Morrison´s Familiar Lectures, Malacca 1818
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CHINA-MACAO. (MORRISON, ROBERT). Familiar Lectures, on the Epistle of St. Paul to the Philippians: Delivered to a few Individuals, in a private Room at Macao, China. And now printed for private distribution. Malacca (printed at the Anglo-Chinese Press) 1818.
8:o. ((2), (i)-v, (1 blank), (1)-280 pp.
Contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn, cracks in the joints, gilt and blind-tooled frames, gilt inner borders, gilt edges of covers, gilt and blind-tooled spine in six compartments, marbled edges. Old gift inscriptions on title and first free endpaper, signature dated 1826 on first endpaper.
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Anglo-Scottish evangelist and the first Christian Protestant missionary in China.
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6206
Datum:
2015-06-16