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RARE BOOK: 

Discourses on the Mode and Subjects of Christian Baptism :

or, An Attempt to Shew that Pouring or Sprinkling is a Scriptural Mode, and the Infants of Believers are Proper Subjects of the Baptism Instituted by Christ :

with an Examination of Various Objections, particularly those contained in a course of anonymous letters to Bishop Hoadly.

by Joseph Lathrop, D.D. Pastor of the First Church in West Springfield, MA,

Published by Isaiah Thomas, Junior, 6 Marlboro Street, Boston, MA, USA

Printed by Samuel Avery, Printer,

Fifth Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Much Enlarged, 1811,

Leather Book, 160 pages text + 4-page addenda Catalogue of Theological 

Works Published by Isaiah Thomas, Jr.,

This is an antique, original, 1811, full leather book by Joseph Lathrop (1731 -- 1820), American Clergyman.  Rev. Lathrop was ordained pastor of the Congregational church in West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA,  where he preached from 1756 until 1818. (from famousamericans.net)

This book was published by Isaiah Thomas, Junior (1773 -- 1819), an important Colonial American publisher from Massachusetts.  Thomas was taught the business of printing by his father and started his career as a bookseller in 1792 at the age of nineteen. Thomas bought out his father's large printing, papermaking and publishing business in 1802 when Isaiah Thomas, Sr., retired. (from americanantiquarian.org)

This book was printed by Samuel Avery, Printer.   From my research online, I found this printer to be the 20-year-old man, later known as "General Samuel Avery" (c.1791 -- 1867).  Gen. Avery was a native of Vermont and learned the printer's trade in Boston.  When the time came, he served in the War of 1812.  He subsequently removed to Marblehead, where he commanded the local brigade of militia for fifteen years, served many years as a selectman of the town, and represented it in the General Court. Also, Samuel Avery was a printer and publisher, served in the Massachusetts legislature and was a general in the state militia. (from Geni.com) and (from The Boston Globe, Dec.30, 1896).

The book is very legible and solid: a fascinating, antique, 1811 book.  The publisher was a prominent American Colonial book publisher of the 1810's. 

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Good Condition

[ Front hinge is somewhat fragile, with worn front-cover-edges and with threaded attachments (see pics), Rear hinge is totally intact but has worn rear-cover-edges with threaded attachments (see pics), Leather Spine is fully attached but has worn edges (see pics), Gilt Spine-titles are somewhat worn at right edge (see pics), Endpapers and last few blank pages are lightly foxed and are tanned at outer-perimeters (see pics); otherwise, Antique Book is very clean, well-bound, complete, solid, and very sharply printed ]

160 pages text + 4-page addenda Catalogue of Theological Works Published by Isaiah Thomas, Jr., Size:  approx. 7" x 4.5" x .75", full leather with gilt-decorated leather spine,

Full Leather Book 

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