Researches antediluvian, patriarchichal and historical, . concerning the way in which men first acquired their knowledge of God and religion, and as to what were the doctrines of the churches of Adam and Noah, with an account of the long night of idolatry, which followed and darkened the Earth, and also of the means designed by God for the recovery and extension of his truths, and of their final accomplishment by Jesus Christ. By Thomas Clarkson.
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846)
Category
Books
Date
1836
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3123112
Summary
Bibliographic description
xiv,109,[1],x,110-198,[1]p. . 8vo.. Provenance: Nineteenth century manuscript inscription on title page: "To the Marquis of Bristol as a small token of my sincere regard and esteem. Thomas Clarkson". Binding stamp combining the Hervey and Upton arms [Frederick William Hervey (1769-1859), 1st Marquess of Bristol m.1798 Hon. Elizabeth Albana Upton (1775-1844)]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full calf; double gilt fillet and armorial centrepiece; twentieth-century rebacked spine, gilt decorated and lettered: "Clarkson's Researches".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Thomas Clarkson (1760-1846)