GUIDE FOR FAMILIES - Piggott, 1818 - STRICT CHRISTIAN MORALITY DOCTRINES PRAYERS

  GUIDE FOR FAMILIES; OR SACRED TRUTH UNFOLDED FOR THEIR USE; ON THE PRINCIPAL DOCTRINES OF CHRISTIANITY AND THE RELATIVE DUTIES OF LIFE

 Publisher: Longman and Co. (London). Second edition from 1818. Scarce. Three-quarters leather binding with marbled boards. 372 pages with frontispiece and original tissue guard; book advertisements at rear. By Rev. Solomon Piggott. Binding is solid, with general wear and some chipping and rubbing to the boards. The pages are free of markings, with a bit of foxing and age-toning present. Piggott was an Anglican clergyman, who wrote about a strict interpretation of the mortality and Christian duties of man in his everyday life. Included are specifically approved and selected prayers. Also included is a documentation of the last hours of Henry Kirke White.