[Four Publications of the American Board of Commisioners for Foreign Missions, Malta and Smyrna, 1828-40] by Porteus, Beily; Willison, John; Whiting, John - 1828-40

Small octavo; 9 x 13 cm; 136; 56; 48; 32 pages. Light external wear, light toning and occasional foxing to text; very good overall. Ex-library, collection of ABCFM at Andover Theological Seminary.
•Συνοψις των Αποδειξεων του Χριστιανισμου, translation into Greek of Beilby Porteus, A summary of the principal evidences for the truth and divine origin of the Christian revelation, an apologia directed to young people by the abolitionist bishop of London. Published by the ABCFM Press in Malta in 1829. Worldcat locates copies at Harvard, Yale and Princeton.

•Η της Μητρος Καταχησις, translation into Greek of John Willison, The Mother's Catechism, a perennial favorite first published in 1725. Published by the ABCFM Press in Malta in 1828. Worldcat locates only a copy at Harvard.

•Περι Εξετασεως ημων αυτων, translation into Greek of Quaker tract On Self Examination by John Whiting (1756-1822). Published in Smyrna by W. Griffitt in 1840. Griffitt apparently worked with Elias Riggs. Worldcat locates copies at Harvard and NYPL.

•Υμνοι [Hymns]. Published in Smyrna by Elias Riggs for the ABCFM in 1839. Worldcat locates two copies at Harvard and one at Emory. As in the present copy, these three copies only have caption titles. Bibliographical information from Houghton Library catalogue.