WHATELY, Richard Essays on Some of the Dangers to Christian Faith, which may arise from the teaching or the conduct of its professors: to which are subjoined Three Discourses delivered on several occasions / The Kingdom of Christ delineated, in Two Essays

WHATELY, Richard Essays on Some of the Dangers to Christian Faith, which may arise from the teaching or the conduct of its professors: to which are subjoined Three Discourses delivered on several occasions / The Kingdom of Christ delineated, in Two Essays on our Lord's own account of His Person and of the Nature of His Kingdom, and on the Constitution, Powers, and Ministry of a Christian Church, as appointed by himself. Second edition. London: B. Fellowes. 1839/1842.

Two volumes: xvi, 340, some minor worming to inner margins; xvi, 296 pp. plus advertisement leaf. Bound in matching contemporary calf, contrasting labels to spines, scuffed, with several small wormholes in spine of first volume. First edition of first work.

Richard Whately (1787-1863) was appointed Archbishop of Dublin in 1831; he was actively involved in the establishment of a new system of national education for Ireland. He was interested in the advancement of political economy and the social sciences and was a founder member of several influential professional societies, including the Statistical Society of Dublin, established in 1847.