The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the Present Age
by (Sparks, Jared; Richard Allestree)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: W. Bent, 1816. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. viii, 492pp plus index. Full straight grain calf. Spine in five compartments, gilt; gilt rules to the boards. Marbled endpapers. Engraved frontispiece. Upper hinge cracked but firm else a very good copy.
No author is identified; the attribution to Sparks and Allestree is taken from the OCLC records. This treatise was first printed in 1795.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22193
- Title
- The New Whole Duty of Man, Containing the Faith as well as Practice of a Christian: Made Easy for the Practice of the Present Age
- Author
- (Sparks, Jared; Richard Allestree)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Bent
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1816
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
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Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...