The causes of the decay of Christian piety. Or an impartial survey of the ruines of Christian religion, undermin'd by unchristian practice. Written by the author of The whole duty of man.

People / Organizations

• T. Garthwait ("printed for")
• Richard Allestree (Author)

Imprint

London: printed by R. Norton for T. Garthwait, in S. Bartholomews Hospital, near Smithfield, 1669.

Publication year

1669-1669

ESTC No.

R10448

Grub Street ID

58821

Description

[20], 452 p., [1] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

The author of The whole duty of man = Richard Allestree. Sometimes also attributed to Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, John Fell, Humphrey Henchman, and others.

With title-page vignette signed: WH (Wenceslaus Hollar).

Imprimatur on leaf pi1v: Imprimatur hic liber vere Christianus; ... Benedicat Deus operi & authori. Tho. Tomkyns. R. Rmo. in Christo Patri ac Domino Dno. Gilberto DivinaProvidentia Archiepiscopo Canutuariensi à Sacris Domesticis.

With unsigned plates of David and Ezekial bound before p. 1.