BACKHOUSE (James) and TAYLOR (Charles)MareMagnum
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First Edition, xii, 556, 12pp., portrait, ownership inscription of on upper blank margin of title, original brown blind-stamped cloth, lettered in gilt on spine, a nice copy. "In 1827 Walker joined the Society of Friends, his diaries contain extracts of his remarkable journeys with James Backhouse, visiting the convict settlements in Van Dieman's Land, South Wales (including, at that time, Moreton Bay), and Norfolk Island. His wife was a member of Lady Franklin's committee to visit the female prisoners. In 1843 he was appointed to a board of inquiry into conditions at the Female Factory, built by Lieutenant-Governor Arthur in 1827 in accord with Elizabeth Fry's recommendations. Worried over the growing number of prostitutes, he formed a committee to 'suppress vice' by finding employment for destitute women. In 1848 Lieutenant-Governor Denison asked him to share in the task of providing an asylum for these women, and noted in his journal: 'the very personification of a mild, benevolent, and excellent Quaker' A respected founder with Backhouse of the Society of Friends in Hobart, Walker was always ready to plead for any convict under punishment by solitary confinement or treadmill for refusing in Quaker custom to remove his hat in respect to authority, to explain to judges the Quaker aversion to oaths, or to reason against state aid to religion. Although unable to repeat his missionary journeys, he managed to visit Friends around the island and encouraged others to travel 'in the ministry' to help new Meetings on the mainland". - Australian Dictionary of Biography. Ferguson, 6473.
New revised edition, 4to (195 x 154 mm), 484, [8]pp., cont. calf, rubbed, hinges cracked, head and foot of spine chipped. An important source on the Quakers which includes, as well, much on the Irish society, local history and genealogy. Provenance: Early ownership ink signature to title page "John Humphreys, City new, Sarum [Salisbury], L/N."
First edition, ii,238pp., cont. calf, rebacked, rubbed. The first Quaker bibliography. "Hereby may be seen, not only what Books have been Printed of the Sufferings which many of the said People underwent, but also the many Warnings to the Governments and Rulers, &c. Concerned..." ? Advertisement of verso of title.
pp. (6), (1)-112. Foxed. Some signatures browned but not brittle. Early manuscript ownership of the Thirdhaven Preparative Meeting (Easton, MD). 24mo. 140 mm. Disbound. Fair. S&S/AI 15075. SCARCE. PAIMP 25
340 p. Foxed. 8vo. 225mm. Disbound. "State of Ohio vs. David Hilles and Isaac James. This was a prosecution against the defendants for disturbing the Ohio Yearly Meeting of Friends, under a statute for the punishment of disturbers of religious societies." Important artifact of the later Hicksite controversies. Marcus Tullius Cicero Gould (1793-1860) was a famous short-hand reporter. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! PA 60 L Stk
Les Quakers a leur frère V…. Lettres plus philosophiques… Un volume di 108 pagine. Legatura moderna in tela. L'opera è indirizzata a Voltaire, ed utilizza la visione dei Quakers degli Stati Uniti per combattere le idee illuministe e razionaliste di Voltaire. Che rispose a sua volta all'auore con una lettera. Non comune.
viii, 439, [1] p. ; 21 cm. (8vo) Hardcover Very good condition in full calf, hinges cracked Evans 20377