‎"(ALLESTREE, RICHARD)‎
‎The causes of the decay of Christian piety.‎

‎London, Printed by R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1683. 8vo. In a contemporary Cambridge-style mirror binding with five raised bands. Small paper-label pasted on to upper part of spine, corners bumped. A nice and clean copy. (20), 449, (3) pp. + two engraved plates.‎

Reference : 60807

‎Uncommon later edtion of Allestree’s devotional work originally published in 1667. Richard Allestree (1619 – 1681) was an English Royalist churchman and devotional writer. He was educated at Oxford and became a noted preacher and scholar eventually serving as Provost of Eton College and later as Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford. Allestree is perhaps best known for his work ""The Whole Duty of Man"" which was a popular devotional manual in the 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing moral and religious duties.‎