Robert BAIRD
De l'état actuel et de l'avenir de la religion en Amérique. Rapport fait à la Conférence de l'Alliance évangélique à Paris le 25 août 1855
[On the Present State and Future of Religion in America. Report delivered to the Conference of the Evangelical Alliance in Paris on 25 August 1855]
Librairie de Charles Meyrueis & Cie|Paris 1856|14.5 x 22.5 cm|Broché
First edition of this pamphlet, directed in part against Mormonism (cf. Sabin 2797).
Illustrated with a folding lithographed map of the United States, inserted as a plate.
Spine cracked with small losses and tears at the joints; library shelf label pasted at the foot of the upper wrapper; small corner tears to the wrappers.
This booklet also considers the relations between Christians and the indigenous inhabitants, as well as with the African population brought to the United States through the cupidity of the citizens of the Old World. A good copy.
€500