Bishop Reginald Heber, Sermons Preached in England (1829)

Heber, Reginald. Sermons Preached in England. New-York: E. Bliss, &c., 1829. [10567] Calf spine & corners, marbled boards, spine with panels decorated in gilt, gilt title label in red leather, 9 x 5 1/2 inches. Spine has some crazing and is chipped at the top. Joints fine. viii., 392 generally clean pp., some light margin stains and foxing. Good. Hardcover. The printers and publishers of this volume are listed on the verso of the tp: J. Seymour, D. Fanshaw, Clayton & Van Nordon, and H. C. Sleight. They say "it has been executed with great care, page for page with the London edition...No expense has been spared..." Nineteen sermons on such subjects as angels, evil spirits, inspiration of the Pentateuch, the decrees of God, conversion of the heathen, the fear of death, and the atonement. Reginald Heber (1783-1826), b. Malpas, UK; d. Tiruchirappalli, India. He was a poet, hymn-writer, and Anglican clergyman, appointed in 1823 the second Bishop of Calcutta. Although born into p