A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers (2 volume set)

Besse, Joseph

London : Luke Hinde, 1753

2 volume set. Folios. Bound in contemporary full calf. Gilt ruled. Joints cracked. Some rubbing to cover. lv, (1) 767 (1), (2) 638 (10)pp. Embossed library stamps. Joseph Besse was an English Quaker and controversialist writer from Colchester. Besse's "most important work is the Sufferings of the Quakers, a laborious compilation. The cases of persecution &c are under the several counties followed by New England, Barbadoes, Nevis, Bermudas, Antigua, Maryland, Jamaica, Europe and Asia, Isle of Malta, Hungary and Austria, Dantzig, Hamburg, Germany, Ireland, and Scotland.  The use of the work is further facilitated by copious though somewhat peculiar indexes. " - Smith's Descriptive Catalogue of Books, 1867.  His son immigrated to Pennsylvania.  Sabin 66921.  Signature of James Neave.