The Catechism Set forth in the Book of Common-Prayer, Briefly explained by short Notes, grounded upon Holy Scripture. To which is now added, an Essay of Questions and Answers, framed out of the same Notes, for the exercise of Youth.

[MARSHALL, THOMAS].

Published by [Oxford:] Printed at the Theater in Oxford, Anno Domini 1692.

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[xvi], 94, [10pp., sm. 8vo in fours. Woodcut illustration of the Sheldonian Theatre on title, the catechism printed in black letter. Early nineteenth-century half calf over glazed boards, unlettered; slightly grubby and a little rubbed. Ninth edition, first published in 1679, of what the Encyclopaedia Britannica calls "the children s catechism drawn up by Thomas Marshall" at the request of Bishop John Fell. (Fell also used Marshall, a distinguished philologist, to acquire roman, italic, and Greek types for the Oxford University Press). This catechism was doubtless required reading for youth in the diocese of Oxford. The "Questions and Answers" were added to the fifth edition in 1683, doubling the book s size, and copies of all editions are now rare. Wing, Short-Title Catalogue 1641-1700, M805, locates copies of this one at the Bodleian, Christ s Church, and Eton, with OCLC adding Duke.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Catechism Set forth in the Book of Common-Prayer, Briefly explained by short Notes, grounded upon Holy Scripture. To which is now added, an Essay of Questions and Answers, framed out of the same Notes, for the exercise of Youth.
• Publisher: [Oxford:] Printed at the Theater in Oxford, Anno Domini 1692.
• Binding: Hardcover