1818 Theology Explained, Complete 5 Vols, SIGNED Yale Admission: Timothy Dwight

Description: Theology; Explained and Defended, In a Series of Sermons; By Timothy Dwight, S.T.D. L.L.D., Late President of Yale College. With a Memoir of The Life of the Author. In Five Volumes. Middletown, Conn.: Printed by Clark and Lyman, For Timothy Dwight, New-Haven. First Editions with non-uniform binding & all ex-library. Vols. I-IV half leather marbled binding, Vol. V: full leather. Bindings measure 8.75 x 5.5", (Vol. V appears a little smaller because it is lacking heads and tails of spines), 8vos. Vol. I: lxxxviii, 545 pp, 1818, Tipped-in admissions letter earned by previous owner Thomas Hubbard & signed by Yale president Timothy Dwight dated 1796. Vol. II: 605 pp, 1818; Vol. III: 533 pp, 1818; Vol. IV: 560 pp, 1818; Vol. V: 599 pp, 1819. A COMPLETE SET IN FIVE VOLUMES. In fair condition. Front board of Vol. V detached; rear board attached by cording only. Boards, whether attached or not, are all scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Heads and tails of Vols. I-IV's leather spines rubbed, but intact. Head and tail of Vol. V's spine lacking (headbands remain intact). Gilt lettering and ruling on all spines dulled from normal shelf-wear, but overall still legible. Red leather title label on Vol. V's spine chipped at edges. Vols. I-IV exhibit split front and rear gutters; cording exposed. Vols. I-IV exhibit ex-library bookplates on front paste-downs: "Timothy Dwight College, Yale University." Binder's tickets found on top corners of front paste-downs (Vols. I-IV): "B. S. Merrell, Binder, dealer in Cap & Letter Paper, Utica, NY." Previous ownership signatures, in ink, found on Vol. I-IV's front end-pages: "Bela Hubbard." Title pages of Vols. I-IV signed, in ink: "J. H. Hubbard." Vol. I exhibits tipped-in diploma on copyright page: "Yale College, June 1796, Agreeably to the following laws, Thomas H. Hubbard is admitted a Member of this College. Timothy Dwight President." Vol. V exhibits ex-library ink stamps on front paste-down & end-page: "Withdrawn Dawes Memorial Library." Binder's ticket found on Vol. V's front paste-down: "Bound by Joseph Martin, At the lowest Northern prices. Main Street, Richmond, Opo. Mer. Coffee House." Normal age-related toning throughout all five volumes; some instances of age-staining. Frontispieces & tissue guards have caused some off-setting on title pages. Bindings are intact; front board of Vol. V detached. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Timothy Dwight (1752 – 1817) was an American academic and educator, a Congregationalist minister, theologian, and author. He was the eighth president of Yale College (1795–1817). Dwight was as notable for his political leadership as for his religious and educational eminence. Known by his enemies as "Pope" Dwight, he wielded both the temporal sword (as head of Connecticut's Federalist Party), and spiritual sword (as nominal head of the state's Congregational Church). He led the effort to prevent the disestablishment of the church in Connecticut—and, when its disestablishment appeared inevitable, encouraged efforts by protégés like Beecher and Bacon to organize voluntary associations to maintain the influence of religion in public life. Fearing that the failure of states to establish schools and the rise of infidelity would bring about the destruction of republican institutions, Dwight helped to create a national evangelical movement—the second "Great Awakening"—intended to "re-church" America. Thomas Hill Hubbard (1781 – 1857) was an American lawyer, judge and public official from Madison County, New York. A member of the Democratic-Republican party, Hubbard was twice elected as U.S. Representative from New York and was a three-time Presidential elector. Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Hubbard pursued a classical education, graduating from Yale College in 1799. In New York he studied law under John Woodworth, was admitted to the bar in 1804, and commenced practice in Hamilton, New York. Thomas Hubbard died in Utica at the age of 75 and was interred in Forest Hill Cemetery in Utica. The Hubbard family was prominent in investing and developing of the Hudson River, Michigan Southern and Northern Indiana Railroad lines from the mid-1840s through the late 1860s. Hubbard's son Bela Hubbard (provenance, 1814 - 1896) moved to Detroit, Michigan and became a noted Michigan geologist, naturalist, explorer, writer and civic leader. A complete set of first editions. WITH AN YALE ADMISSIONS LETTER SIGNED BY TIMOTHY DWIGHT. FORN-SHELF-0550-WW-2406-HK1660

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