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The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred Composition ... To which is added Dr. Dwight's dissertation on the poetry, history, and eloquence of the Bible.
by [MELMOTH, Courtney, pseudonym of Samuel Jackson Pratt] & Timothy Dwight
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About This Item
Harrisburg, [Pennsylvania]: Henry Sprigman, 1828. 24mo (5.75" x 3.5"), 227 & [2] pages. Original full sheep lettered & ruled in gilt on the spine.
Binding rubbed & scuffed, brief wear at spine extremities & corners, foxing & toning throughout, several leaves with shallow diagonal creases, previous owner's name & place at first blank page, otherwise Good or better.
Quite prolific, Pratt authored about 40 publications, many under the pseudonym, Courtney Melmoth. He is most widely known for the novel Emma Corbett: or the Miseries of Civil War, (1780) & Sympathy, a poem published in 1788.
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- Title
- The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred Composition ... To which is added Dr. Dwight's dissertation on the poetry, history, and eloquence of the Bible.
- Author
- [MELMOTH, Courtney, pseudonym of Samuel Jackson Pratt] & Timothy Dwight
- Format/Binding
- Full sheep
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry Sprigman
- Place of Publication
- Harrisburg, [Pennsylvania]
- Date Published
- 1828
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- 0.00 lbs
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- Poetry, History, Eloquence, Bible, Literature, Language, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Henry Sprigman
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- Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Literary Criticism; Religion, Philosophy, Occult; Mid Atlantic;
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