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Penitential tables : Being lively representations of the most illustrious penitents of the Old and New Testament. Written originally in French, in the civil wars of France, during the minority of Lewis XIV. the late king. By the most Reverend and most illustrious Messire Antoine Godeau. Richly embellished with two and twenty copper plates, suitable to each subject, curiously engraven by the best hands, with the arms, names and titles of the nobility and gentry, to whom each plate is dedicated. Translated into English by Mr. Samber.

Author/creator Godeau, Antoine, 1605-1672
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard: J. Sackfield, in Licolns-Inn-Square; and B. Creake, at the Bible in Jermyn-Street, St. James's, MDCCXIX [1719]
Description2 volumes, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
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Other author/creatorSamber, Robert translator.
Other author/creatorRivington, Charles, 1688-1742, bookseller.
Other author/creatorSackfield, John, bookseller.
Other author/creatorCreake, Bezaleel, bookseller.
Uniform titleTableaux de la pénitence. English
General noteWith engraved frontispiece.
General noteVol. 1 dedicated to the Marquis of Carmarthen; vol. 2 dedicated to Lady Harpur.
General noteEach plate is dedicated to a member of the nobility, with the exception of two which are dedicated to members of the Samber family.
General noteTranslated from the French: Les tableaux de la pénitence.
General noteAntoine Godeau was made Bishop of Grasse and Vence by Cardinel Richelieu.
General noteReproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
References English Short Title Catalog, T301160.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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