1812 Leather Book owned by Zenas ALEXANDER of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Description: Natural Religion Insufficient and Revealed Necessry to Man's Happiness in His Present State; Or, A Rational Inquiry into the Principles of the Modern Deists; Wherein is Largely Discovered their Utter Insufficieny to Answer the Great Ends of Religion, and the Weakness of their Pleadings for the sufficiencey of Nature's Light to Eternal Happiness, And Particularly the writings of the Late Learned Lord Herbert, the great Patron of Deism.To which is Added, An Essay on the True Ground of Faith By Thomas Halyburton Published: Printed by H. C. Southwick, Albany, 1812. 415 pages, indexed. Copy of Zenas Alexander of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (see notes below). Hardcover bound in original full leather. The binding is worn but sound. Old rubbing and scuffing, especially along the front hinge. There is a puncture hole in the front cover which extends into most of the front half of the book. The text block is sound, and the text is browned and foxed. The text has some occasional pencil markings. There are several early ownership notations in the book. The rear flyleaf has the inscription, "Zenas Alex. / His Book / bought Charleston / Public Auction / Price 3 1/2 cts / .(?). by the scribe named." Another early inscription on the front flyleaf reads, "Zenas Alexanders Book / Wrote against Deism / in full / By Halyburton Thos." Beneath this is written in a different hand, "James Potts Book / Bought at Z. Alexanders .(?). / September 29th 1826." The following leaf (the half title) has another inscription from Zenas Alexander and an inscription from "Wm. J. Potts" dated 1840. At the bottom of the page is another old inscription reading "We worship God best / Who resemble him most." (signature illegible). Zenas Alexander (1771-May 26, 1826) lived in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. It is uncertain if he was any relation to Abraham Alexander (1717-1786) also of Mecklenburg County and who was instrumental in the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence of 1775. I've done my best to describe the book, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.

Price: 450 USD

Location: Clemmons, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-11-15T20:57:10.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.95 USD