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[xxxii], [2 errata, verso blank], 164, [4], 167-260, [4], 263-551, [5], 555-856 pp. Trimmed frontispiece portrait inserted, from another work. The "To the reader" essay, typically placed after page 164, is here bound at the front with the other preliminary matter. The errata leaf is likewise at the front rather than the rear as called for by ESTC. (4to) 18.5x14 cm (7¼x5½") early full paneled calf, old rebacking with earlier spine remnant laid down. First Edition.

One of two variants published in 1650. Parts 2 through 4 each have a separate title page dated 1649. Richard Baxter (1615-1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen." Provenance: Greg and Jeanine Newman.