Wilberforce, Samuel; Colet, John; Cranmer, Thomas; Jewel, John, et al. Eucharistica : Meditations & Prayers on the Most Holy Eucharist from Old English Divines, with an Introduction by Samuel Wilberforce. London: James Burns, 1839. [11844]
Worn and faded cloth, printed paper spine label chipped with loss, 5 x 3 1/4 inches, tight. A chromolithograph title page and first page of text. 1843 owner's signature on the half title page. 210, [2] pages, with some light foxing. The pages are bordered in red, printed in red & black. The book is a little shaken from use. Fair. Hardcover.
The date of 1839 is taken from the Introduction.
Additional authors included in this work are Richard Hooker, Lancelot Andrews, Christopher Sutton, William Laud, Joseph Hall, Henry Hammond, Anthony Sparrow, William Beveridge, George Hickes, Thomas Comber, John Kettlewell, Thomas Wilson, and John Potter.
Samuel Wilberforce (1805-1873), Anglican Bishop of Oxford; third son of William Wilberforce. A major figure in the Oxford Movement, he was deemed orthodox in his views, defended them vigorously, and was considered by many to "typify the ideal bishop of the Victorian era." - Encyclopedia Britannica online.
