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HOOKER, THE REV. THOMAS. The Poor Doubting Christian Drawn to Christ; Wherein the Main Hinderances Which Keep Men from Coming to Christ Are Discovered; with Special Helps to Recover God's Favour. By Rev. Thomas Hooker, First Minister of Hartford, Connecticut. With an Abstract of the Author's Life. Also an Introduction, by Edward W. Hooker, D.D. Prof. Sacred Rhetoric in the Theological Institute of Connecticut, East Windsor.
Hartford: Robins and Smith, 1845. - Small octavo, dark brown cloth titled in gilt on the spine with decorative borders in blind on both covers. The binding is rubbed & bumped and the head & tail of the spine are chipped. 165 & [2] pages. The book is partially cracked at page 40. Illustrated with a frontispiece. There is scattered foxing with light staining to the rear pastedown & endpaper and to the front edges of a number of rear leaves. There is some damage to the edge of page 125/6 affecting 6 or 7 letters. Good. The book was originally published in the seventeenth century.Thomas Hooker [1586-1647] was the founder of the Colony of Connecticut. The frontispiece depicts Thomas Hooker's house and the first church built for Christian worship in Connecticut.Scarce.
Offered for US$ 175.00 by: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. - Book number: 21776
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