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Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall No Jacket Cloth First Edition Biography of John Wesley, the English theologian and evangelist who founded Methodism. Educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Wesley was ordained in the Church of England. At Oxford in 1729 he gathered round him a group of devout Christians who were nicknamed methodists because they sought to follow strictly the method of study and practice laid down in the statutes of the church. After a short-lived missionary journey to Georgia, during which he was much influenced by some Moravian brethren, Wesley experienced a sudden conversion (1738). For over 50 years Wesley travelled all over Britain on horseback, averaging 5,000 miles annually, preaching thousands of sermons, often three times a day. Wesley wished methodism to remain within the Church of England, but this was not possible, given official Anglican hostility and the desire of conference (the supreme body of methodism) for independence. 2 Vols. Some minor foxing. Rebound in strong library biniding.

London 1895. Brickers and Son. 8:0. Samtida halvfranskt band med röd etikett. 12 gravyer. En plansch lös. Cont. Leatherbd. 12 engr. 1 lose.

L 4to over 9.75 - 12'' tall Nice Tight copy ! In slipcase. Spine cloth slightly soiled. 196 pages. 9348 L

First Edition FIRST EDITION. 4to., pp. xiv. 557, blank. Three engraved titles including title page and fly titles to the two parts. Mottling to some of the leaves. In a damaged contempoary full calf with gilt borders. The title label is damaged, and there is splitting and wear and chipping with some loss. Ancient reback. I hesitte to use 'Good', but this is a solid copy despite the faults.

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