A very handsome, crisp copy of a volume rather rare in any condition, containing the first American imprint of many of the sermons included, and an excellent original biography.
Sermons include on: I Timothy 3.16 [The Mystery of Godliness]; 2 Timothy 1.8, 9 [On Perseverance in Affliction and Persecution]; 2 Timothy 1.9, 10 [On Gospel Election]; 2 Timothy 2.16-18 [On the Food of Solid Doctrine]; etc. etc.
Calvin, John. A Selection of the Most Celebrated Sermons of John Calvin, Minister of the Gospel, and one of the Principal Leaders in the Protestant Reformation. (Never Before Published in the United States). To which is Prefixed, A Biographical History of His Life. Philadelphia. Desilver, Jr. & Thomas. 1834. 200pp.
Very attractive speckled calf with small nick of loss to front board and on rear hinge. No consolidated and polished. Very handsome and solid. Prelims have a micro-trace of early worming, same on rears. Else very good, solid and clean with only minor foxing. A very nice volume.
