The Sermons of Mr. Henry Smith, Sometime Minister of St. CLement Danes, London, Together with Other His Learned Treatises: All now Gathered into One Volume. Also the Life of the Reverend and Learned Authour by Smith, Henry. (By Tho. Fuller) - 1675

London: Printed by E. F. (Elizabeth Flesher) and A. M. (Anne Maxwell) for Nathaniel Brooks, 1675. Hardcover. Poor. Quarto. 631, 174 pages (lacks 1 leaf). Hardcover bound in original full calf. The binding is very worn, and most of the leather on the spine has perished with the sewing beneath visible. The text block is mostly broken between pages 320 and 321. Lacks the front flyleaf, but the original potrait is present. Part of the front pastedown is torn away; lacks the rear flyleaf and final leaf of text. The title page is soiled, damped, and has some abrasions effecting the lettering. Part of Smith's title under his name is missing, and the printer's names are also missing (surface torn off the paper). Early notations on the recto of the engraved frontis give a name of John Porter of London ("Departed tis life... 1690). Another inscription on the same leaf reads, "Katheren Brown Her Book December 10th 1759 of Belleracay (?) Parish in the County of Essex. / Sam'l ..(?).. wrote this." There is a second part with a separate title page and separate pagination after the first 631 pages entitled "Three Sermons...." This is as the book was publised, and this title page bears the date of 1673. There are also some early notations on the blank leaf facing this second title page showing some 17th century family history notations as well as a baptism notation (of Katharine Barker) dated 1710. Henry Smith (1560-1591) was one of the most popular preachers in Elizabethan London. Thomas Fuller (1608-1661) was an English churchman and historian and published many books in the 17th century. A scarce volume of sermons by a noted Puritan preacher that was printed by two women. Even in the condition, this is quite scarce, especially with the portrait.