1700. Folio (15-3/4” x 10”). (4),968,(26)pp.
Index. Frontispiece portrait (here present in a high quality
facsimile). Title printed in red & black. Modern calf, brown morocco
spine label, over decorative paper covered boards. Old water stain in
blank margin of bottom fore-corner, with some chipping of the final
leaves (no text loss). Cont. inked gift inscription on
title-page. $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first edition of the collected works of Bates (d. 1699); a
nonconformist writer and preacher, he was one of the “divines called
silver-tongued.” Wing B1100.

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