McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Bibliographic Citation:

The touchstone, or, The way to know a true Christian : being a description of the character of our blessed Savior, with an inquiry whether we are like Him : to which is added, an appeal first to infidels, and then to persons who call themselves by the name of Christians. London : Sold by J. Marshall (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) no. 17, Queen-street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-yard : And R. White, Piccadilly ; Bath : By S. Hazard, printer to the Cheap Repository : And by all Booksellers, newsmen, and hawkers, in town and country, [1796]

Alternative Title:

Touchstone
Way to know a true Christian
Sunday reading

Contributor:

Marshall, John, printer.
White, R., bookseller.
Hazard, Samuel, d. 1806, bookseller.

Publisher:

Sold by J. Marshall (printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracts) no. 17, Queen-street, Cheapside, and no. 4, Aldermary Church-yard : [1796]

Notes:

Cover title.
Title and imprint from p. [1].
Signatures: A8.
Undated. Date from Spinney, cited below.
Woodcut: title page vignette.
At head of title: Cheap Repository.Sunday Reading.
"Price one penny."--P. [1].
First sentence: "In this Christian Country, or at least among the more Christian part of it, the duty of imitating him by whose name we call ourselves is a point which must be allowed to be clear."
Includes 1 woodcut.
Citations/References: Osborne catalogue, II:772
Citations/References: Spinney, G.H. Cheap repository tracts. (The Library, 4th ser., v. 20, no. 3 (Dec. 1939): 295-340), 52
Copy in McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections: self-wrappers

Physical Description:

text.chapbook.black and white, 18 x 12 cm.

Language:

English

Subject:

Jesus Christ -- Character.
Christian life.
Tracts -- Specimens.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.

Genre/Form:

Chapbooks -- England -- London -- 18th century

Chapbook Category:

Religious and Moral

Call Number:

PN970 C52 no.52 Rare Books/Special Collections

Digital Collection:

McGill Library's Chapbook Collection

Sponsor:

The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.

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Link to this chapbook:

http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8032

Chapbook Identifier:

PN970_C52_no_52