[Fore-Edge Painting] Lectures Upon Our Lord’S Sermon On The Mount James Brewster Theology

Edinburgh: James Ballantyne and Co, 1809. Size: 8vo (8 x 5 in). Text in single column Roman font, divided into 23 lectures on the topic of the Sermon on the Mount. Brewster's commentary combines historical context with practical application, guiding readers towards a deeper understanding of Christian principles and a more authentic spiritual life. Brewster writes “for the information of ordinary readers, and for the improvement of practical Christians” (foreword). A vanishing fore-edge painting of a naval scene at Plymouth Sound: a small port with boats in the background and people in the foreground. PAGINATION: [2],x,570,[4] pp. BINDING: Dark brown mottled morocco, double paneled in gilt. Spine with five gilt-lined recessed bands and the words “Brewster’s Lectures Upon Our Lord’s Sermon on the Mount” lettered in gilt. All edges gilt. Brown endpapers. CONDITION: Joints rubbed and scuffed but holding firm; Lightly rubbed to board edges; Light foxing to first and last leaf; W.N. Petleton binder’s sticker and Weston library armorial bookplate to front pastedown, with off-setting to front endpapers; clean, bright and tight internally with good margins.