Instructive Sketches of Character. Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Six Thousand Two Hundred. Sent post paid, if ordered of the Rev. R. Tabraham, Spalding, or through any Wesleyan Minister.

TABRAHAM (Richard)

Published by ?London: Published for the benefit of an afflicted Daughter. Price Three Shillings, 1865

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Small 8vo, 168 x 98 mms., pp. [5] 6 - 346, including half-title, original embossed cloth (detached from casing, showing waste paper used in binding), with ownership inscription of Agnes Wade, later Agnes Cowen, of 57 Ark Road, Saltley, on top right of the recto of the front free endpaper. The Wesleyan minister and social activist Richard Tabraham (1792-1878) was converted to Methodism when he was 20 and began to preach at the age of 23. One of the subscribers was Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784 - 1865); Palmerston appears as the first name -- given pride of place -- at the head of the lists (p. [309]). A recent study of Palmerston's maneuverings or political action regarding religion during his premiership suggests he was generally prone to bolstering the Church of England, though was criticized as being susceptible to undue sway from Evangelicals. No copy in COPAC or WorldCat, but other editions are located in the BL and the V&A.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Instructive Sketches of Character. Fourth Edition, Enlarged. Six Thousand Two Hundred. Sent post paid, if ordered of the Rev. R. Tabraham, Spalding, or through any Wesleyan Minister.
• Publisher: ?London: Published for the benefit of an afflicted Daughter. Price Three Shillings
• Publication Date: 1865
• Binding: Hardcover
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