A tidy little late 18th century American imprint of the sermons of Richard Price [b.1723]. He was a Welsh non-conformist minister was deeply supportive of the American Revolution. He was friends and correspond with George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, etc., and was considered "the greatest Welsh thinker of his time."
A fascinating snapshot of the kind of Christian morality the Founding Fathers had in mind as they conceived of this "city on a hill."
Price, Richard. Sermons on the Security and Happiness of a Virtuous Course, on the Goodness of God, and the Resurrection of Lazarus. To which are Added, Sermons on the Christian Doctrine, as Received by the Different Denominations of Christians. By Richard Price, D.D. L.L. F.R.S. And Fellow of the American Philosophical Societies at Philadelphia and Boston. Boston. E. W. Weld. and W. Greenough. 1794. 270pp.
A good + copy with a minor surface breach on hinge, chip absent from spine label. Bound in leather, generally solid, with light to moderate foxing. An attractive example. A bit bowed at board extremities.
