8vo. In two volumes. [56], 430, [2]; [8], 455pp, [1]. With a 45 page list of subscribers to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to lower board to Vol. I, without lettering-pieces. Minute worm-track to foot of Vol. I text-block, else internally clean and crisp.

The first edition of the collected sermons of Church of England clergyman William Stephens (1692-1732), sometime Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and Vicar of St. Andrew's, Plymouth. The book, dedicated to the Lord Bishop of Exeter, was published at the bequest of Stephen's widow, Gertrude. The lengthy list of subscribers is unsurprisingly predominantly comprised of members of the clergy, though notably includes diplomatist and politician Horatio [Horace] Walpole, first Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757).