Capel (Richard)

TENTATIONS: Their Nature, Danger, Cure.

      To which is added a briefe dispute, touching restitution in the case of usury. Pp. [36]+456(last blank)+[ii]+176+[6](contents of third part); f'cap. 12mo; early calf boards with decorative borders in gilt & blind, lightly marked, the corners slightly worn, neatly rebacked, with the early gilt lettered & decorated spine (chipped at edges) and black skiver label (Temptations) laid on; new endpapers; twentieth century bookplate on upper pastedown, early ownership annotations to dedication page, at the end of the Epistle to the Reader, and on the final blank, neat paper repair to title page at hinge (slightly affecting part of the quotation from Corinthians), several light marginal water stains, a couple of small edge chips (one affecting part of the catchword on the penultimate page), small hole to sig. C4 (pp. 31/2) affecting one word of text, a little light foxing and soiling; printed by R. B. [and Part Three by R. Y.], for John Bartlet, London, 1636. Third edition, corrected. *First published in 1633, Tentations was Richard Capel's most popular book, with at least six editions (not including this one) recorded by Wing. Some of the temptations examined include blasphemy, adultery, lust, etc.