Title: A Treatise Upon the Life of Faith. By W. Romaine, M.A. Rector of St. Andrew, Wardrobe, and St. Ann's Black-Friars, and Lecturer of St. Dunstan's in the West, London.
Description: London: Printed and Sold by M. Trapp, 1793. 1793. - Octavo, 6-7/8 inches high by 4-1/4 inches wide. Early full brown calf. The covers are rubbed and scuffed and the leather is splitting along the front joint. The head & tail of the spine are worn and the leather title label is chipped. 287 pages, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece portrait signed in print "J. Allen". The date "1793" is penned under the portrait. There is scattered foxing throughout. Good.
"The Fourth Edition, Revised and Corrected by the Author".
From the library of Cornelia Van Kleeck (1750-1810), the daughter of Dr. Henry Livingston (1714-1799), signed by her at the top of the title page. Subsequently, from the library of Charles Knapp Clearwater (1856-1941) with his signature and the date "New York, 1879" penned on the front endpaper. A later owner's book label is mounted on the front pastedown.
The evangelical divine of the Church of England William Romaine (1714-1795) authored works which were once highly thought of by the evangelicals. Ordained a priest in 1738, he was engaged in a controversy over the views expressed by William Warburton. He served as chaplain to Daniel Lambert, the Lord Mayor of London, preaching at St. Paul's Cathedral. After undergoing an evangelical conversion in 1748, he preached evangelical doctrine to large crowds in opposition to the church hierarchy. He was, for a short time, Gresham Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College. A noted Hebrew scholar, Romaine published a revision of Mario di Calasio's Hebrew dictionary and concordance. Good .
Keywords: RELIGION; WILLIAM ROMAINE; A TREATISE UPON THE LIFE OF FAITH; FRONTISPIECE PORTRAIT; PLATE; ILLUSTRATION; 18TH CENTURY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; CORNELIA VAN KLEECK; DAUGHTER OF DR. HENRY LIVINGSTON; CHARLES KNAPP CLEARWATER; SIGNATURES; AUTOGRAPHS.
- Book number: 97452
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