The story of a Nonconformist library / by H. McLachlan
1923, First Edition. Manchester : University Press ; London : Longmans, Green & Co. Very good copy in the original black cloth boards, with title gilt-blocked to the spine. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Contemporary reader inscription (Xmas 1923) to front free endpaper. Prelims and edges faintly foxed, with text otherwise tight, bright and clean; remains well-preserved overall. Item #459955
Series ; Publications of the University of Manchester ; no. 156. Historical series ; no. 41. Physical description: 198 pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm. Notes: Spine title: A Nonconformist library. Contents: The institution. The books -- Seventeenth-century Unitarian tracts -- The earliest Unitarian periodical -- Liberal dissent a hundred years ago -- The Manchester Socinian controversy -- The Christan brethren movement -- Appendix. Key to signatures in the Theological repository -- Index. Subjects: Unitarian College (Manchester, England). Library. Theological libraries -- England -- Manchester -- History. Unitarianism -- History -- Sources. Socinianism -- Controversial literature. Dissenters, Religious -- England -- History. Theology -- Periodicals -- 18th century -- History. Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804. Manchester (England) -- Church history.
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