The Glorious Recovery by The Vaudois of Their Vallerys, From the Original by Henri Arnaud, their Commander and Pastor, With A Compendious History of That People .

Acland, Hugh Dyke.

Verlag: London: John Murray, 1827.

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8vo., pp: cxxii,xvi,[1]-239[1], 12 engraved plates after Acland, engraved by Finden, folding map, contents leaf misbound, prelims dusty, full calf, spine with gilt ruled bands & red leather label gilt lettered, slightly worn, rubbed & faded, however sound and very good. First edition in english of a work first published in 1710 in french with a dedication to Queen Anne. Henri Arnaud (September 20, 1641, Embrun, Hautes-Alpes - September 8, 1721) was a pastor of the Waldensians in Piedmont, who turned soldier in order to rescue, and who did rescue, his co-religionists from their dispersion under the persecution of Victor Amadeus II the Duke of Savoy. When the Waldensians were exiled a second time, Arnaud accompanied them in their exile to Schonenberg, and continued to act as their pastor until his death. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 99

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Titel: The Glorious Recovery by The Vaudois of ...

Verlag: London: John Murray, 1827.

Einband: Hardcover

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