The whole duty of man
Subtitle: laid down in a plain and familiar way for the use of all, but especially the meanest reader : divided into XVII chapters, one whereof being read every Lord's Day, the whole may be read over thrice in the year ...
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1696-1772, former owner; Johnson, William Samuel, 1727-1819, former owner; Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson Libraries (Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Publisher: Printed for John Eyre, and sold by T. Page and W. Mount, and the Booksellers of London and Westminster
Published: 1733
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Christian life; Early works to 1800; Devotional exercises
Notes: Added t.p., engraved, within border.

Published anonymously in 1658 under title: The practice of Christian graces, The whole duty of man. Often republished and variously ascribed to Archbishop Sterne, Bishop John Fell, Lady Parkington, and others. Now generally ascribed to Richard Allestree. cf. C.E. Dobie, in Academy, Nov. 1882; The Bibliographer, v. 2, p. 73, 94, and 164; Notes and queries, ser. 5, 11, 12 and 13.

Includes index.

Rare Book (Johnson) copy: From the libraries of Samuel Johnson and William Samuel Johnson, with their autographs, dated 1741/2 and 1747, respectively.

English short title catalogue (ESTC), N25740

Gift; Johnson family; 1914.