Historical Sketches of the Missions of the United Brethren for Propagating the Gospel Among the Heathen, From Their Commencement to the Present Time by John Holmes - 2012-01-10

Dublin: Printed by R. Napper, 1818. [4],v,[3],472pp., including errata. Contemporary speckled calf boards, tooled in gilt, recently rebacked, spine gilt, new endpapers. Boards a bit rubbed and scuffed. Interior quite clean and bright, with only minor foxing and occasional paper defects in blank margins. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on title page and opposite blank. A very good copy. The author was a Moravian Bishop and pastor of the Brethren's Congregation in Dublin, and here records a detailed history of their missions among the Delaware and Iroquois, as well as in Greenland, Labrador, the West Indies, South Africa, Russia, and South America. SABIN 32606. FIELD 712 (2nd ed. only). ARCTIC BIBLIOGRAPHY 7320