1820 Memoir Rev. Henry Martyn by John Sargent, 1st American ed., leather binding

Description: John SARGENT, jun. (1780-1833) Memoir of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D. … Chaplain to the Honorable East India Company…. First American Edition. Boston: published by Samuel T. Armstrong, and Crocker & Brewster, 1820. Octavo signed in fours (8 ¾ x 5 1/8 inches). Pp. [i-]iv-[v-]‘iv’-vii-xi[xii; 13-]14-458, ‘439’, 460-490; [491-492 "Books for sale by Samuel T. Armstrong, no. 50, Cornhill, Boston."]. (Some spotting and toning.). Contemporary sheep, spine gilt with red-morocco lettering-piece (some damage, joints weak or splitting, front free endpaper loosely inserted). Provenance:Harriet Webster Cobb (1797-1844, nee Webster, daughter of Noah Webster, ownership inscription dated January 1820, her second husband was); William Chauncey Fowler (1793-1881, American scholar, ink stamp ‘W.C. Fowler’ to title). First America Edition of this biography of Rev. Martyn, an influential figure amongst the booming Christian evangelical missionary community in both the UK and USA. Intriguing provenance: Harriet was Noah Webster’s daughter. Her second husband, William Fowler, edited the 1845 edition of his father-in-law’s ‘Dictionary’. “Henry Martyn (18 February 1781 – 16 October 1812) was an Anglican priest and missionary to the peoples of India and Persia. Born in Truro, Cornwall, he was educated at Truro Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge. A chance encounter with Charles Simeon led him to become a missionary. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England and became a chaplain for the British East India Company. Martyn arrived in India in April 1806, where he preached and occupied himself in the study of linguistics. He translated the whole of the New Testament into Urdu, Persian and Judaeo-Persic. He also translated the Psalms into Persian and the Book of Common Prayer into Urdu. From India, he set out for Bushire, Shiraz, Isfahan, and Tabriz. Martyn was seized with fever, and, though the plague was raging at Tokat, he was forced to stop there, unable to continue. On 16 October 1812, he died. He was remembered for his courage, selflessness and his religious devotion. In parts of the Anglican Communion he is celebrated with a Lesser Festival on 19 October. Martyn's papers and private letters are held at the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide at Westminster College in Cambridge, England.” (wikipedia). Cf. Shoemaker, R.H. Checklist of American imprints for 1820-1829, 3109 (a variant with only two pages misnumbered).

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