An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: Being an Explanation and Vindication of the Principles and Doctribes of the People called Quakers

Barclay, Robert

Editore: Kimber, Conrad & Co., 1805

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In good condition. Boards have moderate scuffing with light edge wear, typically rubbed corners and extremes. Lightly dried hinges. Surface has minor scratching. Presented by Charles Hoag to Michael Wanzer 1842 on front flyleaf. Interior has mild age-toning with typical foxing and spotting. Small, minor dampness stain marks. Free of known marginalia. Binding tight and intact. A sound copy! Please see photos. Presented by Charles Hoag (1808-1888) a New England classical scholar, the first schoolmaster of the city of Minneapolis, and second Treasurer of Hennepin County. He is also known to have played a part in naming Minneapolis. After starting farming, he served as President of the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies of Minnesota. Robert Barclay was one of the most famous exponents of the Society of Friends. Barclay wrote in a time when Friends were facing serious persecution, execution and potential destruction. Robert Barclay made Quaker thinking logically defensible when the movement was only about a quarter of a century old. Some think he saved it from extinction The Apology remains a classic statement of Quaker principles. Codice articolo COLR1805ABIK

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Titolo: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: ...

Casa editrice: Kimber, Conrad & Co.

Data di pubblicazione: 1805

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Good

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