Nicely preserved first American imprint of John Brown [1722-1787] of Haddington's classic work of Scottish theology, at once both deeply experimental and rational.
Brown, John [of Haddington]. A Compendious View of Natural and Revealed Religion. In Seven Books. Book I. Of the Standard of All Religion, the Law of Nature . . . Book II. Of God, the Author, Object, and End of All Religion . . . Book III. Of the Bonds of Religious Connections between God and Men . . . Book IV. Of Christ, the Mediator of the Covenant of Grace . . . Book V. Of the Blessings of the Covenant of Grace, Effectual Calling, etc. . . Book VI. Of the Dispensations of the Covenant of Grace, etc . . . Book VII. Of the New Covenant Society, or Church . . . First American Edition from the Latest London Edition, Carefully Revised and Improved with the Author's Last Additions and Corrections. Philadelphia. Published and Sold by David Hogan. Griggs & Co. Printers. 1819.
Original full calf, moderately rubbed, but very solid and ready for more use. Shelf-handsome. Foxed at prelims. Very solid.
Personal ownership signatures of Joseph N. Campbell, William Campbell [1819], and then "Seymour Moses," possibly "Moses Seymour," Major in the Revolutionary War from Litchfield, CT, or his son, Moses Seymour Jr.
