PRINTED 1611: EXTREMELY RARE WILLIAM STANSBY IMPRINT WHO GAINEDFAME FOR PUBLISHING BEN JONSON\'S LANDMARK FOLIO in 1616.
A CLASSIC PURITAN WORK- THE TRUE LIFE
The Book:
John Brinsley. The true vvatch, and rule of liee [sic]. : Or a direction for the examination of our spirituall estate, and for the guiding of the whole course of our life, (according to the word of God, whereby we must be iudged at the last day) to helpe to preserue vs from apostasie, or decaying in grace, and to further our dayly growth in Christ.:London : Printed by Will. Stansby for Samuel Macham, and are to bee sold at his shoppe in Pauls Church-yard, at the signe of the Bul-head, 1611. 8vo. ([19 of 20 (wanting A1 blank?)], , 9, [1], 13-168 (lacking K1-2) , 12, 40, 39-164 ( incomplete, lacking all after 164 including 165-187, [1] p.) EXTREMELY RARE. According to a pencil note not even the British Library (which conforms to checking online as their copy is a microfiche) has a copy earlier than 1614. Scarce blindstamped English vellum with warping; internally toned and thumbed. A Very Interesting work withimportant connections to 17th centuryEnglish publishinghistory.
\"John Brinsley the Elder (d. 1633) was a Puritan and educational writer. Among his pupils was William Lilly, the famous astrologer, who learned Greek and Latin from him. In addition to several grammatical and educational books, Brinsley wrote \'The True Watch,\' a devotional and apologetic work\"[ Ref:
William Salloch 1977 catalog through RareBookHub]
