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 Info | London : 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] |
Description | 2 volumes, 22 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 8⁰. |
Supplemental Content | Full text online |
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Other author/creator | Samber, Robert translator. |
Other author/creator | Rivington, Charles, 1688-1742, bookseller. |
Other author/creator | Sackfield, John, bookseller. |
Other author/creator | Creake, Bezaleel, bookseller. |
Uniform title | Tableaux de la pénitence. English |
General note | With engraved frontispiece. |
General note | Vol. 1 dedicated to the Marquis of Carmarthen; vol. 2 dedicated to Lady Harpur. |
General note | Each plate is dedicated to a member of the nobility, with the exception of two which are dedicated to members of the Samber family. |
General note | Translated from the French: Les tableaux de la pénitence. |
General note | Antoine Godeau was made Bishop of Grasse and Vence by Cardinel Richelieu. |
General note | Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). |
References | English Short Title Catalog, T301160. |
Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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