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1. Institution of manners and Callings of all Estates; 2. Concerning the Soule and Body of Man; 3. A notable description of the whole World ; 4. Christian philosophie, instructing the true and onely meanes to eternall life. This fourth part never before published in English. Thomas Adams, London 1618. 4to [in sixes], 27.5 x 18.5 cm. (22)+1038+(6) pages. Bound in a mid-19th century half calf binding. Titleleaf and the first few leaves darkened and with nicks and frays along the edges. Old wormholes to the lower margin at the inner hinge, causing a bit of loss to a few letters to the lowest text lines. Old names to the verso of leaf 4 and the last leaves before the three part title leaves ['Charles Haynes His booke']. A few leaves with soiling. General thumbing to the right margin. Eight leaves at the back of the book in modern facsimiles. A few scattered notes and damp staining. A bit of nicks and closed tears to a few margins, with no text loss. * The complete guide for the education of the renaissance man! By no means a fantastic copy, but it was meant as a book to use heavily, so not a lot of copies have survived. The first English edition was published in 1586, and reprinted in 1589, 1594 and 1602-05, but the fourth part is new to this fifth, enlarged edition.