Sammelband of Ten Mid-18th Century London Sermons: A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at Margaret's Westminster, on Monday, May 29, 1732.; A Sermon Preached before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America; at Their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish-Church of St. Bridget, alias St. Bride, in Fleetstreet, London: on Thursday, March 18. 1735.; A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable the House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Friday January the 30th 1735/6. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.; A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at Their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish-Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday, February 20. 1740-1.; A Sermon Preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, May 6, 1742.; A Sermon Preached before His Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubigny, President; and the Governors of the London Infirmary, in Goodman's-Fields, for the Relief of Sick and Diseased Manufacturers, and Seamen in Merchant-Service, &c. at the Parish Church of St. Mary's-le-Bow, on Friday, March 25, 1743. The Duty and Advantages of Encouraging Public Infirmaries.; A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on Wednesday April 11, 1744, Being the Day Appointed by His Majesty's Royal Proclamation for a General Fast.; A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster on Wednesday, January 30. 1744. Being the Day Appointed to Be Observed as the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.; A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Tuesday, November 5, 1745.; A Sermon Preached in the Parish-Church of St. Mary, Dublin; on Thursday, October 9, 1746. Being the Day Appointed for a General Thanksgiving for the Suppression of the Late Unnatural Rebellion in Great Britain.
London: J. Tonson / M. Downing / T. Osborne; A. Peisley / J. and H. Pemberton / James Crokatt / Henry Woodfall / Edward Owen / W. Innys / John Jolliffe / J. Brindley, Bookseller to His Royal Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1732. Full-Leather. Good / No Jacket. Item #2331077
Owned by a distant relative of painter James Whistler, with their name (W. Whistler) and some genealogical details and the bookplate of a descendant (Rose Fuller Whistler) on front endpaper, front free endpaper and morocco spine label loose but included (label, which has some loss from edges, laid in), minor bookworm runnel to margin of rear paste endpaper and last few leaves, joints weak, boards rubbed with some loss of leather along spine and corners, minimal pencil notes in margins of just a couple pages.
14, 27, 34, 84, 14, 36, 19, 21, [3], 19, 24 pp. Full leather, gilt decorated board edges. Sammelband of ten mid-18th century sermons (1732-1746) on various topics, most notably the establishment of Georgia as a colony. It was the Province of Georgia 1732-1752, and the 1736 sermon included here discusses its merits as a colony that will spread the British kingdom and the Christian faith, while bringing the province's wealth to Britain. Other sermons provide detailed infrastructural information regarding a missionary society with members deployed to various American colonies, lists of governors and contributors to London infirmaries, a three-page catalog of books printed for W. Innys, an account of the suppression of Jacobites, etc. Includes: A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable House of Commons, at Margaret's Westminster, on Monday, May 29, 1732.; A Sermon Preached before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America; at Their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish-Church of St. Bridget, alias St. Bride, in Fleetstreet, London: on Thursday, March 18. 1735.; A Sermon Preach'd before the Honourable the House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Friday January the 30th 1735/6. Being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.; A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at Their Anniversary Meeting in the Parish-Church of St. Mary-Le-Bow, on Friday, February 20. 1740-1.; A Sermon Preached at the Anniversary Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, May 6, 1742.; A Sermon Preached before His Grace Charles Duke of Richmond, Lenox, and Aubigny, President; and the Governors of the London Infirmary, in Goodman's-Fields, for the Relief of Sick and Diseased Manufacturers, and Seamen in Merchant-Service, &c. at the Parish Church of St. Mary's-le-Bow, on Friday, March 25, 1743. The Duty and Advantages of Encouraging Public Infirmaries.; A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, on Wednesday April 11, 1744, Being the Day Appointed by His Majesty's Royal Proclamation for a General Fast.; A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons at St. Margaret's Westminster on Wednesday, January 30. 1744. Being the Day Appointed to Be Observed as the Day of the Martyrdom of King Charles I.; A Sermon Preached before the Honourable House of Commons, at St. Margaret's Westminster, on Tuesday, November 5, 1745.; A Sermon Preached in the Parish-Church of St. Mary, Dublin; on Thursday, October 9, 1746. Being the Day Appointed for a General Thanksgiving for the Suppression of the Late Unnatural Rebellion in Great Britain.
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