1707 RICHARD BAXTER. The Practical Works of the Reverend and Pious Mr. Richard Baxter.

A very attractive, and imposing folio of the "Practical Works" of Richard Baxter. It contains 11 individual works and an alphabetical table to the whole and was available independently from the other three folios which form the complete set.  Not only is a beautiful, large leather folio, but this was the copy of Thomas Fowell Buxton [1786-1845], retaining his original bookplate. A long-time Christian philanthropist, he married into an influential Quaker family. His sister-in-law was Elizabeth Fry, and he joined the Gurney and Fry families in their advocacy against child labor, for trafficked women / prostitutes, for prison reform and, above, all, toward the abolition of slavery. He became an MP and fast-friends with William Wilberforce. When Wilberforce died, with total abolition still not in reach, it was Buxton who carried it to the finish line. By 1840, at the Anti-Slavery Convention, he was still the central figure, speaking at the Convention in the iconic image of the historic mee