Lot 236

Wesley, Charles
Hymns and Sacred Poems




Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 June 2023 at 11:00 BST
£454
Description
Bristol: E. Farley, 1755. Second edition, 2 volumes, 12mo, contemporary calf, rebacked and restored, 332 [11], 336 [11] pp., title-pages lightly browned along edges and with indeterminate early ink inscriptions, small ink-stain to fore margins of early leaves in volume 1 (including title-page), ink-stamps (B. B. Bennett, Trinity College, Cambridge) to front free endpapers [ESTC T31329]
Footnote
Note: The first edition appeared in 1749. Charles Wesley had the work published in order to prove his financial viability to the family of Sarah Gwynne, whom he married in the April of that year.



