New Acquisitions

1. WALKER, Robert . (All by this author)

  Facts, Arguments and Observations, tending to prove the Truth of Revelation.

Truro. Printed and Sold by E.Heard (&c), (1820?).

Sole edition, 12mo., (2), 268pp., contermp. half calf, lightly rubbed.

Robert Walker, (1754 - 1834) Vicar of St. Winnow, Cornwall. Copac records only a copy at the British Library.

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FIRST WELSH TRANSLATION

2. FISHER, Edward . (All by this author)

  Mer Difinyddiaeth Iachus, neu Bortreiad o'r Cyfammod Gras a'r Cyfammod Gweithredoedd; y nghyd a Defnydd a Diben pob un o'r ddau daqn Oruchwyliaeth yr hen Destament a'r Newydd: lle y ceir Eglur Ddarluniad o'r Ffordd i Fywyd Tragywyddol trwy Jesu Grist.

Trefecca (Trevecca), 1782.

First Welsh translation, 8vo., lightly dusty at ends, viii, 171, (1)pp., disbound.

The first Welsh translation of the "Marrow of Modern Divinity" by the Royalist theological writer Edward Fisher (1627 - 1655). First published in 1645 (See Wing F996). ESTC on line locates only one copy (British Library)

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FIRST WELSH TRANSLATION

3. OWEN, John . (All by this author)

  Marweiddiad Pechod mewn Credinwyr: yn dangos, Ei Angenrheidrwydd a'r Natur o hono; yngghyd a'r Attebiad i amryw Achosion Cydwybod, Ymherthynas i'r Dyfgedig John Owen, D.D.,At yr hyn y rhagfleanir, Byr Hanes o Fywyd a Marwolaeth yr Awdwr, Newydd ei gyfieuthu i'r Gymraeg

Mwythig (Shrewsbury), gan B,Partridge a J.Hodges. 1796..

First Welsh translation, 8vo., some light soiling and usage , 132, (2)pp., disbound.

The first Welsh translation of "Of the Mortification of Sinne in Believers" by the Welsh Theologian John Owen (1616 - 1683). First published in 1656 - see Wing O785. ESTC on line (L, Leu, O - only)

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FEAR OF LOSING QUEBEC &c DURING NEGOTIATIONS TO END FRENCH/INDIAN WAR

4. ANON.

  A Wonderful Sight

(London), Publish'd according to Act (August) 1762..

Broadside, oblong 4to., 12" x 7 1/2", engraved, corners cut, tipped onto backing sheet

A rare satire issued with the design of inducing the Ministry of Lord Bute to desist from surrendering to the French those places taken from the French during the French/Indian War. - viz. "Pondicherry, Martinico, Guadeloup, Louisbourg, and Quebec" - it was rumoured at that early stage in the negotiations for Peace that this was intended. Pitt and his party strongly opposed the peace plan. British Museum Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. No 3885

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LIFE OF A CLERIC WITH METHODIST ASSOCIATIONS

5. SIDNEY, Edwin . (All by this author)

  The Life, Ministry, and Selections from the Remains of the Rev. Samuel Walker, B.A. formerly of Truro, Cornwall. London. Baldwin & Cradock

(Norwich printed by Josiah Fletcher), 1835 .

First edition, 8vo., half title, xvi, 492pp., small library stamp, contemp. full dark maroon calf, blind tooled, gilt, minor wear and discolouring, small shelf mark at foot of spine.

Samuel Walker (1714 - 1761) a Cornish Divine who was not only a close associate of the Methodists and Wesleys but whose doctrines closely resembled those of the Methodists.

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