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[CERTAINE SELECT PRAYERS / Newly printed, corrected, and compared with an old auncient written copye.] - 1586

by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo (354-430)

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Printed by Iohn Wolfe for the assignes of Richard Day, London: ., 1586 Standard collation: [160] leaves; [318] p. 15 cm. (16 mo). OUR COPY LACKS: A1-8; B1-2; O4-8; P1-3; U6-8 [Blank]. The entire text of Prayers and the Manuell is framed within woodcut pictorial borders. References: STC (2nd ed.) 926; STC 928; McKerrow & Ferguson 150-151. Later (18th century) binding, worn and broken. OUR COPY: Ms. ownership of John Dillon; Simple printed ownership plate for AUCHINCRUIVE, an estate in the Parish of St. Quiviox, Ayershire, the ancient seat of the Cathcarts. Known as Saint Augustine, he was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions. A large fragment of this rare edition. STC Small Box 1.
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  • Title [CERTAINE SELECT PRAYERS / Newly printed, corrected, and compared with an old auncient written copye.]
  • Author Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo (354-430)
  • Publisher Printed by Iohn Wolfe for the assignes of Richard Day, London: .
  • Date 1586
  • Bookseller's Inventory # RAD0614A

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