1809 JOHN FLETCHER. The Works of Methodist, John Fletcher. Six Fine Tree Calf Bindings!

Perhaps the loveliest little edition of the works of John Fletcher we will ever handle; perfectly situated in early American plain tree calf bindings with simple dual line spine tooling and contrasting morocco labels. A really lovely set. 

John Fletcher [1729-1785] was for many years John Wesley's leftenant; he was the earliest of the true Methodist theologians and Wesley himself described him as the holiest man he ever expected to meet outside of Heaven. To describe him as Wesley's Melanchthon would be about right. 

Fletcher, John. The Works of John Fletcher. Complete in Six Volumes. Second American Edition. New York. Published by John Wilson and Daniel Hitt. J. C. Totten, Printer. 1809. 292 + 287 + 321 + 296 + 263 + 294pp.

The works largely organize themselves as works leading up to and informing his famed "Checks," the "Checks to Antinomianism" themselves, and works and correspondence and controversy surrounding the "Checks." Thus the "Works" from the title pages are simple "Checks" on the spine labels. 

This set belonged to George Ffrost of New Hampshire [1765-1841]. He was State Legislator from Durham, 1807; Postmaster, Durham, 1808-1841; Member of the Militia, Capt. Alfred Smith's company, War of 1812; Town Moderator, Durham, 1812-14, 1828; etc. 

full tree calf, very finely preserved with some very minor rubbing and bumping to extremities, slight leather burn to endpapers, and for some inexplicable reason the publisher name only very, very discretely excised from each title page and then professionally repaired. Barely noticeable. Superb.