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LAW, WILLIAM. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Adapted to the State and Condition of All Christians. 1729
LAW, WILLIAM. A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life. Adapted to the State and Condition of All Christians. [2], vi, 499, [5] pages, including 2 ad leaves at end. 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked; later 18th-century owner''s inscription in upper outer corner of title, infrequent marginal foxing and minor stains; cloth slipcase. Bookplates of Edward Laurence Doheny and Carrie Estelle Doheny. London: William Innys, 1729
- Notes: first edition of Law''s most famous work, "a forceful exhortation to embrace the Christian life in its moral and ascetic fullness . . . The simplicity of its teaching and its vigorous style soon established the work as a classic, which has probably had more influence than any other post-Reformation spiritual book except The Pilgrim''s Progress" (ODCC). Printing and the Mind of Man 187; Rothschild 1317.
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