![[Item #87795] City Reformation, Prescribed and Demanded by the Holy Bible. Or, a rich selection of solemn and weighty scriptures, against those sins and vices, which are forbidden by the Seventh Commandment, and by other correspondent precepts of God's word [...]. VICE, "Selected and, a Number of Christian Friends"](https://lornebair.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/87795.jpg?auto=webp&v=1762822681)
City Reformation, Prescribed and Demanded by the Holy Bible. Or, a rich selection of solemn and weighty scriptures, against those sins and vices, which are forbidden by the Seventh Commandment, and by other correspondent precepts of God's word [...]
Boston: Lindoln & Edmands, 1823. First Edition. Octavo. Sewn self-wrappers; 20pp. Aged at margins, but overall a well-preserved, complete copy, Good or better.
A compilation of Biblical passages forbidding vice (primarily adultery), "calculated, with a divine blessing, to make [youth] virtuous, honourable, useful, and happy in this world, and to fit them for the employments and happiness of heaven." Compiled and published anonymously; AAS notes another issue of the pamphlet in which the attribution is changed from "a number of Christian Friends" to "a Christian Friend." AMERICAN IMPRINTS 12152.
Price: $125.00