The holy state and the profane state, [ca. 1650].Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661engManuscript on paper, in a single hand, of this collection of lives of saints, Biblical figures, and political persons in recent European history, as well as portraits of ideal figures such as "The Good Wife," "The Good Husband," and "The Handicrafts Man" and "General Rules" of behavior. Volume also contains a transcript, in the same hand, of John Phillips' poem "a Satyr against Hippocrites" (1631-1706), along with a fragment of musical notationIn English.Interleaved, with notes by former owners bound in at beginning and end.Binding: full calf; gilt decoration.