RESTORATION BINDING ALLESTREE (RICHARD) The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety, FIRST EDITION, imprimatur leaf facing title with engraved vignette, advertisement leaf at end, light browning and occasional spotting, CONTEMPORARY RED GOATSKIN BY QUEENS' BINDER A, elaborately tooled in gilt, sides with roll-tool border around a pattern of drawer handles, four-leaf flowers, rosettes, pointillé, stars and small circles, spine in 6 compartments, 5 with rosettes and floral tools, the other lettered 'Decay of Piety', g.e., corners bumped and slight creasing to spine but in fine bright condition otherwise, housed in cloth chemise and brown morocco-backed slipcase [ESTC R12235], 8vo, R. Norton for Robert Pawlett, 1679 Footnotes: SCHIFF-BULLRICH-WIGHTMAN COPY OF A FINE RED MOROCCO BINDING ATTRIBUTABLE TO QUEENS' BINDER A. See Howard M. Nixon, English Restoration Bindings, no. 61, and Mirjam M. Foot, The Henry Davis Gift. A Collection of Bookbindings, volume II, no. 118 for examples of the use of the same roll-tool border, stars and flower tools. Provenance: Mortimer F. Schiff, gilt bookplate; his sale, Sotheby's, 5 July 1938, lot 587; purchased by Sawyer for Eduardo J. Bullrich, gilt bookplate and tipped-in description in Spanish; his sale, Sotheby's, 17 March 1952, lot 11; Julia Parker Wightman (1909-1994), gilt bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing