[BATT, TIMOTHY (1613-1692)]. Christs Gratious Message from the Throne of Grace to all the Prisoners of Hope. [Place of publication not identified (as London - from Wing)]: [publisher not identified], Printed in the yeere, 1644.
Hardcover. First edition. In two parts. Leather-bound. In-12°(140 x 85 mm), pp. [21], 202. Signatures: A¹²(-A1) B-I¹². Bound with 'A confession of our faith according to the order of the Gospel': p. 187-202, with caption title on I5 recto. English text. Contemporary quarter leather, smooth spine, gilt bands and lettering, marbled paper covered boards, terminal blank present, framed title-page, head-pieces, decorative capitals.
Condition: Fair to good. Binding secure, rubbing to extremities, tears to title leaf, lacking blank A1, leaves A9 and A10 mutilated with portions absent, otherwise complete, light browning and toning, pencil annotations to blanks, old inking to front pastedown. Extremely scarce.
Notes: First and only edition. Extremely rare. See: Wing B1146. [ESTC R24840].
