Backhouse Ed E Tylor Ch (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Hardback, no dust wrapper. 1890. Italian text. 392pp. Well illustrated. Three quarters leather binding with marbled boards. Front hinge of spine has 6cm splits at both ends and the ends of the spine are worn, but the spine is still well attached. Binding tight. Internally foxed and inscription at top of tp, else clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st. Leather spine with gilt rules and title, dark marbled boards, covers scuffed but with no cracks or damage. 23 x 16.5 cm, 499 clean pp., tight, illustrated with color plates & b/w text illustrations. Italian translation from the English of "Witnesses of Christ and Memories of the Church from the 4th to the 13th century. Continuation of the History of the Early Church." Written by Edward Backhouse, published posthumously, edited and enlarged by Charles Tylor. Edward Backhouse (1808-1879), English Quaker, philanthropist, and writer on church history. He promoted the causes of Temperance and Bible distribution.…