An Account of the Life, Travels, BOWNAS (Samuel).
AMERICAN ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH QUAKER MINISTER
and Christian Experiences in the Work of the Ministry of Samuel Bownas.
First Edition. 8vo. [202
x 125 x 22 mm]. viii, 3-198, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary calf, the covers with a gilt double fillet border, recently rebacked, plain endleaves and edges. (Covers rubbed, corners worn).
London: printed and sold by Luke Hinde, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street, 1756.
With the final advertisement leaf. Some light browning or soiling but a good copy. From the library of Brent Grafton-Maxfield with his characteristic pencil notes inside the front cover. It was bought by Stephen Clark from Andrew Steward for £115 in 1989.
This first edition was followed by a Philadelphia edition of 1759 and London editions of 1761 and 1795. An autobiographical account with a preface signed by J. Besse. Samuel Bownas (1676-1753), the Quaker minister, travelled twice to America, in 1702 and 1726. Sabin (7097) notes "Bownas arrived in Maryland in 1702. Soon after his arrival he held a public dispute with George Keith, also with William Bradford, and he suffered imprisonment [on Long Island] for his belief. His account of the Labadies, a community resembling the Shakers, is very amusing".
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AMERICAN ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH QUAKER MINISTER
and Christian Experiences in the Work of the Ministry of Samuel Bownas.
First Edition. 8vo. [202
x 125 x 22 mm]. viii, 3-198, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary calf, the covers with a gilt double fillet border, recently rebacked, plain endleaves and edges. (Covers rubbed, corners worn).
London: printed and sold by Luke Hinde, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street, 1756.
With the final advertisement leaf. Some light browning or soiling but a good copy. From the library of Brent Grafton-Maxfield with his characteristic pencil notes inside the front cover. It was bought by Stephen Clark from Andrew Steward for £115 in 1989.
This first edition was followed by a Philadelphia edition of 1759 and London editions of 1761 and 1795. An autobiographical account with a preface signed by J. Besse. Samuel Bownas (1676-1753), the Quaker minister, travelled twice to America, in 1702 and 1726. Sabin (7097) notes "Bownas arrived in Maryland in 1702. Soon after his arrival he held a public dispute with George Keith, also with William Bradford, and he suffered imprisonment [on Long Island] for his belief. His account of the Labadies, a community resembling the Shakers, is very amusing".
Stock no. ebc7799
AMERICAN ADVENTURES OF AN ENGLISH QUAKER MINISTER
and Christian Experiences in the Work of the Ministry of Samuel Bownas.
First Edition. 8vo. [202
x 125 x 22 mm]. viii, 3-198, [2] pp. Bound in contemporary calf, the covers with a gilt double fillet border, recently rebacked, plain endleaves and edges. (Covers rubbed, corners worn).
London: printed and sold by Luke Hinde, at the Bible in George-Yard, Lombard-Street, 1756.
With the final advertisement leaf. Some light browning or soiling but a good copy. From the library of Brent Grafton-Maxfield with his characteristic pencil notes inside the front cover. It was bought by Stephen Clark from Andrew Steward for £115 in 1989.
This first edition was followed by a Philadelphia edition of 1759 and London editions of 1761 and 1795. An autobiographical account with a preface signed by J. Besse. Samuel Bownas (1676-1753), the Quaker minister, travelled twice to America, in 1702 and 1726. Sabin (7097) notes "Bownas arrived in Maryland in 1702. Soon after his arrival he held a public dispute with George Keith, also with William Bradford, and he suffered imprisonment [on Long Island] for his belief. His account of the Labadies, a community resembling the Shakers, is very amusing".
Stock no. ebc7799