[Religion/America] Penn, William. Select Works of William Penn, to Which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life. London, 1771. Folio, (4), lxi, 862 pp. Title page lacking, provided in manuscript. Contemporary leather. With ink notation and manuscript leaf from the minutes of the 1768 London yearly meeting directing publication of this work on the front pastedown. Sabin 59731.The Manuscript leaf copy from the minutes of the London yearly Quaker meeting dated 176, comments that this is a document found among the papers of Davis Ferris who died December, 1779 (Wilmington, Delaware) and strongly suggests this volume was published under the authority of the 1768 London Meeting.Moderate rubbing and wear, joints starting. Occasional staining to margins and foxing.

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