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A Fair and Impartial Testimony, Essayed in Name of a Number of Ministers, Elders, and Christian People of the Church of Scotland, Parish law, or, A guide to justices of the peace, ministers, churchwardens, overseers of the poor, constables, surveyors of the highways
by WILLISON, John, SHAW, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1750 SCOTLAND + Parish LAW Church England 1765 Willison Testimony for Ministers
A rare pairing of two 18th-century Church of England and Scotland testimonies and guides. This lot contains Joseph Shaw's "Parish Law" as well as John Willison's "Fair and Impartial Testimony" – an essay written to instruct ministers, elders, and laymen alike on how to avoid backsliding and prevailing against temptation.
Item number: #23334
Price: $499
WILLISON, John
A Fair and Impartial Testimony, Essayed in Name of a Number of Ministers, Elders, and Christian People of the Church of Scotland
Glasgow: printed for…John Finlay, 1765.
**WITH**
SHAW, Joseph
Parish law, or, A guide to justices of the peace, ministers, churchwardens, overseers of the poor, constables, surveyors of the highways
In the Savoy [London]: printed by H. Lintot for R. Ware, 1750.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 works
o Willison – xxii, 148, [6]
o Shaw – [36], 389, [23]
· Provenance: Handwritten – Fred.c Halsey, 1750
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8in X 5.25in (20cm x 13cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23334
- Title
- A Fair and Impartial Testimony, Essayed in Name of a Number of Ministers, Elders, and Christian People of the Church of Scotland, Parish law, or, A guide to justices of the peace, ministers, churchwardens, overseers of the poor, constables, surveyors of the highways
- Author
- WILLISON, John, SHAW, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for…John Finlay, H. Lintot for R. Ware
- Place of Publication
- In the Savoy [London], Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1765, 1750
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1750 SCOTLAND + Parish LAW Church England 1765 Willison Testimony for Ministers, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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