1870 FREDERICK WHITFIELD. Christ in the Word. Excellent Work. Evangelical he became interested in abolition

he became interested in abolition when he happened to be in England during Wilberforce's funeral

He writes to his daughter

A very scarce first German edition of a landmark radical Baptist - Anabaptist - Mennonite work by a disciple of Melchior Hoffman in a lovely early 18th century Dutch bespoke binding

Very nicely preserved in original 18th century American plain calf sammelband

Higbee at His Inauguration as Professor of Church History and Exegesis in the Theological Seminary at Mercersburg

1870 FREDERICK WHITFIELD. Christ in the Word. Excellent Work. Evangelical he became interested in abolitionWhitfield, Frederick. Christ in the Word. London. James Nisbet & Co. 1870. 334pp. A good copy, bound in half leather, generally solid, with generally bright pages, that have some toning and penciling.