A COMPANION FOR THE FESTIVALS AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: With Collects and Prayers for Each Solemnity. The Twenty-Fourth Edition. [Bound with:] A COMPANION FOR THE FASTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. The Twenty-Fifth Edition, 1781.

Published by Printed for J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, W. Owen, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Corbett, J. Wilkie, T. Lowndes, S. A. Cumberlege, H. Gardner, E. Johnston, T. Beecroft, G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, W. Stuart, J. Knox, W. Flexney, G. J. Russell, J. Fielding, J. Walker, Scatchard and Whitaker, and E. Newbery.; Companion to the Fasts, Printed for J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, W. Owen, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Corbett, Z. Stuart, J. Robinson, S. Bladon, T. Gardner, E. Stevens, J. Russell, J. Wilkie, J. Walker, and T. Beecroft,, London, 1782

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8vo. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. [6] + xv + [3] + 560 + [16] pp. index. Separate title page for A Companion for the Fasts, but pagination and register are continuous. Bound in contemporary full calf; spine in compartments with gilt band with contrasting red morocco title label, gilt. A little age related wear and on instance of ink marking in text (p. 64); otherwise a very good copy. Armourial bookplate of Johnston Grant. Illustrated by 2 engraved frontispiece plates. A manual of Anglican festivals and fasts, including saints days, arranged by the church year from Advent to All Saints with a separate part on fast days. Robert Nelson (1656-1715) was a lay religious writer and a nonjuror, who moved abroad for a period after the accession of William and Mary. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1695 and was a prominent early member of the SPCK. A best selling title published from 1704 well into the nineteenth century. THEOLOGY/HISTORY PRAYER BOOKS THEOLOGY- CHURCH 18TH CENTURY LEATHER THEOLOGY/HISTORY.

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Title
A COMPANION FOR THE FESTIVALS AND FASTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND: With Collects and Prayers for Each Solemnity. The Twenty-Fourth Edition. [Bound with:] A COMPANION FOR THE FASTS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. The Twenty-Fifth Edition, 1781.
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NELSON, ROBERT.
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Printed for J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, W. Owen, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Corbett, J. Wilkie, T. Lowndes, S. A. Cumberlege, H. Gardner, E. Johnston, T. Beecroft, G. Robinson, R. Baldwin, W. Stuart, J. Knox, W. Flexney, G. J. Russell, J. Fielding, J. Walker, Scatchard and Whitaker, and E. Newbery.; Companion to the Fasts, Printed for J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. F. and C. Rivington, W. Owen, T. Caslon, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, C. Corbett, Z. Stuart, J. Robinson, S. Bladon, T. Gardner, E. Stevens, J. Russell, J. Wilkie, J. Walker, and T. Beecroft,, London
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1782

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