The Christian life. : Wherein is shew'd, I. The worth and excellency of the soul. II. The divinity and incarnation of our Saviour. III. The authority of the Holy Scripture. IV. A dissuasive from apostacy. Vol. V. and last./
Scott, John,1639-1695.
White, Robert,1645-1703,engraver.
Zouch, Humphrey,editor.
Cowper, William,1731-1800,former owner.StEdNL
Stirton, John,1871-1944,former owner.StEdNL
London : : Printed for W. Kettilby at the Bishop's Head in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and S. Manship at the Ship near the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill.,
MDCXCIX. [1699]
A reissue, with cancel title page, of the edition with "printed for Richard Wilkin" in imprint.
Editor's dedication signed: Humphrey Zouch.
The portrait of the author is signed: R. White sculp.
Wing (2nd ed.),
ESTC
Armorial bookplate of William Cowper on front pastedown. Manuscript note by John Stirton pasted onto the first flyleaf "This book belonged to William Cowper, the great poet, author of "The Task" & "John Gilpin" & it came from his library. It bears his crest on the spine on a small Morocco blue label. It also contains his Bookplate inside the front cover and his autograph signature and date 1797 on the title page. J.S." Manuscript inscription on title page "Wm. Cowper, 1797". Recorded by Sir Geoffrey Keynes, "The Library of William Cooper" in Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society, v. iii (1963): pp. 47-69.
Bound in calf tooled in blind and gold with armorial stamp in gold on a black goatskin onlay on the 4th panel of the spine showing the crest of William Cowper on the spine: a lion's gamb erect erased holding a cherry branch, fruited.
Christian life
England London.