Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson. First Edition. viii 224 pp. Full leather. Chipping at head of spine partial separation between front cover and spine but cover holding tightly some small leather scuffs two previous owners' names in ink sentence in pencil on the rear blank Good. . Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1804. Jacob Johnson hardcover
J. James Baltimore 1810. 2nd. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Hicksite Quakerism Bound in contemporary sheep. Binding shot boards detached spine separated. vii 200 pages. From the Janney family of Virginia. American Imprints 21291. The history of Quaker Thought. Part of a large collection of Quaker / Society of Friends books used for religious and philosophical education. This collection was acquired in Northern Virginia and ranges from 1800-1930. The books are interesting for both their content and for what 19th-century Friends felt were important books for religious education and thought. Many of the volumes are from the Janney family's library. There are duplicates of a number of Quaker books authored by the Janneys and some of the volumes have book plates or signatures from Phineas Janney 1778-1852 and his nephew Phineas Janney Jr members of Hopewell Friends Meeting in Loudoun Co. Va founding members of Alexandria monthly meeting. See the Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy: Virginia. Baptism Society of Friends. J. James, Baltimore, hardcover