worcester peter (4 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. photography by Peter Smith (illustrator). Creases on front cover.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket, slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of three works, originally published in 1905, 1814, and 1815, respectively: War Inconsistent with the Religion of Jesus Christ, by David low Dodge, with an intrododuction by Edwin D. Mead; The Lawfulness of War for Christians, examined, by James Mott; A Solemn Review of the Custom of War, by Noah Worcester. "Influenced to some extent by the ideas of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment; Dodge and Worcester made use of the utilitarian case against war alongside religious arguments (though neither they nor other early nineteenth-century advocates of peace penetrated very deeply into the economic causes of conflict). They were divided, however, concerning the limits of pacifism." - new introduction by Peter Brock. ; The Garland Library of War and Peace; Ex-Library; 11, xx, 168, 33, 23 pages.

Zustand: New. In.

Material: Ceramic / Total height (Pot with lid): ca. 39 cm; diameter at foot: ca. 15 cm, largest diameter (open top of 'pot'): ca. 24 cm. / Colour: lightbrown-rosé with white partly gilt-lined embossments and partly gilt inscriptions; foot and pineapple-top: white. / Weight: ca. 3 kg. *** HISTORIC ORIGINAL, #2(?)* OF ONLY 8 COPIES: Inner ring of the stand with gilt inscription 'Island Worcester / Made in Jamaica', *) bottom-underneath with blindstamped number '2'. - Probably inevitable superficial craquelure (no cracks or splits), small black spot from firing-process under glaze at inner bottom of urn; A BEAUTIFUL ITEM ''Commissioned by Sir Alexander Bustamante in 1962, . . . created by Peter Cave and Gary Sharpe . . . in 1962 . . . chronicles the history of Jamaica . . . depicting the early indigenous people to the granting of Independence in 1962.''(website of 'National Museum Jamaica'). According to the NMJ ''Only eight [copies] were cast by Island Worcester of Jamaica and presented during official ceremonies to the island's distinguished guests and eminent nationals. One was given to Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret representing the Queen.''. / ''This celebratory piece chronicles various important events in the history of Jamaica. The design starts with the arrival of Columbus in 1494. It also includes the arrival of the British in 1655, the Port Royal earthquake in 1692, Emancipation in 1838 and the securing of Independence in 1962.''('The Jamaica Gleaner' on the occasion of the celebration of Jamaica's 55th Year-of-Independence, August 4, 2017).