[Rarebooks] FS: Richard Capel's scarce work on life's temptations. London: 1655

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Capel, Richard. TENTATIONS: Their Nature, Their Danger, Their Cure. To Which Is Added a Briefe Dispute, as Touching Restitution in the Case of Usury. The Fifth Edition Corrected... There Is Now Printed a Fourth Part... London: E. B. for John Bartlet. 1655. 8vo. 4 parts in 1 (parts 3 & 4 with their own title pages, as published). (26),275,(1);(2),(267)-387,(3);(16),298,(2)pp. The vertical half-title (A1) before the first title is lacking, but the vertical half-title "Capell on Tentations" before the Fourth Part is present. Old boards, later rebacked in calf, red morocco spine label. Covers a bit rubbed.	$600.00 (trade discount allowed)
A scarce and curious book on life's temptations ("tentations" is an archaic form of the word temptations) including lust, lying, sodomy, perjury, usury, suicide, etc., etc. The "Fourth Part" which is new to the 1655 edition was also published separately (Wing C476). Wing C473.


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