An apology for Christianity, in a series of letters, addressed to Edward Gibbon, Esq; author of the Decline and fall of the Roman empire. Also, remarks on the two last chapters of Mr. Gibbon’s History... by Watson, Richard - 1777

London: Arthur L. Humphreys, Hard Cover. No Jacket. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 470pp, ninth edition, half-title present but title page lacking, probably c. 1830, in old maroon cloth binding of mid-19th Century Dublin parochial school library, a little paper discoloration, but text body generally very good. The binding is quite sound and tight, though plain, with only the library book number 45 in gilt on the spine. This book was probably originally issued in a flimsy binding, and rebound without its title page after being later donated probably in this damaged form to the library. It does not appear to have been consulted since its rebinding.. Hardcover.

Povidence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1794. hardcover. good. 155 pages. Small 8vo, full calf, front cover detached, some browning to pages. Providence: Carter and Wilkinson, 1794. First American Edition. Good.<br/><br/> Evans 28033. Early writing on flyleaf. Early bookplate.<br/><br/>

Schenectad: Cornelius P. Wyckoff, 1796. 144pp. 18mo. Contemporary calf, gilt leather label. Calf a bit worn and cracked, but binding quite solid. Light foxing and soiling. Very good. Third American edition, the first having been published in Providence in 1794. This is the Bishop of Llandaff's first defense of Christianity, which, according to the introduction, "contains a judicious arrangement of some of the leading arguments in support of Christianity; detects, exposes, and rationally confutes the sophisms and plausible, though invidious insinuations, with which it has been attacked." A scarce imprint; Wyckoff was the first printer in Schenectady, establishing himself in 1792. ESTC notes fewer than ten copies of this work. EVANS 31563. ESTC W11563.