Fleury

1726 · réf. AQ17537 — London: s.n. 1726. Two volumes bound as one. 4 lxiii 1 120 4 297 11. Contemporary gilt-tooled panelled black morocco A.E.G. Rubbed slight chipping to head and foot of spine short crack to lower compartment corners bumped edges dusty. Marbled endpapers recent book-label to FEP front blank fly-leaf pasted to FFEP later inked ownership inscriptions to verso of front blank fly-leaf and head of title occasional light spotting. The rare first edition in English 'Newly Translated from the French' by William Crathorne of Claude Fleury's 1640-1723 Le catechisme historique 1683; an authoritative evaluation of Catholic Catechism and ecclesiastical doctrine. ESTC records copies at just four locations in the British Isles BL NLS Manchester and Oxford; and a further four worldwide California SMU St. John's College Auckland and Texas. ESTC T115024. First edition in English. 12mo. [s.n.] unknown