A short discourse (After sermon) Recommending the Service and Prayers of the Church; Delivered in a Meeting-House in Edinburgh, September 28th. 1712...
Edinburgh.
Printed by James Watson, 1712.
First edition.
Quarto.
12pp. Bound by Maclehose of Glasgow, nineteenth century calf-backed marbled board, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed. Book-label of J. R. P. Forrest to FEP, head of text-block shaved (with loss to running-title at times), loss to title page (not touching text), paper repairs to verso of title and fore-edge of the majority of leaves.
A rare survival, albeit somewhat care-worn, of the sole edition of Church of Scotland clergyman William Smart's (c. 1649-1715) short paper, read before the congregation of an Edinburgh meeting house in 1712, advocating for Lord's Prayer to remain a part of the liturgy.
ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles (BL and NLS), and two further in North America (Huntington and Monash).
ESTC records copies at two locations in the British Isles (BL and NLS), and two further in North America (Huntington and Monash).
ESTC T107190.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 28591