English Titles, 17th Century, Four Octavo Volumes.

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English Titles, 17th Century, Four Octavo Volumes.
Including: Allestree's The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, London: by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1683, in full contemporary red morocco, tooled in gold, a.e.g., marbled endleaves; Jeremy Taylor's Contemplations of the State of Man in the Life, London: for John Kidgell, 1692, with portrait frontis, old boards, rebacked; John Toland's Christianity not Mysterious, London: for Sam Buckley, 1696 [bound with] Samuel Bold's The Christian Belief, London: W. Onley for A. Bosvile, 1697, second edition, in old boards, rebacked; ex libris General Ethan Allen Hitchcock (1798-1870) with his bookplate inside front board; and Allestree's The Gentleman's Calling, London: by Edward Jones for Edward Pawlet, 1696, with frontispiece, original tan calf, rebacked; these volumes not collated, various sizes, all octavo. (4)
Estimate $300-500


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