The Clergy-Man's Vade-Mecum, Or, An Account of the Ancient and...
First Edition of a Long-Lived Legal Handbook for Eighteenth-Century English Clergymen [Johnson, John (1662-1725)]. The Clergy-Man's Vade-Mecum: Or, An Account of the Antient and Present Church of England; The Duties and Rights of the Clergy; And of Their Privileges and Hardships. Containing Full Directions Relating to Ordination, Institution, Induction, And Most of the Difficulties Which They Commonly Meet With in the Discharge of Their Office. London: Printed for John Nicholson, Robert Knaplock, And Samuel Ballard, 1706. [xxiv], 295, [41] pp. 12mo. (6" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary calf, blind panels with corner fleurons to boards, raised bands and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing and a few minor scuffs to boards, which are slightly bowed, moderate rubbing to extremities, chipping to spine ends, joints starting at ends, hinges cracked. Moderate toning to interior, offsetting to margins of endleaves, early owner signature (W. Clarke) and gift inscription ("from Adam to Eve") dated 1952 to front free endpaper, faint stain and tiny early owner initials (?) to title page. $250. * First edition. A useful overview of legal matters encountered by officials and clergymen of the Church of England, this work reached its final edition, the sixth, in 1731. A bibliographically distinct companion title, The Clergy-Man's Vade-Mecum. Part II. Containing the Canonical Codes of the Primitive, Universal, Eastern, And Western Church, was first published in 1707. English Short-Title Catalogue T118660.
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