{"product_id":"horae-decanicae-rurales-william-dansey-1st-edition","title":"Horae Decanicae Rurales, William Dansey — 1st Edition","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"54\"\u003ePublication\u003c\/b\u003e: London, J. Bohn, G. \u0026amp; F. Rivington, J. Cochran, J. Bohn, 1835\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"129\"\u003eFormatting\u003c\/b\u003e: Two volumes. 8vo, untrimmed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"170\"\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/b\u003e: Very Good. The two volumes remain in sturdy, highly original condition, bound in the publisher's blind-tooled brown cloth. The spines are toned and somewhat sunned with minor fraying and shelf-wear at the heads and tails, yet the bindings remain remarkably tight and structurally sound. The front and rear boards display some darkening and mottling typical of 1830s cloth, but the striking central gilt seals of the Rural Dean of Chalke remain exceptionally bright and unrubbed. The text block edges are authentically untrimmed and deckled, showing expected external dust-toning. Internally, the volumes are in superb shape; while the preliminary blanks and endpapers exhibit minor foxing, the main text pages and striking red-and-black printed title pages are notably clean, bright, and free from significant blemish or damp-staining.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"1024\"\u003eCatalogue Note\u003c\/b\u003e: First Edition. This is an exceptional presentation copy of William Dansey's monumental ecclesiological study, inscribed by the author in ink on the front free endpapers of both volumes: \"D. J. Eyre \/ from the Author \/ December 1st 1835.\" The recipient, Daniel James Eyre, served as the Sub-Dean of Salisbury Cathedral.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003eGiven that Dansey himself was the Rural Dean of Chalke (within the Salisbury diocese) and dedicated this very work to the Lord Bishop of Sarum (Salisbury), this contemporary association copy represents a direct and intimate link to the inner ecclesiastical circles of 1830s Wiltshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThe volumes are handsomely preserved in their original publisher's cloth, uniquely stamped in gilt with the official vesica seal of the Rural Dean of Chalke to both the front and rear boards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eThis first edition includes the addenda bound at the rear of Volume II, with the text meticulously printed by Richard Watts. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003eAn exhaustive and historically significant 19th-century theological study, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"399\"\u003eHorae Decanicae Rurales\u003c\/i\u003e explores the historical origins, administrative functions, and evolution of Rural Deans within the Church of England. Written by William Dansey, the serving Rural Dean of Chalke, this rigorous two-volume work provides a wealth of historical documentation, ecclesiastical law, and antiquarian insight. This specific set boasts an extraordinary provenance, having been inscribed and gifted upon publication by Dansey to his contemporary, Daniel James Eyre, the Sub-Dean of Salisbury Cathedral, offering collectors a direct, tangible link to the ecclesiastical hierarchy of the 1830s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadhursts Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55386933690707,"sku":"6166","price":170.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/1469\/6787\/files\/20261012_125514.jpg?v=1792051841","url":"https:\/\/broadhurstsbooks.com\/products\/horae-decanicae-rurales-william-dansey-1st-edition","provider":"Broadhursts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}