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Steele, Richard [1629-1692]. The Husbandmans Calling Sh

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Steele, Richard [1629-1692]. The Husbandmans Calling Sh
Steele, Richard [1629-1692]. The Husbandmans Calling Shewing the Excellencies, Temptations, Graces, Duties, &c. Of the Christian Husbandman. Being the Substance of XII Sermons Preached to a Country Congregation. Boston: Reprinted By Bartholomew Green, 1713. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Fair condition. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. THIS IS NOT AN EX- LIBRARY BOOK.. EXTREMELY RARE. [4] title, 1, viii, 282pp, 5 contents [1]. Bound in leather with blind stamped edge border. Steele became a nonconformist preacher in London. Arrested several times, he suffered the persecution of the times against ministers of the Puritan faith. Covers show worn corners, 1/3 of backstrip absent, binding split. In a protective mylar jacket.