| Item Description: | Wing, T343. Described fully in R. Gaithorne-Hardy and W. P. Williams, A bibl. of the writings of Jeremy Taylor, p. 24, 9C. - Title-page in red and black. - Added illus. engr. t.-p.: The great exemplar; the life and death of the Holy Jesus ... [quotation in Greek] London, Printed for R: Royston at the Angell in Iuie lane. 1653. - Also divisional title-pages for Parts I-III (Part I in red and black. - Frontispiece: engr. port. of Jeremy Taylor, signed P. Lombart, sculpsit. - Engraved t.-p. and all other plates by W. Faithorne. - Initials and head-pieces. - Signatures: * (*1 blank, *2 verso blank), A-B, C, c, (c4 verso blank), D-U, (D1, D6 verso, F1 verso, G3, M6 verso, N3 verso blank), X³ (X2-3 versos blank), Nn³, Y-Z, Aa-Mm (Aa4, Mm6 versos blank), Nn-Zz, Aaa-Eee) Ccc6 verso blank), Fff (Fff4 verso blank). folio. - Errors in pagination: 208-210 unpaged, 211-212 numbered 385-386. - Bookplate, with coat-of-arms of Jacob Des Bouverie Esqr., mounted on verso of sig. *2. Aitchison's bookplate inside front cover
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