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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Bates, The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven.

Bates, The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven.

Bates, William. The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven. By the Reverend and Learned William Bates, D.D. First Edition. London, Printed for B. Aylmer at the Three Pigeons, 1701. 19 x 12 cm. Frontispiece, Title, (2) – Bookseller’s Advertisement to the Reader, ix – TOC, 176 pages plus four pages Booksellers List. Illustrated Frontispiece showing the Author. Contemporary panelled calf. Raised bands, title label and gilt decorations on spine. Blind decorations to boards. Good condition. Rubbed and bumped. Age darkened. Binding weak with front board just attached. Front and rear hinges open. Front and rear joints cracked open. Spine ends frayed. Names of two previous owners on front free end paper. Name of one previous owner in ink on title page. Internal bright and clean. An appealing copy in a frail, but nice binding.

William Bates (1625-1699) was an English Presbyterian minister. He was born in London in November 1625, and was educated at Cambridge, initially at Emmanuel College and subsequently (1644) at Queens’ College. In 1647 he proceeded B.A.

Our price: EUR 220,-- 

Bates, The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven.
Bates, The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven.
Bates, The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven.
Bates, The Everlasting Rest of the Saints in Heaven.

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