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A journey to Great-Salt-Lake City ... with a sketch of the history, religion, and customs of the Mormons, and an introduction of the religious movement in the United States
by Remy, Jules, & Julius Brenchley
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
London: W. Jeffs, 1861. First edition in English (first published in Paris, 1860), 2 volumes, large 8vo, pp. [2], cxxxi, [1], 508; vii, [1], 605, [1]; 10 steel engravings (i.e. 5 plates, 3 portraits, and 2 facsimiles), and a folding map; original purple cloth, spines slightly faded, tops of both spines cracked and with small chips out, bottom on both spines cracked; these defects notwithstanding, a very good, bright and sound copy, largely unopened set, with no cracking of the hinges. Flake 6867; Howes R-210; Monaghan 1220; Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3219; Sabin 64594; Wagner-Camp (Becker), 364:2: "Remy and ... Brenchley traveled from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in the summer of 1855. After a month's stay they left for Los Angeles, which they reached on November 29, and then returned to San Francisco ... The Frenchmen were fascinated by the Mormons, and much of this book is devoted to the new American religion."
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- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25742
- Title
- A journey to Great-Salt-Lake City ... with a sketch of the history, religion, and customs of the Mormons, and an introduction of the religious movement in the United States
- Author
- Remy, Jules, & Julius Brenchley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Jeffs
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1861
- Keywords
- Theology , Latter Day Saints , , Utah
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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