The Practical Philosopher; A Daily Monitor for Business Men of England, Consisting of Brief and Suggestive Moral Readings on the " Book of Proverbs" for every Day in the Year.

large 8vo., xviii, 9 - 816pp., photo portrait frontispiece, all edges blocked on gilt, marbled endpapers, with triple-ruled gilt inner dentelles, bound in contemporary full red morocco, with triple-ruled outer borders, gilt decorated leading edges, gilt-ruled decorated spine in compartments with raised bands. A VG+ tightly bound copy in a very good quality, handsome red morocco binding with only a few very minor marks. David Thomas (1813–1894) was a Welsh Independent minister & preacher and author known for The Practical Philosopher: A Daily Monitor for the Business Men of England (1870). The book provided daily moral, ethical, and practical reflections based on the Book of Proverbs, aimed at guiding men in business with principled, religious, and philosophical insights. Thomas was also the originator of the Working Men's Club and Institute, of which Lord Brougham was first president; and of an insurance plan for the benefit of widows of ministers. His congregants included Catherine Mumford (whose wedding to William Booth was officiated by Thomas in 1855) and Wilson Carlile. Pennsylvania's Waynesburg College awarded Thomas an Honorary Doctorate, recognising his efforts to reconcile the churches of the United States and England.…