A Warning Piece for Slumbring Virgins: or, an alarm to the friends of the bridegroom…Geo. Scortreth, 1669

SCORTRETH, George. A Warning Piece for Slumbring Virgins: or, an alarm to the friends of the bridegroom… The third editon
London: Anna Brewster, 1669

Dimensions
8vo (134 x 83 mm)

Description
[32], 134pp. Collation: A-L8, M3, lacking final blank. Woodcut capitals.

Binding
Contemporary English calf, blind tooled with double fillet frame to covers, leaf and tongue motif near joint, plains pine with raised bands.

Condition
Minor toning to the title and text else a sound copy. Minor marks, reading wear commensurate with age small marginal tears, final leaf with darker mark near gutter.

With introductions by the English nonconformist clergymen Joseph Caryl (1602 – 1673) and William Greenhill (1591 – 1671).
First published in 1657, and reprinted the same year before this third edition, and with a fourth print in 1672.

Provenance
1. ‘William Gowthrop Booke 1721’, ‘30th June 17[?]0’, inscription to front endpaper
2. ‘Peggy Gawthorp’, inscription to endpaper verso
3. Selbourne Library, stamp to title verso and F2

References
ESTC R230190; Wing S937B; USTC 3082658.
Institutional Copies
All editions are rare, with Wing & ESTC locating just nine copies between them. Only the copies located at Queen’s Belfast and the Folger in this edition.