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Published by New York De Witt and Davenport (1853), 1853
Seller: Live Oak Booksellers, Langley, WA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (20 cm.) [9]x[3]12-299p. Brown blind stamped cloth with gilt letters on the front cover and the spine and a gilt vignette of a vested priest on the spine. Alessandro Gavazzi [1809-1889, some authorities say 1899] was an Italian preacher, patriot and reformer. An ordained priest in the Roman Catholic Church, Gavazzi was a champion of liberal ideas who left Italy in 1849 to join the Evangelical Church (1850) and organized Italian Protestants in London (1850-60). He served under Garibaldi as Chief Chaplain to the Roman Army of Independence (1860) and organized the Free Church of Italy (1870), as well as establishing a theological school in Rome (1875). [Webster's Biographical Dictionary] The present work was translated and revised by Jadam Julie de Marguerittes. Wear to extremities, corners just worn through, top and bottom of spine just starting to fray, cloth clean, very moderate foxing, gilt bright, else very good and better/ No jacket.