Select Works for Missionaries. Lectures on Theology, Adapted to the Natives of India... Prize Essay
Calcutta: Printed for the South India Christian School Book Society. Baptist Mission Press, 1860. First edition. Hardcover. First edition, 1860. 12mo. vi,408 pp. Original three-quarter leather and marbled boards. Backstrip lacking, boards worn and nearly detached. Some toning, but generally very clean internally. Fair. A rare Calcutta imprint, publishing the Calcutta Tract Society's prize essay for the 'best popular Lectures on Theology adapted to India.' Prominent Scottish missionary John Murdoch (1819-1904) notes in his preface to the volume, 'Th author, IshwarÍ Dass, a Native Christian, has furnished copious and valuable illustrations of Christian truth drawn from the country, special attention being paid to doctrines which the Hindus are peculiarly prone to misapprehend.' OCLC lists one copy, at Columbia University. Fine. Item #z07328
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