[Rarebooks] FS: 3 works by Richard Allestree bound together. Oxford: 1675-1679

[Kenneth Karmiole]

[Allestree, Richard]. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE... The Fourth Impression. Oxford: At the Theater. 1675. 8vo. (16),224pp. With the imprimatur leaf. Copper engraved frontispiece. BOUND WITH: [Allestree, Richard]. THE ART OF CONTENTMENT... Oxford: At the Theater. 1677. (8),214,(2)pp. With the imprimatur on verso of title. Copper engraved frontispiece and copper engraved publisher's title page vignette. BOUND WITH: [Allestree, Richard]. THE LIVELY ORACLE GIVEN TO US. Or the Christians Birth-Right and Duty, in the Custody and Use of the Holy Scripture. The Third Edition. Oxford: At the Theater. 1679. (12),226,(2)pp. With the imprimatur leaf. Copper engraved frontispiece and publisher's title page vignette. The 3 works are bound together in cont. polished paneled red morocco, gilt tooled spine with brown calf label. A.e.g. With a contemporary engraved ecclesiastical armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Some rubbing, but overall a very attractive copy.                   $500.00  (trade discount allowed)
The first work is Wing A1136; the second work is the unstated Fourth edition, Wing A1089; and the third work is Wing A1152.

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