18th Century from Barnaby Rudge

1st edition in full original calf joints strong Born in London on 17 August 1678, he was the son of Stephen Lobb, by the daughter of Theophilus Polwhele, nonconformist minister at Tiverton in Devon. He was educated for the ministry under >Thomas Goodwin the younger at Pinner, Middlesex. In 1702 he settled as a nonconformist minister at Guildford, Surrey, and there… Ler mais sobre este item

The Baltimore printed English translation of Benoit de Maillet's Telliamed introduces itself in the title as a "Very Curious Work," a fitting description considering the curious journey of its writing and publication. In Telliamed, a French missionary (the narrator) relays a conversation between himself and an Indian philosopher, for whom the manuscript was named. During the conversation the philosopher tells… Ler mais sobre este item

xii +12 +502pp +[2]pp table of contents. The 12pp after the Preface are an abridged version of Daniel Defoes "Relation of the Apparition of Mrs. Veal" contemporary hand signature and scribbling