Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Isle of Man, or, The legal proceeding in Man-Shire against sin Wherein, by way of a continued allegory, the chief malefactors disturbing both church and commonwealth, are detected and attached; with their arraignment and judicial tryal, according to the laws of England. To which is added, the contents of the book for spiritual use; with an apology for the manner of handling, most necessary to be first read, for direction in the right use of the allegory throughout / by Richard Bernard, Rector of Batcomb in Somersetshire.
Call Number
Hamilton 13s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pz50h088r
Publisher
Boston : Reprinted by J. Franklin, for B. Eliot, 1719.
Language
English
Date Created
1719
Extent
[18], 126 p. : ill. ; 13 cm.
References
Hamilton, S. American book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 13
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Woodcut frontispiece engraved by James Franklin. Cf. Wroth, L.C. American woodcuts and engravings, 1670-1800, p. 18.
Imperfect: first decorated fly-leaf wanting.
Binding Note
Old, sprinkled, gold stamped, calf binding; gilt turn-ins; decorated end papers.

Discovery Information

Subject
Allegories
Crime
Sin—Early works to 1800

Physical Characteristics

File Count
161

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/110e55b2-9eac-4aca-b983-f802a62dde29/manifest