On dreams, in their mental and moral aspects, as affording auxiliary arguments for the existence of spirit, for a "separate state," and for a particular providence. In Two Essays.
London.
Jackson and Walford, 1847.
First edition.
12mo.
xxiv, 179pp, [1]. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed with some marking to boards. A trifle spotted.
The first edition of two essays on dreams and their spiritual meaning by John Sheppard (1785-1879), English religious writer. Sheppard, a Baptist, initially studied medicine, but soon switched focus to philosophy and literature. His previous works included Thoughts preparative or persuasive to Private Devotion (1823), which ran through five editions in five years, and An Autumn Dream (1837), a popular Calvinistic take on Dante's Inferno.
In the year of 1838, despite Sheppard's belief that his only son, Walter, maintained 'a good capacity and health', his child would fall victim to a 'hopeless mental disease' that never lifted. Afterwards, Sheppard's peers noted his increasing tendencies towards 'religious melancholia', which may have influenced his spiritual studies.
This volume, 'On Dreams', grew out of two lectures given by Sheppard before the Frome Scientific and Literary Institution. Sheppard's argument - that certain dreams may 'render a great and invaluable "principle"...the special providence of the Omniscient Ruler' combined his belief in Divine Mysteries with his Baptist background.
COPAC records a single copy (Leeds); OCLC adds copies at just two further locations (Oxford and California).
£ 125.00
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In the year of 1838, despite Sheppard's belief that his only son, Walter, maintained 'a good capacity and health', his child would fall victim to a 'hopeless mental disease' that never lifted. Afterwards, Sheppard's peers noted his increasing tendencies towards 'religious melancholia', which may have influenced his spiritual studies.
This volume, 'On Dreams', grew out of two lectures given by Sheppard before the Frome Scientific and Literary Institution. Sheppard's argument - that certain dreams may 'render a great and invaluable "principle"...the special providence of the Omniscient Ruler' combined his belief in Divine Mysteries with his Baptist background.
COPAC records a single copy (Leeds); OCLC adds copies at just two further locations (Oxford and California).
