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[CHARLES II (1630-1685)]. BATES, William (1625-1699). The Harmony of the Divine Attributes, in the Contrivance and Accomplishment of Man's Redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or Discourses. London: J. Darby for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson and Brabazon Aylmer, 1674.
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[CHARLES II (1630-1685)]. BATES, William (1625-1699). The Harmony of the Divine Attributes, in the Contrivance and Accomplishment of Man's Redemption by the Lord Jesus Christ, or Discourses. London: J. Darby for Nathaniel Ranew and Jonathan Robinson and Brabazon Aylmer, 1674.
Small 4o (203 x 161 mm). (Some browning and foxing.) Contemporary red morocco gilt by the Samuel Mearne bindery FOR CHARLES II, covers with double-fillet border, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, gilt-lettered in one, the other compartments with the crowned Royal cypher in the center, edges gilt (hinges weak, some light wear and soiling, gilt somewhat faded); slipcase.
Provenance: Charles II, King of England (1630-1685) (binding, shelf ticket "236" on front pastedown); early manuscript table of contents on rear flyleaf; Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate, accompanying typed description; Christie's New York, 18 October 1989, lot 1473).
FIRST EDITION, BOUND FOR KING CHARLES II. Samuel Hearne supplied bindings for the royal chapels in the reign of Charles II. See Howard M. Nixon, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding, 1978.
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Provenance: Charles II, King of England (1630-1685) (binding, shelf ticket "236" on front pastedown); early manuscript table of contents on rear flyleaf; Estelle Doheny (morocco bookplate, accompanying typed description; Christie's New York, 18 October 1989, lot 1473).
FIRST EDITION, BOUND FOR KING CHARLES II. Samuel Hearne supplied bindings for the royal chapels in the reign of Charles II. See Howard M. Nixon, Five Centuries of English Bookbinding, 1978.