Indian Church History, or an Account of the First Planting of the Gospel, in Syria, Mesopotamia, and India: with an Accurate Relation of The First Christian Missions in China, [. . .]
by Yeates, Thomas
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Printed for A. Maxwell. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. 15mm chip to cloth at head of spine, secured with some Lineco acid free "transparent mending tissue" paper tape. Also some Lineco tape reinforcement over small tears at tail of cloth spine. Heavy rubbing to paper spine label. Early circular paper label on spine. Early owner's signature on front endpaper, "Thomas Jackson". Early bookseller's label on front endpaper "Sold by William Brown, 130. Old Street. London." Split to gutter at front hinge. Some minor crease lines to leaves at rear. Overall quite a nice, original copy of this title.; Uncommon. viii, 208 pages. Contemporary green cloth boards with printed paper title label on spine. Page dimensions: 222 x 138mm.Title continues: "Collected from the best authorities extant in the writings of the Oriental and European historians, with genuine and select translations of many original pieces." Contents: Oriental Christian Churches - a desirable, but much neglected part of Ecclesiastical history; Apostolic Period, and first planting of Churches in Syria and Mesopotamia, and other parts of the East; Arabian Christians; Persian Christians; Armenian Christians, with a List of their Churches; Christianity in China; Syrian Missions in China; Christian Establishments in India, Tartary and China; State of the Christian Churches of Malabar, A. D. 1500-1600; List of Churches of Malabar; Number and Population of the Christians of Malabar, and other parts of the Syrian Communion; Account of the Thomist Christians, from the Reports of the Danish Missionaries; Letters from Mar Thome, Bishop of the Syrian Church in India, to his Patriarch; Pilgrimages to St. Thomas's Mount, and other peculiar Customs; Christians of Malayala; Dr. Kerr's Reflections on the moral, political, and religious improvement of the natives of India, subjoined to his Report, and addressed to Lord William Bentinck, Governor at Madras; Missionary Correspondence relative to the Improvement of such Establishments in India; Remarks on the Doctrine and Discipline of the Syrian Christians; Report of the Missionaries of Tranjore, respecting the Syrian Christians; Religion of the Chinese; State of the Catholic Missions in China, in the beginning of the present century. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22796
- Title
- Indian Church History, or an Account of the First Planting of the Gospel, in Syria, Mesopotamia, and India: with an Accurate Relation of The First Christian Missions in China, [. . .]
- Author
- Yeates, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for A. Maxwell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
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