8vo. xvi, 192, 195-445pp, [3]. Complete despite erratic pagination. With a half-title and a terminal leaf of errata. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, recently rebacked. Boards heavily rubbed and marked, corners exposed. Internally clean and crisp.

A theological volume by Gilbert West (1703-1756), a minor English poet of the eighteenth century. This work would secure for Gilbert his Oxford D.C.L. degree. It was reprinted to 1841 and also translated into German and French.