[GEORGIA]. WHITEFIELD, George. A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia. In Two Parts. --A Continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal. London, 1738, 1739. FIRST EDITIONS.
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[GEORGIA]. WHITEFIELD, George (1714-1770). A Journal of a Voyage from London to Savannah in Georgia. In Two Parts. --A Continuation of the Reverend Mr. Whitefield's Journal, from his Arrival at London to His Departure from thence on his Way to Georgia. London: James Hutton, 1738, 1739.
2 works in one volume, 8vo (199 x 123 mm). (Closed tear touching letters repaired on title-page of first work, some browning.) 20th-century half roan, marbled boards.
FIRST EDITIONS of Whitefield's first and fourth journals. De Renne calls A Continuation of the...Journal from his Arrival at London to his Departure...on his Way to Georgia Part IV of the journals, whereas Sabin calls it Part III. Whitefield's "influence in America...was many-sided and far reaching. With his advent a religious awakening already begun was greatly stimulated...Although others contributed greatly to this movement, Whitefield was its most dynamic representative" (DAB). De Renne I, pp. 75-76 (second edition only); p. 82 (with the last leaf in facsimile); Sabin 103534, 103538.
Property from the Collection of Robert P. Hunter, Jr. and Barbara Hunter, Alpharetta, Georgia
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