The History and Life of Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Both Prophetical and Historical; 

Commencing with the Original Promise to Adam and Eve in Paradise, including The Mission and Character of John the Baptist, The Incarnation and Birth of Our Gracious and Compassionate Redeemer, with A Copious Display of His Whole Life to His Glorious Ascension and the Coming of the Holy Ghost; exhibiting His Character as a Prophet, His Doctrine as a Priest, and His Authority as a King, in the Most Comprehensive and Distinguished View; Wherein the Conduct of Our Divine Master is conspicuously represented, The Design of his Doctrine familiarly exemplified, The Dislocations of the Evangelical Historians adjusted, and their seeming Variations reconciled; not only affording us a most lively and Pleasing Pattern of Primitive Preaching. But the most Perfect Rule of Moral Conduct, both socially and abstractly, which has ever been manifested to the World: with an account of the Lives and Deaths of the Evangelists, Apostles, and Primitive Martyrs, until the final establishment of the Doctrine of Christianity by the Civil Power, under our renowned Countryman, Constantine the Great, The First Christian Emperor. By the Rev, John Malham, Vicat of Helton in Dorsetshire, Author of the Christian's Universal Family Bible, The Book of Martyrs, The Prayer-Book, &c. Now publishing in numbers, with the most unbounded approbation. To which are Subjoined Evidences of the Christian Religion, including the Faith and Duties of a Christian, by Dr. Porteous, the late Bishop of London.

Fourth Edition. Embellished with elegant engravings. Illustrative of some of the most important subjects in the history and life of Christ. 

London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, No. 53, Paternoster Row, By Rider and Weed, Little Britain, 1813. 

Author: MALHAM, JOHN (1747–1821), miscellaneous writer, born in Craven, Yorkshire, in 1747, was educated at the grammar school there. In 1768 he conducted a school, and corresponded on mathematical subjects in the ‘Leeds Mercury;’ but soon after entering into holy orders, he served a curacy in Northamptonshire. In 1781 he resumed the office of schoolmaster; and in September 1790 was residing at the Square, Plymouth Dock, in the capacity of ‘teacher of navigation and the classics.’ In 1792 he vainly petitioned John Pitt, second earl of Chatham, then first lord of the admiralty, for a naval chaplaincy. About 1798 he settled at Salisbury, where, in addition to his duties as ordinary of the county gaol, he became a corrector of the press. In the summer the Bishop of Salisbury (Douglas), in a charge to his clergy, gave great offence to the dissenters by his strictures on itinerant preaching. In the controversy that followed Malham was foremost in defending the bishop, and his assiduity was rewarded with the vicarage of Hilton, Dorset, on 30 April 1801. After writing a pamphlet to prove that it was quite unnecessary for country clergymen to reside on their livings, he betook himself to London, where he was employed by booksellers engaged in the issue of illustrated bibles, prayer-books, and popular historical works in weekly numbers. He died near London on 19 Sept. 1821.

Details:

Contemporary full-marbled-leather brown-calf (marbling more clearly seen on the spine)

Red morocco label with gilt lettering and decoration

Gilt spine rules to spine

20 plates

Illustrated title-page

Double-column text

pp: [viii], 477, [1] pub. ads

Folio (396mm x 259mm)

4th Edition - 1813

Condition:

Very good overall. Binding is sturdy with moderate wear to spine-ends and fore-corner tips, and lighter wear or rubs to edges. Spine label in very good shape with clear gilt, outer hinges also in very good condition having no splits. Front facing end-paper is loose, water stains to lower section of frontis and illustrated title-page, much lighter water staining to same area of printed title-page, and water staining to lower quarter of rear-most leaves. All leaves securely held and show light to moderate age-goldening, text remains very clear. Previous owner name in old ink to front-paste-down. 

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