Book Details
| Author: | Hancock, Thomas: |
| Title: | The Principles of Peace, Exemplified in the Conduct of the Society of Friends in Ireland, During the Rebellion of the Year 1798; With Preliminary and Concluding Observations. |
| Published: | Philadelphia: Thomas Kite, 1829. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 19 - Irish |
| Description: | From the London Second Revised and Enlarged Edition. xvi (Advertisement to the Second Edition, Preface, Table of Contents), 213 pp. Contents: Preliminary Observations on the Practical Influence of Peaceable Dispositions; State of the Society of Friends Previous to, and During, The Rebellion; Of the Dangers to Which the Society was Exposed in the Attendance of Their Meetings; On the Trials to Which Friends were Exposed for Refusing to Conform to the Ceremonies of the Church of Rome; Testimonies of Friends From Different Parts, Including a Narrative of Events at Ballintore, and a Few Particulars of the Battles of Ross and Antrim; Of the General Preservation of the Society During the Rebellion, On the Brotherly Care of the Society Towards its Suffering Members; Concluding Observations. Small strip of insect damage along front hinge and a couple of tiny holes on rear hinge. Foxing on eps, prelims and intermittently throughout text (mainly confined to text margins). Front and bottom edges untrimmed. Brown hard paper boards with purple cloth spine. Paste-on spine label only partially intact. Insect damage along outside of both hinges but binding tight and sound. Piece of board rubbed away at top of rear board adjacent to spine and also small piece of cloth at top of spine rubbed away. Some paper adjacent to spine on rear board rubbed away. Corners rubbed. Edges of boards rubbed in a few places. Overall condition Good+. |
| Book Number: | #6493 |
| Price: | € 140.00 |
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