The Works of William Jay, Collected and Revised by Himself. Volume iX Sermons

Undated but author's advertisement dated 1844. Book size - 7.5 x 4.75 inches, pp. xii + 508 + 2 (publisher's ad.), pale yellow 'clay' paper endpapers, hardback in publisher's cloth. Book condition - Good ; front endpapers a little dusty, textblock clean with no foxing, no inscriptions, very light tanning of page edges, back endpapers show inner top corner areas with old damp stain ; publisher's blue-grey cloth with title in gilt on the spine ; boards' fore-edge corners slightly bent and rubbed, back board with a few light marks and with the top right corner affected by a damp stain, spine complete with ends rubbed and creased with a little loss at the foot, gilt title complete and a little dulled, damp stain at the head of the spine though not affecting the title, front board with a few light marks but with damp staining across the top quarter and down the front edge. Please see photos for indications of condition and contents . Rev. William Jay ( 1769 - 1853) was an English nonconformist minister who preached for sixty years at Argyle Chapel in Bath. He was born at Tisbury in Wiltshire, adopted his father's trade of stonemason and worked with him on alterations to Fonthill House, but gave it up in 1785 in order to enter the Rev. Cornelius Winter's school at Marlborough. On 30 January 1791 Jay was called to the ministry of the Independent or Congregationalist chapel with which he became connected, Argyle Chapel in Bath. Here he followed revivalist principles by preaching to people regardless of religious denomination or social rank; attracting note as a populist pulpit orator, religious author and scholar, and a counsellor. (Biographical information from Wikipedia ). Although affected by some exerior damp staining, this is a sound copy of a scarce book.…