With a presentation from John Bowring to the AAS
An address delivered at the twelfth annual meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Universal Peace
London: printed by Richard Clay ... and sold by Hatchard & Son [et al.], 1828. 8vo, pp. 24; bound with: [Worcester, Noah]. Tract no. 1 ... The substance of a pamphlet entitled a solemn review of the custom of war; showing that war is the effect of popular delusion, and proposing a remedy. Eighth edition, stereotyped (printed in America, at Hartford). London, 1824, pp. 24; bound with: Scott, J. Tract no. 2 ... War inconsistent with the doctrine and example of Jesus Christ. In a letter to a friend. Stereotype edition. London, 1828, pp. 16; bound with: Clarkson, Thomas. Tracy no. III ... An essay on the doctrines and practice of the early Christians, as they relate to war. Addressed to those who profess to have a regard for the Christian name. Eighth edition, stereotyped. London, [n.d.], pp. 24; bound with: Erasmus. Tract no. IV ... Extracts from the writings of Erasmus, on the subject of war. Stereotype edition. London, [n.d.], pp. 16; bound with: Tract no. V ... Rees, Evan. Sketches of the horrors of war, chiefly selected from Labaume's narrative of the campaign in Russia, in 1812. Translated from the French, with some observations. Fifth edition. London, 1824, pp. 24; bound with: Tract no. VI ... Bogue, David. On universal peace; being extracts from a discourse delivered in October 1813. Third edition. London, 1826, pp. 24; bound with: Tract no. VII ... Dymond, Jonathan. Observations on the applicability of the Pacific principles of the New Testament to the conduct of states: and on the limitations which these principles impose on the rights of self-defence. Stereotype edition. London, [n.d.], pp. 28; bound with: Tract no. VIII ... An examination of the principles which are considered to support the practice of war. By a lady. Stereotype edition. London, [n.d.], pp. 32; bound with: Tract no. IX, parts 1-3 ... Hancock, Thomas. The principles of peace, exemplified in the conduct of the Society of Friends in Ireland, during the rebellion of the year 1798; with some preliminary and concluding observations. Third edition. London, 1828, In three parts, each with their own title page and pagination, pp. 44; 44; 39, [1]. Together in a single volume of blue paper-covered boards, brown sugar-paper shelf-back, the spine chipped and worn and partially perished, but the binding remains sound and internally clean. Old AAS rubberstamp on the first title page and on the verso a holograph note in ink: "American Antiquarian Society / from John Bowring / of London." Bowring (1792-1872), of course, the political economist and fourth governor of Hong Kong. Item #57027
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