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Epistles From The Yearly Meeting Of the People called Quakers, Held in London, To The Quarterly and Monthly Meetings in Great Britain, Ireland, and Elsewhere; From the Year 1675, to 1759, inclusive.; With an Index to the Principal Subjects of Advice
by London. Samuel Clark
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Half calf and marbled boards. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Samuel Clark, 1760. First edition. Hardcover. Half calf and marbled boards. Very good. 275 (2) pages. Folio, 12 1/2" x 8". Early ink owner inscription head of title of Benjamin Grubb. Britain even today remains the most prominent grouping of Quakers in Europe. Covers the yearly meetings from Epistle I, 1675 through Epistle LXXXII, 1759. Many of the accounts also cover Friends in New Jersey, Long-Island, Virginia, Maryland, North-Carolina, and Barbadoes. Entire interior contents clean and fresh printed on wove paper, raised bands, maroon leather spine label printed in gilt, wear to lower corners and spine, chips to backstrip extremities with some loss, leather repair to lower front cover corner, binding tight and firm.
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- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22532
- Title
- Epistles From The Yearly Meeting Of the People called Quakers, Held in London, To The Quarterly and Monthly Meetings in Great Britain, Ireland, and Elsewhere; From the Year 1675, to 1759, inclusive.; With an Index to the Principal Subjects of Advice
- Author
- London. Samuel Clark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Half calf and marbled boards. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Samuel Clark
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1760
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Quakers
- Bookseller catalogs
- England; Religion;
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
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