A Sermon Against Clipping. Preach'd before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor and Aldermen at Guild-Hall Chappel, On Decemb. 16. 1694 Lodnon, 1694
Description
Sm. quarto, pp. (4), (29); 3. With the half-title, without the final (errata) leaf. Insignificant cancelled library stamp at base of title and at the final leaf; minor age browning. Neatly bound in later paper backed grey boards. Very scarce.
Goldsmith 3029; Kress 1843. Dekesel F42.
Not in Hirsch or Lipsius.
At the time of this strongly-worded Sermon, Fleetwood was Chaplain to King William III.
Surprisingly only two copies were offered by Drury in over 40 years of issuing his important catalogues- catalogues 10 and 20 (and possibly the same copy of the item). In over 50 years of handling such material, this is probably just the third example we have had through our hands.