(BAYLY, Lewis).

The Practice of Pietie. Directing a Christian how to walke that he may please God. Amplified by the Author.

Delf [Delft]: Abraham Jacobs, [c.1635]. 16mo, (x), 539, (3 blank) pp. Engraved title page, brief inscriptions to blank opposite. Recent full calf, very good. Originally published some 25 years earlier - the second edition of 1612 is the earliest extant, and a popular devotional work that was still in print nearly two centuries later. Bishop of Bangor, Bayly was also a chaplain to Prince Henry and later treasurer of St. Paul's. STC 1616.5. Item #50457

Price: £450.00