Jacob Duche — Discourses on Various Subjects

London, T. Cadell, 1790 . Leather. Handsomely bound in tree calf, this is the two volume third edition of American preacher Jacobe Duche's popular Anglican sermons. The third edition of this uncommon work, complete in two volumes.Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece to each volume. Collated, complete.First published in 1779, this is a collection of sermons by a popular preacher and member of the colonial Philadelphia ruling class, whose views were at odds with the authors of the Declaration of Independence, resulting in his exile to England, where he worked as 'Chaplain to the Asylum for Female Orphans, in the Parish of Lambeth&apos.ESTC T127329Library bookplates of the General Theological Seminary to pastedowns, with blind stamps to title pages, and further library markings to title page versos.A collection of Anglican sermons on 'various subjects', such as evangelical righteousness, truth, sacrifice, pilgrimage, and Christ. In tree calf bindings with gilt detailing to back strips. Rubbing to board perimeters, with ink library markings to back strip tails. Front joints starting, with boards a touch tender. Bookplates to pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Blind stamps to title pages, with ink library markings to title page versos. Pages otherwise clean and bright. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .