1854 WILLIAM JAY. Autobiography of Rev. William Jay. Ephemera very courteously treated here

very courteously treated here

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1854 WILLIAM JAY. Autobiography of Rev. William Jay. Ephemera very courteously treated hereA very fine example of the first edition of the Autobiography of William Jay, a spiritual classic. In a superb binding, likely commissioned by its inscriber, wine merchant Basil George Woodd, and gifted to his relative Ellen Sophia Fox [formerly Woodd]. William Jay [1769 1853] was a man of revivalist sentiments who seamlessly integrated the warmth of his religious enthusiasm with theological and pastoral depth as the pastor of the Independent Chapel