Modern infidelity considered with respect to its influence on society: in a sermon, preached at the baptist meeting, cambridge.
London.
Printed by C. Whittingham, 1802.
Fifth edition.
8vo.
84pp. Uncut in original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Rubbed and a trifle marked, spine chipped. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription to head of title page, worm-track to upper corner running from upper wrapper throughout text-block. William St Clair's copy, with his distinctive pencilled ownership inscription and manuscript note to verso of upper wrapper.
An uncut fifth edition of Robert Hall's (1764-1831) sermon on infidelity, preached while minister at St Andrew's Street Baptist Chapel, Cambridge. One of three published sermons produced at Cambridge, the author apologises for its 'extraordinary length' in the preface.
William St Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004).
£ 100.00
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William St Clair (1937-2021), British scholar and senior civil servant, notable as the author of The Godwins and the Shelleys, The Biography of a Family (1989) and The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period (2004).
