1870 FREDERICK WHITFIELD. Christ in the Word. Excellent Work. Evangelical Very nicely preserved in original

Very nicely preserved in original 18th century American plain calf sammelband

A very scarce first German edition of a landmark radical Baptist - Anabaptist - Mennonite work by a disciple of Melchior Hoffman in a lovely early 18th century Dutch bespoke binding

He writes to his daughter

he became interested in abolition when he happened to be in England during Wilberforce's funeral

1870 FREDERICK WHITFIELD. Christ in the Word. Excellent Work. Evangelical Very nicely preserved in originalWhitfield, Frederick. Christ in the Word. London. James Nisbet & Co. 1870. 334pp. A good copy, bound in half leather, generally solid, with generally bright pages, that have some toning and penciling.