The Kafir, the Hottentot, and the Frontier Farmer | Passages of Missionary Life from the Journals of the Venerable Archdeacon Merriman [Signed]
Merriman, Archdeacon [Nathaniel James Merriman (4 April 1809 - 15 August 1882) was the third Bishop of Grahamstown from 1871 until his death]. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (3 February 1830 - 22 August 1903) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times for a total of over thirteen years.
(Book #ID 110263)
Published by George Bell, 186 Fleet Street, London First Edition 1853. 1853.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original embossed brick red cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back, lemon end papers. 12mo. 6½ x 4¼. Merriman was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford; and ordained in 1833. He was curate then Vicar of Street, Somerset until he emigrated to South Africa. He rose to become Archdeacon of Grahamstown, then Dean of Cape Town before being elevated the Episcopate. Conflict arose between Merriman, who was at this time the Bishop of Grahamstown and Frederick Williams, Dean of Grahamstown regarding the status of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa versus the Church of England and the validity of the appointments of bishops. Dean Williams then excluded Bishop Merriman from his Cathedral. This action resulted in many court cases which Williams won. Contains tissue-guarded colour frontispiece of Krelli his wife and counsellor, (iv), 200 pp + 16 pp publisher's catalogue with 2 further tissue-guarded colour plates, hand-coloured fold-out map dated 1850 which shows Durban as 'D'Urban', provinces as 'Amazula', 'Sovereignty Beyond the Orange River', 'Beaufort', 'Clanwilliam', and 'Uitenhage'. SIGNED by the author to Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury and Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister for the United Kingdom three times over a thirteen year period 'To The Lord R, Cecil - with the kind regards of the Bishop of Cape Town'. From Robert Gascoyne-Cecil's private library with family crest to the front paste down, illustrated with a safari hat, six feathered arrows, spiral red and white pole and name beneath 'Robert Gascoyne-Cecil'. Cameo brick red stamp 'Hatfield House Library' (The Hertfordshire Family Estate) to the the title leaf. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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