1810 JEREMY TAYLOR. Rules and Exercises of Holy Living. Influenced John Wesley. First American Edition. Ephemera in Cornhill

in Cornhill

from the poem Festus by Philip James Bailey

rubbed at corners and very slightly bowed

It clearly is not the final production piece as it is not finished outside of the actual portrait

American Baptist Mission Press

1810 JEREMY TAYLOR. Rules and Exercises of Holy Living. Influenced John Wesley. First American Edition. Ephemera in CornhillA very attractive first American edition in full calf of a true devotional, holiness classic. Jeremy Taylor [b. 1625] was one of the most experimental of the Anglican divines of the early 17th century. Both his Plain Account of Christian Perfection and Rules and Exercises for Holy Living were deeply influential, even in puritan circles. Wesley read them while at Oxford and was "exceedingly affected." To the last, these early encounters with Jeremy