Letters of the Late Thomas Rundle to Mrs. Barbara Sandys

The two volume first edition of the Bishop of Derry's letters to the widow Barbara Sandys. A very scarce work. The vanishingly scarce first edition of this work, complete in two volumes.Edited by the Rev. Prebendary James Dallaway, an English antiquary, topographer, and miscellaneous writer.The letters of Thomas Rundle, an English cleric suspected of unorthodox views and for this reason prevented from becoming the Bishop of Gloucester. Most of these letters are addressed to Barbara Sandys, daughter of Sir Richard Kyrle, governor of South Carolina. She was a widow.Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Library bookplates of the General Theological Seminary to pastedowns, with stamps to versos of title pages. Contemporary inscriptions to front blanks.An exceptionally scarce work offering insight into the life of an unorthodox cleric who was accused of being a deist, and eventually became Anglican bishop of Derry. Rebound in cloth, with endpapers renewed. Library numbers to back strip tails, otherwise externally excellent. Library bookplates to front and rear pastedowns. Contemporary inscription to a front blank of each volume. Internally, firmly bound. Library stamps to verso of front free endpaper. Pages age toned, with instances of significant spotting. Paper residue to fore edges of title pages. Very Good.…