[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of Hindmarsh's defense of Swedenborg. Manchester: 1821

[Kenneth Karmiole]

Hindmarsh, Robert. A VINDICATION OF THE CHARACTER AND WRITINGS OF E. SWEDENBORG Against the Slanders... of J. G. Pike... Including a Refutation of the False Reports Propagated by J. Wesley... Manchester: H. & R. Smith. 1821. First edition. 8vo. 290,(2)pp. With the final leaf of "Books written by Robert Hindmarsh, Minister of the New Jerusalem Temple." Orig. two tone boards, uncut. Spine worn, and a bit chipped. Very scarce.    $750.00 (trade discount allowed)
Hindmarsh (1759-1835), the organizer of the 'New Church' was a printer by vocation, and an early defender of Emanuel Swedenborg's controversial writings. Also, he translated a number of Swedenborg's works from Latin into English.

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