stackhouse rev thomas (5 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Vol. III only. Full leather. Heavy rubbing/shelf wear to boards. Occasional foxing, most pages clean. Binding sturdy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Full leather. Heavy rubbing/scuffing to boards. Occasional foxing throughout. Overall pages clean. Binding sturdy.

Leatherbound. Zustand: Fair. xv, 295, [15], 54, [4], 80, 925p. 20 cm full leather Cambridge panel binding. Front board detached. Edges and corners worn, with cords exposed along hinges and some scuffing to covers. Pages are clean. Sub Title: Containing The Substance of what he asserts in his Six Discourses against the Literal Sense of our Blessed Saviours Miracles; Bishop Gibson, Bishop Chandler, Bishop Smallbroke, Bishop Sherlock, Dr. Pearce, Dr. Rogers, Mr. Stebbing, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Lardner, Mr. Ray, &c. Have Advanced Against Him. With The Bishop of London's Pastoral Letter to the People of his Diocese; Particularly, to those of the two great Cities of London and Westminster. Occasion'd by some late Writingsin favour of Infidelity (4th edition, 1729); The Bishope of London's Second Pastoral Letter to the People of his Diocese (6th edition, 1730); The Bishop of London's Third Pastoral Letter to the People of his Diocese (1731). Thomas Stackhouse (1677-1752) was a teacher and clergyman, whose greatest work is entitled "New History of the Holy Bible from the Beginning of the World to the Establishment of Christianity" which he dedicated to his patron, Edmund Gibson. The last three items in this volume are written by Edmund Gibson (1669-1748), Bishop of London, known for railing against masquerade balls, Catholicism and Quakerism. All four of these articles refute the arguments of freethinker Thomas Woolston (1670-1733), known as an intellectual and excellent preacher. Woolston began to interpret the scriptures as allegory, rather than in a literal sense, and fell out of favour with the authorities. He began to write anonymously, defending the Quakers and allegorical readings of the scriptures. But as his career progressed, he began to sign his own name to his writings, losing the support of many friends along with his fellowship at his college. Stackhouse directly addresses Woolston's "Discourse on the Miracles of Our Saviour" (1727) while the letters by Gibson in this volume address subsequent Woolston discourses. Woolston's thoughts laid the groundwork for many future dissenters and freethinkers but, after his fourth discourse, the government prosecuted him. Declared guilty and too poor to pay his fines, he spent his remaining days in jail. This volume is part of the 18th-century public debate regarding free speech. More photos available on request.

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. 2nd or very early Edition. Thick Octavo size (8vo) in old full calf leather, raised bands to spine, gilt lettered red label to spine, gilt rule to spine and cover edges, vii + 568pp, portrait frontispiece, red and black printed title-page, 10 other full page engravings (one torn in the blank margin but professionally repaired with archival paper). 1st Published in 1754 this is most probably the 2nd edition, we can't find records of any previous printing subsequent to the first . [CONDITION: VERY GOOD, a well preserved clean and tight copy (head of spine and cover corner tips lightly shelf-worn, small chip and rubbing to bottom corner tip of front cover, ink names on front paste-down end-paper, scattered mild tanning to leaves) A nice looking and very tactile copy ] . . . NOTE: Depending on destination this item may require an extra payment for insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved any such extra cost. . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.

Hardcover. Zustand: Acceptable. 2 volumes. Scarce. Oversized, full leather. HEAVY. Minor foxing to page edges, most pages clean overall. Foldouts clean and intact. Vol. II boards detached but present. Vol. I heavy chipping and bumping to leather but binding intact. However both bindings will probably need to be replaced. Heavy rubbing/bumping to boards, both volumes. Textblocks good, near VG apart from the minor foxing.