A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life, Adapted to the State and Condition of All Orders of Christians, To which is Added a Biographical Sketch of the Author and Two Letters from Clergyman, Strongly Recommending the Serious Call, and other Works of the Author; With His Character, by E Gibbon Esq, the Roman Historian

Twentieth edition. xvi, 432, [4]pp. Bound in full, plain brown calf's leather with gilt border decorations, and gilt lettering and decorations on spine, inner gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Grey-green endpapers. Front board detached; boards a little marked and rubbed all round edges, chipping with minor loss at spine ends. Front free endpaper partially detached, else text block is neat, clean, bright and tight barring previous owner's name and a little spotting on prelims. 8vo. Best suited for restoration or rebinding. Law's classic work on Christian morality and life, together with a biographical note on Law by the eminent historian Edward Gibbon, best know for his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.