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

His eyesight problems were especially acute by this time and nearly all correspondence handled by an amanuensis

Small's collaboration with Jones lasted only a few years

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

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.