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A Sermon, Preached at Tottenham Court Chapel, Before the Founders of the Missionary Society, 24 Sep. 1795, by David Bouge of Gosport, The First American Edition, Printed at Hilliard and Metcalf, Cambridge, 1811, 28pp. Memoir of the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India; Both as a Means of Perpetuating the Christian Religion Among Our Own Countrymen; and as A Foundation for the Ultimate Civilization of the Natives, by Rev. Claudius Buchanan, LL.D., Second Cambridge Edition, Printed at Hilliard and Metcalf, Cambridge, 1811, 80pp. The Star in the East; A Sermon, Preached in the Paris Church of St. James, Bristol, on Sunday, February 26, 1809. For the Benefit of the Society for Missions to Africa and the East. By Rev. Claudius Buchanan, LL.D., Published by Monroe & Francis, Boston, 1811, Tenth American Edition, 52 pp. Two Discourses Preached Before the University of Cambridge, on Commencement Sunday, July 1, 1810. And a Sermon Preached Before the Society for Missions to Africa and the East; at their Tenth Anniversary, July 12, 1810. To Which are Added Christian Researches in Asia, by Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Printed at the University Press, (Eng. Cambridge) Reprinted and Sold by Samuel T. Armstrong, Boston, 1811, 85 pp. Christian Researches in Asia: with Notices of the Translation of the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages, by Claudius Buchanan, D.D., Printed by Samuel T. Armstrong, Boston, 1811, 86-264 pp. In good condition. Nicely bound in tree calf leather binding. Light wear and scuffing to extremities with minor scratch marks and imperfections to surface. Corners rubbed. Spine slightly creased from wear. Library of Valentin H. Rabe 11/83 stamped on front fly leaf. Interior lightly toned with minor instances of foxing. Free of known marginalia. Binding tight and intact. A sound, attractively bound copy. Please see photos. Early American imprints of missionary works by various theologians and preachers. Claudius Buchanan (1766-1815) was a Scottish theologian, an ordained minister of the Church of England, and an evangelical missionary for the Church Missionary Society. His works had a lasting and profound effect on how Americans saw non-Christian peoples. Seller Inventory # RAREA1811DLOR
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Title: An Important and Scarce Collection of ...
Publication Date: 1811
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
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