1858 ROBERT NESBIT. Rare Life of One of the "St. Andrews Seven" Scottish Missionaries - Signed.
1858 ROBERT NESBIT. Rare Life of One of the "St. Andrews Seven" Scottish Missionaries - Signed.
Wonderful memoir of one of the "St. Andrews Seven," [see: here] the first series of missionaries sent out from the Free Church of Scotland that included Alexander Duff, John Adam, William Mackay, etc. Nesbit was missionary at India and died in 1855. The present volume is beautifully inscribed on the blank ffep from his widow to Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton, long-time members of the Free Church of Scotland and heavy financiers of the early missionary movement.
No original copies on the market.
Mitchell, J. Murray. Memoir of the Rev. Robert Nesbit, Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland, Bombay. London. James Nisbet & Co. 1858. 407pp.
Very attractive full morocco, some deterioration at rear hinge and on boards, but still very solid, clean and attractive.