1687 5th Edtn or Later Reprint/Later Prnt THE GENTLEMAN'S CALLING By Richard Allestree Illus. Very Good Christianity

1687 5th Edition or Later Reprint Later Printing, 
THE GENTLEMAN'S CALLING
Written by the Author of The Whole Duty of Man
By Richard Allestree


Illustrated By: N/A


Format: Hardcover,
Language: English
Dust Jacket: No Jacket, Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Published By: R. Norton, London

duodecimo or twelvemo (12mo 5 × 7+3⁄8 127 × 187),Pages 165

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Although the book is anonymous, it has been theorized for many years that one of the authors is Richard Allestree, canon of Christ Church, a Royalist who was persecuted during the Commonwealth. This fascinating treatise discusses various attributes of men, namely those "advantages" of education, wealth, time, authority and reputation, and dispenses advice on appropriate conduct: "Come to the Glutton when he is laboring under the load of an over charged stomack; to the Drunkard when his mornings qualm is revenging on him his last nights debauch; to the lustful person, when the torment of his bones admonish him of the sins of the flesh: and then ask them whether Temperance be not more pleasant then its contrary." Allestree's biographer, Bishop Fell, who likely assisted Allestree in writing The Whole Duty of Man and The Gentleman's Calling, wrote that "few of his time had either a greater compass or a deeper insight into all parts of learning; the modern and learned languages, rhetoric, philosophy, mathematics, history, antiquity, moral and polemical divinity" (DNB). The Gentleman's Calling, a perennially popular handbook, originally published in 1660, ran through 19 editions by 1679 and a further five editions were issued by 1696.



SKU: BTETM0002190
Approximate Package Dimensions H: 12.5, L: 30, W: 25 (Units: cm), W: 2Kg