The Works of The Rev. Claudius Buchanan, LL.D. Comprising his Christian Researches in Asia, his Memoir on the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India, and his Star in the East, with Three New Sermons. To Which is Added, Dr. Kerr s Curious and Interesting Report, Concerning the State of the Christians in Cochin and Travancore, Made at the Request of the Governor of Madras

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The Works of The Rev. Claudius Buchanan, LL.D. Comprising his Christian Researches in Asia, his Memoir on the Expediency of an Ecclesiastical Establishment for British India, and his Star in the East, with Three New Sermons. To Which is Added, Dr. Kerr s Curious and Interesting Report, Concerning the State of the Christians in Cochin and Travancore, Made at the Request of the Governor of Madras, Published by B.D. Packard, Albany, 1812, 384 pp & A Sermon, Preached at the Parish Church of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe and St. Anne, Blackfriars, On Tuesday in Whitsun Week, June 4, 1811., Before the Society for Missions to Africa and the East, Instituted by Members of the Established Church, Being Their Eleventh Anniversary, By the Rev. Melville Horne, Published by B.D. Packard, Albany, 1812, 28 pp, full original leather, 7.25 x 4.25 , 12mo. In good condition. Light wear to extremities with more moderate scuffing to bottom edge of front board. Rodent damage appears at this bottom edge. Light creasing to spine with minor scuffing to corners. Lovely hand made bookplate of Philip Cromwell on pastedown. Colors remain vibrant on plate. Interior lightly toned with typically age staining and some minor dampness staining. Printer s error at leaf 97 at edge. Edge is misprinted affecting the text slightly. Leaf 5 of Horne text is ripped but intact. Binding tight and intact. Sound. Please see photos. Rare edition of this influential work. It contains sometimes lurid accounts of religious and cultural practices in India, including, for example, a selection on Immolation of Females First published in 1811, the work was issued in several editions in England and America. It was translated into several languages. Buchanan s writings were considered authoritative in America and helped to stimulate the American missionary movement and to shape American attitudes towards non-Christians. . N° de ref. del artículo COLR1812ADEW

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