THE PRISONER'S DIRECTOR and The CLERGYMAN'S COMPANION in Visiting the Goals. 2 volumes in 1.

London. Applebee, for the author. 8vo, [4 x 7 ins.]..1742.

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£220
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Pp [xiv] 271.[x] 176, lacks pp.133-136, a few pencil annotations. -THE PRISONER'S DIRECTOR: Compiled for the Instruction and Comfort of Persons under Confinement. Whether for Debt, for Capital, or other Crimes; more especially for those under Sentence of Death. Containing proper and necessary Directions to the Former, how to improve their Solitude and Confinement, to their Spiritual Advantage: And Instructions to the Latter, how to behave themselves during their Imprisonment, and to prepare for Death. The CLERGYMAN'S COMPANION, in Visiting the Goals. Containing a Collection of Curious Pieces, written by some of our most Eminent Divines. Together with several Publick Offices used in, or prepared for the Churches of England, Ireland and Denmark-. Original full calf, very poor. Rare copy.

Technical Data

Author ROSSELL, SAMUEL M.A. Ordinary of Newgate Jail. ( Prison Chaplain.)
Reference Number 7354