A companion to the altar : shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation, in order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion ... : to which are added prayers and meditations, preparative to a sacramental preparation, according to what the Church of England requires from her communicants.

Author
Vickers, William, active 1707-1711 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Printed by assignment from Thomas Beecroft, for Scatcherd and Whitaker, [1794?]
Description
[4], 114, [6] p., frontis.; 14 cm. (12mo)

Details

Subject(s)
Inscriber
Former owner
Notes
  • Engraved title page.
  • Publisher's advertisements on final 6 p.
Binding note
Ex copy: Contemporary full calf, in brown cloth slip case, with bookplate of Barton Currie.
Provenance
  • Ex copy: Inscribed "Jane Austen, April 24th 1794" on fly-leaf; ms. letter from Jane Austen's niece, E.F. Austen, was laid in. Letter transferred to General Manuscripts Miscellaneous Collection (C0140).
  • Ex copy: According to Keynes 'Formerly the propery of Miss Jane and Miss Florence Austen, grandaughters of Charles Austen, brother to JA. Sold at Sotheby's, May 31, 1927, lot 415, £ 105.'
  • Ex copy: Bookplate of Barton Currie.
Source acquisition
Ex copy: Gift of Mrs Barton Currie, 1963.
References
  • ESTC null
  • G. Keynes, Jane Austen: A Bibliography, no. 368
OCLC
34397595
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