Notes: VOLUMES 2 & 3 ONLY of a 3-volume set. Hardcover. Bound in full leather. These editions of "A Commentary on the New Testament" by Thomas Coke covers the Bibles New Testament books of John through I Corinthians (in Volume 2), and II Corinthians through Revelation (in Volume 3). Volume 3 also contains an appendix to the book of Revelation, and is indexed. The pagination is continuous, in that Volume 2 picks up where Volume 1 (which is absent), ends. Volume 2 starts with page [viii] and page 697, and runs continuously through the end of Acts, ending at page 1172. Pagination starts over again in Volume 2 at the beginning of the book of Romans and its preface with x-xii, then continues with pages 2-292, or through the end of this Volume at the conclusion of I Corinthians. Vintage leaves, (possibly rhododendron) are pressed between pages 2-3 of Romans. The last couple of pages of I Corinthians are detached, yet present and laid in, and the pagination appears complete. Volume 3 continues pagination where Volume 2 left off, beginning with page 293 at the book of II Corinthians, and runs all the way through the index at page 1063. [xl] 1172 pp.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Thomas Coke (1747 to 1814) as the first Methodist bishop. Born in Brecon, Wales, he was ordained as a priest in 1772, but expelled from his Anglican pulpit of South Petherton for being a Methodist. Coke met John Wesley in 1776. He later co-founded Methodism in America and then established the Methodist missions overseas, which in the 19th century spread around the world. (Wikipedia).
CONDITION: Bound in full leather, these editions are very worn with discoloration, chipping, cracking to hinges (though boards are present and still fragilely attached), and headcaps and several headbands are missing. Volume 3s headband is exposed. Bookworm tunneling is evidenced within the leather covers. Spine bears five raised bands, stamped in worn gilt lettering, lining and gilt-tooled decoration, which shows signs of erosion, and some inner binding is exposed at the spine(s). Endpapers are plain with leather erosion to the binding at the pastedowns. The textblock is "very good". Printed on laid paper, pages have fairly-evenly toned, but bear foxing, some offsetting, occasional dampstains and discoloration throughout. Some occasional marginalia is seen, particularly within the front and back endpapers, and presumably from the period. A number of pages have been crinkled and creased at the edges, also mainly within the front and back pages. Several minor dark mold dotting at the front corners of Volume 2s first several pages, amidst a dampstain, along with several tears throughout. All edges show toning, scratching and discoloration. Even as these editions are only in "fair" condition with many flaws, the text remains completely legible and easily readable, and the vintage 1800s-feel is palpable and even distinguished.
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