Oct 16, 2018 - Sale 2488

Sale 2488 - Lot 5

Price Realized: $ 292
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
ANDREWES, LANCELOT. A Patterne of Catechisticall Doctrine. Wherein many Profitable Questions touching Christian Religion are handled. And the Whole Decalogue succinctly and judiciously expounded. [4], 495, [5] pages, including initial blank and 2 blanks at end. 12mo, 142x82 mm, contemporary limp vellum with remnants of thong ties, missing portion of vellum from top of spine and upper inner corner of rear cover; dampstaining throughout, dog-earing at beginning and end, worming in lower inner corners in gatherings N-P slightly affecting text. Booklabel of John Sparrow. London: William Garrett, 1630

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first edition of a manual of Christian morality based on a 1578 series of lectures on the Ten Commandments delivered by Andrewes as catechist of Pembroke College, Cambridge; state of page 1 with "we have" on line 3 and "being" on line 5. STC 603.3.