The art of contentment. / By the author of The whole duty of man &c. ...

With engraved added t.p.

Engraved t.p. vignette of the Oxford Theatre.

Attributed to Richard Allestree. Cf. Wing.

Attributed also to Lady Dorothy Pakington, Richard Sterne, abp. of York, John Fell, bp. of Oxford & others.

Printed on watermarked paper.

"Imprimatur, Rad. Bathurst"--T.p. verso.

English short title catalogue, r227993

Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), A1087

Binding Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand, 2006

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy (343600) exhibited: Simple to Sumptuous: Bookbindings 1450 to the Present. 5 April - 19 July 2008

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy (accession number 343600) exhibited: “The Book Beautiful”, National Library of New Zealand, 2 Mar - 22 May 2015. Upper cover. Clio 555529

Binding: contemporary black morocco, tooled in gold to an all-over design of drawer-handle tools, pointillé curls, and pointillé and solid flower tools, within a roll-tooled border, spine gold tooled with decorated compartments, raised spine bands, gold tooled edges and turn-ins, marbled endpapers, gilt text edges. Endleaves watermarked with three circles surmounted by cross. Provenance: armorial bookplates of Sir Henry Mainwaring (Franks 19480), with motto "Devant si je puis," and John Corbett of Impney, with motto "Deus pascit Corvos," inscription on front endpaper "Thomas Mainwaring his book. 1687." Acc. 343600.

Digital image available: binding, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.

The third impression.