Rev alexander fraser (5 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. New Edition. 1889. Believed by the publishers to be the seventh edition of the Life of Fraser of Brea. xi, 303pp. Publisher's blue grey cloth with titles to a slightly worn paper label on the spine. The boards and spine are in very good condition. The contents are clean and bright with a previous owner's name to the ffep. James Fraser of Brea (1639-98) was a Covenanter and later the minister in Culross, Fife. He was born on his father's Ross-shire estate at Brea, which he inherited as a child; this was to cause him much legal and financial difficulty. He studied at Marischal College Aberdeen, and after practising law for some years began to preach and was ordained around 1670 by some ejected ministers. Summoned to appear before the Privy Council in July 1674, he refused and was denounced as a rebel . Arrested in 1677, he was imprisoned on the Bass Rock, where he studied Hebrew and Greek, and wrote his work on Justifying Faith. Freed in 1679, he was again arrested in 1681 and confined in Blackness Castle . He was exiled from Scotland on his release six weeks later, and again imprisoned in London. Returning to Scotland in 1687, after the 'Glorious Revolution' he became parish minister in Culross until his death.…

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the origina.

Hardcover. Zustand: ACCEPTABLE. NONE. 1841 printing; 374 unmarked, tight pages with heavy foxing and possible water stain on last few pages; foxing and small stains on outer edges of textblock; cover is quite worn with abrasions on front and back and most of spine abraded away (bits of gilt lettering can be seen); edge and corner wear and rubbing.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second Edition. Hardback copy in half bound black leather, burgundy boards, with raised bands and gold gilt lettering to spine. No dustjacket as issued. 664pp. Not library copy, name in ink to reverse ffep, small bookbinder sticker to bottom corner of front pastedown, new endpapers. (37/2).…