Beilby Porteus — Sermons on Several Subjects
London, T Payne, 1803. Leather. A two volume set of the sermons of Beilby Porteus. Volume I is the ninth edition, Volume II is the fifth edition. Bielby Porteus was a Church of England reformer and a leading abolitionist in England. He was the first Anglican in a position of authority to seriously challenge the Church's position on slavery. He discusses this here in this work. Rather uncommon. Here in a nice Regency binding. In full calf binding. Externally, smart with bumping and rubbing. Slight loss to spine labels. Joints starting. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .