John Stanford — The Christian&Apos;S Pocket Library

New York, T. & J. Swords, 1796-1800 . First edition. Cloth. The complete and very scarce first edition of John Stanford's two volume Christian miscellany, containing a variety of prose and verse devotional pieces. The very scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Illustrated with an engraved title page to each volume.This Christian anthology collects pieces of prose and verse that can offer spiritual guidance to lay readers, including short moral essays, scriptural reflections, edifying anecdotes, and pious verses.Rebound in library cloth, with endpapers renewed, and with bookplates of St Marks Library, the General Theological Seminary to front and rear pastedown. Perforated library stamps to tail of each title page and final leaf. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Bookplates to front and rear pastedowns. Internally, firmly bound. Perforated library stamps to tail of each title page and final leaf. Internally, firmly bound. Pages age toned due to paper type, with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .