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A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers : for the testimony of a good conscience from the time of their being first distinguished by that name in the year 1650 to the time of the act commonly called the Act of toleration granted to Protestant dissenters in the first year of the reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the year 1689 (two volumes complete) by Besse, Joseph - 1753

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A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers : for the testimony of a good conscience from the time of their being first distinguished by that name in the year 1650 to the time of the act commonly called the Act of toleration granted to Protestant dissenters in the first year of the reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the year 1689 (two volumes complete) by Besse, Joseph - 1753

A collection of the sufferings of the people called Quakers : for the testimony of a good conscience from the time of their being first distinguished by that name in the year 1650 to the time of the act commonly called the Act of toleration granted to Protestant dissenters in the first year of the reign of King William the Third and Queen Mary in the year 1689 (two volumes complete)

by Besse, Joseph

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Luke Hinde, 1753. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback, two volumes complete, folios, contemporary calf bindings although with later endpapers to volume I, boards are worn and scuffed, and the spine of volume I has been laid down, lacking spine titles although volume labels are still present, loss to leading edge of front blanks of volume one and leading edge of all before xxiii is brittle but with only very minor marginal loss, likewise at rear some brittleness to the leading edge but without loss. Ownership inscription of the Leominster Meeting to front blanks, no labels or markings, lv, [i] 767 [i] + (ii) 638 [x] pp. A heavy set which, if ordered from certain overseas locations might attract a request for additional postage..
  • Bookseller Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills GB (GB)
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  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Luke Hinde
  • Date Published 1753
  • Keywords quakers nonconformity nonconformist

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A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers (2 volume set)
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A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers (2 volume set)

by Besse, Joseph

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London : Luke Hinde, 1753-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set. Folios. Bound in contemporary full calf. Gilt ruled. Joints cracked. Some rubbing to cover. lv, (1) 767 (1), (2) 638 (10)pp. Embossed library stamps. Joseph Besse was an English Quaker and controversialist writer from Colchester. Besse's "most important work is the Sufferings of the Quakers, a laborious compilation. The cases of persecution &c are under the several counties followed by New England, Barbadoes, Nevis, Bermudas, Antigua, Maryland, Jamaica, Europe and Asia, Isle of Malta, Hungary and Austria, Dantzig, Hamburg, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland. The use of the work is further facilitated by copious though somewhat peculiar indexes. " - Smith's Descriptive Catalogue of Books, 1867. His son immigrated to Pennsylvania. Sabin 66921. Early signature of Joseph Neave.
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