Memoir of the rev. john james weitbrecht, late missionary of the church missionary society at burdwan, in bengal. Comprehending a history of the burdwan mission. Compiled from his journal and letters, by his widow...
London.
James Nisbet and Co., 1854.
First edition.
8vo.
xxviii, 580pp. With an engraved portrait frontispiece, two further engraved plates, and an engraved folding map. Bound by Knill of Reading in contemporary dark green half-calf, tooled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed and marked. Later inked ownership/gift inscriptions to recto of front blank fly-leaf. With a loosely inserted A.L.S.
The first edition of the memoirs of German missionary John James Weitbrecht (1802-1852), founder of the Burdwan mission, Bengal.
With an A.L.S. in the hand of Weitbrecht's son, Herbert Udny Weitbrecht (1851-1937), sometime Vice Principal of St. John's Divinity College in Lahore, author of numerous theological works, including A Descriptive Catalogue of Urdu Christian Literature (London, 1886) and A Bibliography for Missionary Students (London, 1913).
£ 500.00
Antiquates Ref: 31441
With an A.L.S. in the hand of Weitbrecht's son, Herbert Udny Weitbrecht (1851-1937), sometime Vice Principal of St. John's Divinity College in Lahore, author of numerous theological works, including A Descriptive Catalogue of Urdu Christian Literature (London, 1886) and A Bibliography for Missionary Students (London, 1913).
