The Works of John Tillotson 1754
The Works of John Tillotson 1754
The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Late Lord Archbp. of Canterbury. Containing Fifty Four Sermons and Discourses, on Several Occasions. Together with The Rule of Faith. Being All That Were Published by His Grace Himself. With the Author's Life, by T. Birch, A.M.F.R.S. To Which is Added, an Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters. The Eleventh Edition. Dublin: Printed for William Williamson, MDCCLIV (1754).
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Volumes two to six only, lacking volume one, but very well presented in contemporary full calf bindings. An excellent example of what is a rather scarce set, despite the lacking first volume.
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Size: 97 x 167 mm (approx., each)
Condition:
[(2), t.p., iii-xiv, 323pp., (2)]; [(2), t.p., iii-xii, 353pp., (2)]; [(2), t.p., iii-xvi, 376pp., (2)]; [(2), t.p., iii-xv, 166pp., 2pp., (2)]; [t.p., iii-iv, 362pp., (2)]
Full brown calf with tooled labels to spines and gilt decorative tooling. Lacking the tooled label of volume six. Bindings lightly rubbed and damp stained. All boards securely attached with rubbing along joints, some hinges starting. Shelf and edge wear with some corners turned-in. Page edges toned. No attached bookplates or ownership inscriptions. Text blocks extremely clean with very sporadic foxing. Tear with loss to the bottom corner of pp.323 in volume two, remaining easily legible. Wormholing to the top inner part of volume six, affecting the first few leaves, and wormholing to the top inner corner from pp.263 to the rear pastedown, affecting some text and legibility, primarily from pp.337 to the rear pastedown.