A Defence of a Letter Concerning the Education of Dissenters in their Private Academies: With a More Full and Satisfactory Account of the Same, and of Their Morals and Behaviour Towards the Church of England: Being an Answer to the Defence of Dissenters.
by WESLEY, Samuel
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- first
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About This Item
London: Robert Clavel and James Knaplock in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1704. First Edition. First edition. Later Vellum with titles stamped to spine. Overall a decent copy. The vellum is clean and tidy, with a little foxing / marking only. A large, uncut copy. Lower corner of leaf D4 torn away, with loss of a few words from six lines of text. Paper flaw to leaves H-H2, with loss of a single word to recto and verso of each.ESTC T75521. 64p pages. Samuel Wesley (1663-1735), Anglican clergyman and poet. Public outcry to the criticism of dissenting education in his 'Letter from a Country Divine' to his friend in London concerning the education of dissenters in their private academies (London, 1702) led Wesley to respond voraciously, firstly with this work, and then again in A Reply to Mr. Palmer's Vindication (1707).
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- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1219
- Title
- A Defence of a Letter Concerning the Education of Dissenters in their Private Academies:
- Author
- WESLEY, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Clavel and James Knaplock in St. Paul's Church-Yard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1704
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- dissenter, dissent, Christian, Christianity, Church of England, poet, Anglican, church, religion, theology, Letter from a Country Divine, Wesleyian,
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