Resolves. A Duple Century

FELLTHAM, Owen

Edité par London: Imprinted for Henry Seile, 1631

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Fourth edition, 8vo, (viii), 20, 29-448, (22) pp, lacking C3-6 (pp. 21-28) as well as the final blank. Engraved title page, some early manuscript to endpapers, new fly leaf inserted. Contemporary calf, upper joint recently repaired. "100 brief moral musings, or essays, each concluding with a resolve designed to better the writer's future conduct. [a] portrait of a Christian stoic, but one who is not pietistic. Writing with a poet's prose and enlivening his own words with liberal quotations from classical and contemporaneous authorities Felltham documents his commitment to the search for the attributes that make up a good life." (ODNB). STC 10759. Originally published in 1623.

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• Titre: Resolves. A Duple Century
• Éditeur: London: Imprinted for Henry Seile
• Date de parution: 1631
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