Author: GOODRICH, CHARLES A. Title: A History of the Church, from the Birth of Christ to the Present Time; Embracing an Account of the Life of Christ, the Labors of the Apostles, the Primitive Persecutions, the Decline of Paganism, the Mahometan Imposture, the Crusades, the Reformation; with a History of the Several Protestant Denominations Since the Latter Important Era: Including Biographical Notices of the Principle Martyrs and Promoters of Christianity: To Which Is Added an Account of the Religious Rites and Ceremonies of All Nations
Description: Battleboro: Battleboro Typographic Company, 1839. Later Printing. Leather. Publisher's full calf, spine in four compartments separated by gilt borders, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with a map and numerous B&W in-text drawings. Includes Chronoligical Table. Reverend Charles Augustus Goodrich (1790 – 1862) was an American author and Congregational minister, who popularized the motto "a place for everything and everything in its place". In addition to this History of the Church, he was the author of : View of Religions (1829); Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of independence (1829); History of the United States of America (1822); Family Tourist (1848); Family Sabbath-Day Miscellany (1855); Geography of the Chief Places mentioned in the Bible (1855); Greek Grammar (1855); Child's History of the United States (1855); Bible History of Prayer (1855); Great Events of American History; Outlines of Geography; and Universal Traveller. Spine and covers rubbed and worn, gilt on spine faded, moderate foxing throughout, former owner's signature, in pencil, on first blank preliminary page, else very good; tight and square. GOOD. Map and B&W Illustrations. Thick 8vo 8" to 9" tall. 504 pp. Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: History Religion Catholic Church Protestant Reformation Saints Martyrs Christianity Illustrated Books Religion & Mythology Rare, Antiquarian, and Collectible Books
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: Round Table Books, LLC
- Book number: 28941
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