Some Account of the Life and Religious Labours of Sarah Grubb with an Appendix Containing an Account of Ackworth School, Observations on Christian Discipline, and Extracts from Many of Her Letters.
Dublin.
Printed for R. Jackson, 1792.
First Edition.
Large 12mo.
iv, [2], 435pp, [1]. Contemporary tan sheep, contrasting red morocco lettering-piece, gilt. Lightly rubbed, cracking to joints, loss to head of spine. Headband split. Nineteenth-century auction lot number pasted to spine. Inscriptions of several members of the Fryer family to endpapers, earlier bookplate removed. Printing flaw to Q2.
Sarah Pim Grubb (1746-1832), Irish Quaker and mill-owner. Her plain but comfortable Quaker style home at Anner Mills hosted leading minisiters from the Society of Friends, including Catherine Phillips, William Savery and Elizabeth Fry. This first edition of her biography also contains 246pp of extracts from her letters, and two significant essays on education and youth.
ESTC T83492.
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 9927
