A view of religions, in two parts. : Part I. Containing an alphabetical compedium of the various religious denominations, which have appeared in the world, from the beginning of the Christian era to the present day. Part II. Containing a brief account of the different schemes of religion now embraced among mankind

Contributor:

Adams, John, 1735-1826 (dedicatee); Manning & Loring (printer)

Name:

Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831; Prentiss, Thomas, 1747-1814

Date:

1801

Identifier:

2006.12.26.00662; (OCoLC)ocn191259920; (OCoLC)1912599206100093; (PU)6100093-penndb-Voyager

Language:

English

Provenance:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy); Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy); Loomis, Polly (autograph) (Kaplan Collection copy); Loomis, Josiah (inscription) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Publisher:

Printed by and for Manning & Loring, proprietors, no. 2, Cornhill, Boston

Subject:

Religion -- Dictionaries; Religion; Religions

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Dictionaries

Physical Description:

xxxv pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 38-504 pages; 22 cm

Related Place:

United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

First published in 1784 with title: An alphabetical compendium of the various sects which have appeared in the world from the beginning of the Christian era to the present day (Evans 18319).; Preface signed: Thomas Prentiss. Medfield.; Two states of gathering [A] noted. One (the first?) is without the words "author of 'A summary history ..." on the title page. The dedication (p. [iii]-iv) begins "Dedication. Medfield, August 3, 1801" and is signed "Hannah Adams. [To] John Adams, late president of the United States." The second state has "author of 'A summary history ..." on the title page. The dedication begins "Dedication. To John Adams, late president of the United States. Medfield, August 3, 1801" and is signed "Hannah Adams."; Kaplan Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.; Kaplan Collection copy is second state of gathering.; Kaplan Collection copy collectify accession no. 2006.12.26.00662

Physical Location:

Library at the Katz Center, Archives Room, BL31 .A3 1801

Collection:

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)