Lupton, Donald (d. 1676) The Glory of Their Times. Or The Lives of ye Primitive Fathers, Co[n]tayning their Chiefest Actions, Workes, S

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Lupton, Donald (d. 1676) The Glory of Their Times. Or The Lives of ye Primitive Fathers, Co[n]tayning their Chiefest Actions, Workes, Sentences, and Deaths. London: by I. Okes, 1640. First and only edition in ESTC, anonymously published, attributed to Lupton by scholars, engraved title page printed within typographical border with ornaments, the engraving signed "G. Glover fecit" in the plate, each biography illustrated with a text engraved portrait of the subject church father; bound in full crushed navy blue morocco by J. Larkins with ornately gilt and lettered spine, gilt-ruled boards, and inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g., very good, ex libris Samuel Edward Herrick, with his bookplate pasted inside the front board, 7 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.

A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Xxx4 (Ggg4 & Mmm2 smaller, likely supplied from another copy).
Estimate $500-700


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