[Rarebooks] FS: Anthony Horneck's "The Happy Ascetic..." London: 1699

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Horneck, Anthony. THE HAPPY ASCETIC: or, the Best Exercise, Together with Prayers Suitable to Each Exercise. To Which Is Added a Letter to a Person of Quality, Concerning the Holy Lives of the Primitive Christians. The Fourth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed for Henry Mortlock. 1699. 8vo. (14),603pp. Plus (5)pp. of publisher's ads. Title page printed in red & black. Copper engraved frontispiece. Cont. tooled paneled calf, a bit worn, hinges cracked but cords holding. Gilt tooled spine (rubbed) with black calf label. Head of spine chipped. Light foxing & soiling of first 15 leaves.    $350.00  (trade discount allowed)
See Wing H2842 (stating in error a date of 1690).

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