Epistles From The Yearly Meeting Of the People called Quakers, Held in London, To The Quarterly and Monthly Meetings in Great Britain, Ireland, and Elsewhere; From the Year 1675, to 1759, inclusive.; With an Index to the Principal Subjects of Advice
London: Samuel Clark, 1760. First edition. Hardcover. 275 (2) pages. Folio, 12 1/2" x 8". Early ink owner inscription head of title of Benjamin Grubb. Britain even today remains the most prominent grouping of Quakers in Europe. Covers the yearly meetings from Epistle I, 1675 through Epistle LXXXII, 1759. Many of the accounts also cover Friends in New Jersey, Long-Island, Virginia, Maryland, North-Carolina, and Barbadoes. Entire interior contents clean and fresh printed on wove paper, raised bands, maroon leather spine label printed in gilt, wear to lower corners and spine, chips to backstrip extremities with some loss, leather repair to lower front cover corner, binding tight and firm. Half calf and marbled boards. Very good. Item #22532
Price: $1,200.00