Infernal Conference: Or Dialogues Of Devils On The Many Vices Which Abound In The Civil And Religious World (1816) by John Macgowan - 2010-09-10

Paperback / softback. New.

Leather Bound. Fair. Hardcover, full leather, poor, coversdetached, spine missing.

Hardback. New.

New.

London: Printed For Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster-Row [No date - c. 1816] .. A very good later cloth binding. 8vo. pp.4/pp.676 + Portrait frontis and 6 other full-page plates as called for. Black cloth covered boards. Smooth spine with red and gilt title label. Modern endpapers. All other pages lightly toned and soiled. Engravings toned and foxed. Old adhesive tape repairs to p.115-p.116. G+ . ** "John Macgowan (1726�1780) was a Scottish Baptist minister and author. Macgowan was a caustic controversial writer, who used allegory in devotional works. His books went through many editions in London, the North of England, and America. Several were published under pseudonyms such as "The Shaver" and "Pasquin Shaveblock". His major work, Infernal Conferences, or Dialogues of Devils, by the Listener, London, 1772, 2 vols. may have been suggested by The Dialogues of the Dead (London, 1760) of George Lyttelton, 1st Baron Lyttelton." - See Wikipedia. *** Full title reads: "Infernal Conference; Or… Read More

Mountain Valley, Va: Andrew Hess & Henry A. Showalter, 1853. Hardcover. Fair. Printed at the Office of Joseph Funk & Sons. 336 p.; 18 cm. Contemporary calf with five spine compartments between double gilt rules; black leather label with gilt-tooled title in second compartment. Green label on front fixed endpaper: "From Joseph Funk & Sons Cheap Printing and Binding Establishment." This appears to be the only work every published by Andrew Hess and Henry A. Showalter. The two volumes are paginated continuously and bound together. Very scarce. In Fair Condition: both boards are detached but present; loss of some leather on front board; title page is detached but present with loss along gutter, which results in minor loss from text on title page verso (To the Reader) but not from the title page itself; old repair holding back free endpaper to back board; old dampstain along lower page edges; foxing and occasional staining.

London: Printed for Thomas Kelly, n.d. [frontis. dated 1816], 1816. iv, 676 pp., 7 plates, half morocco binding rubbed, occasional age spotting, plates have stain at one corner; later edition of the author's best known work, good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

Printed By S. & J. Wilder, for Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Good. 1808. Leather. Small 8vo 7½" - 8" tall; 288 pp; Book has previous owner's name, pages unmarked, endpapers foxed, very little internal foxing but paper toned and some text shadowing, leather is worn with wear to the boards at the corners, spine worn but title block intact and readable. A nice, clean, tight book. .

1794 1ed Infernal Conference of DEMONS Occult Spiritual Warfare Baptist MacGowan
John MacGowan was an 18th-century Baptist minister who wrote a number of sometimes controversial, satirical works exploring religious and philosophical issues. In his best known work, "Infernal Conference," he used the device of a series of dialogues between various demons to explore a number of questions; primarily human responsibility versus demonic manipulation.
MacGowen raised a few hackles with the blunt way he mocked the faults of other Christians, and for the subtext that Satan and his minions played a far greater part in earthly affairs than most people believed.
This 1794 American edition was published in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Item number: #19806
Price: $750
MACGOWAN, John
Infernal conference : or, Dialogues of devils
Worcester, [Mass.]: Leonard Worcester, 1794. 1st edition

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Collation: Complete with all pages
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Provenance: Handwritten – John Pearson, 1803
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