ALLESTREE, Richard (1619-81).  The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. - [Bound with:] The Gentleman's Calling.  London: R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1667.
Bookbindings from the Collection of Alfred Hopkins (Lots 326-346) Alfred Hopkins published an article "Old leather and burnished Gold" about collecting and book selling in France and Italy in The Colophon number 14. New York, 1937.
ALLESTREE, Richard (1619-81). The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. - [Bound with:] The Gentleman's Calling. London: R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1667.

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ALLESTREE, Richard (1619-81). The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. - [Bound with:] The Gentleman's Calling. London: R. Norton for T. Garthwait, 1667.

8o (181 x 119 mm). Engraved title vignette and 4 engraved plates.
Contemporary English black goatskin, tooled in gilt with a triple fillet outer border enclosing a double fillet border and a floral roll tool, floral hand tools at corners, spine in six compartments elaborately gilt, gilt edges (some restoration to joints). Provenance: P. Goring (name dated 1669 on front free endpaper); Henry B. Wheatley (bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. Wing A-1097.