AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ
by Watson, Richar
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About This Item
Schenectad: Cornelius P. Wyckoff, 1796. 144pp. 18mo. Contemporary calf, gilt leather label. Calf a bit worn and cracked, but binding quite solid. Light foxing and soiling. Very good. Third American edition, the first having been published in Providence in 1794. This is the Bishop of Llandaff's first defense of Christianity, which, according to the introduction, "contains a judicious arrangement of some of the leading arguments in support of Christianity; detects, exposes, and rationally confutes the sophisms and plausible, though invidious insinuations, with which it has been attacked." A scarce imprint; Wyckoff was the first printer in Schenectady, establishing himself in 1792. ESTC notes fewer than ten copies of this work. EVANS 31563. ESTC W11563.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- AN APOLOGY FOR CHRISTIANITY, IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ADDRESSED TO EDWARD GIBBON, ESQ
- Author
- Watson, Richar
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cornelius P. Wyckoff
- Place of Publication
- Schenectad
- Date Published
- 1796
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...