A wonderful little artifact of the Great Awakening.
Thomas Adam was a close clergy friend of Selina and she generously supported his ministry. He was of the Calvinistic side of the awakening, aligning with George Whitefield rather than John Wesley. He is chiefly remembered for three works today, all scarce in the original editions. The first is his Private Thoughts. It was a favorite of Robert Murray M'Cheyne. He also published a two volume, deeply experimental exposition of the Gospel of Matthew. And the final, as here, was a deeply Evangelical exposition and framing of the Catechism.
This particular copy was gifted by Thomas Adam to Selina as a gift and bears her personal bookplate. She likely afterward donated it to her Trevecca College Library [later Cheshunt]. It was interleaved when originally bound, presumably for her to take notes in.
[Selina, Countess of Huntingdon]. Adam, Thomas. Record of Wintringham in Lincolnshire. Practical Lectures on the Church Catechism. London. Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes. 1755. 118pp interleaved, i.e. 236pp + catalog.
A superbly executed fine presentation binding either presented to or commissioned by Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, then likely later stamped with the conjoined "CC" for Cheshunt College.
