Description
History of the Rise, Increase and Progress of The Quakers: The Christian People Called Quakers; With Several Remarkable Occurrences Intermixed. Written Originally in Low-Dutch, 812 pages plus index, full leather, folio. In poor condition. AS IS. Both boards are detached. Corners are rounded. Red rot flaking on both boards. Nice spine with raised bands.. shows typical wear. Previous owner’s name on front paste down. Marginalia on paste down. Both sets of end papers missing. Missing title page. Text block is moderately foxed and aged. Unmarked. Please see photos. Early American Imprint. William Sewel was a Quaker historian and this is his principal work. It was largely undertaken to correct the misrepresentations of Historia Quakeriana (Amsterdam, 1695) and was first published in Dutch at Amsterdam, 1717. Sewel spent twenty-five years preparing his work and based it upon a mass of correspondence, George Fox’s journal, and for the public history, Clarendon’s Rebellion and Ludlow’s Memoirs. It has accuracy has never been impugned, and it remains a classical authority. RAREA1774BJMA.
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