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A rare curiosity
Yesterday, I picked up the following curiosity:
Josiah Priest, The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed. Compiled From Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and Modern, Giving an Account of Various and Strange Phenomena Existing in Nature, Or Travels, Adventures, Singular Providences, &C, a first edition self-published in Albany NY in 1825, bound in leather. The author (1788 - 1851) was self-educated and deeply religious, with all of his works (this was his first) tied to biblical texts. Unfortunately, one of his best known works is the "Bible Defence of Slavery: Or, the Origin, History, and Fortunes of the Negro Race, as Deduced From History, Both Sacred and Profane, Their Natural Relations--Moral, ...Future Destiny Predicted, Etc." which used the Bible to justify the existence and continuation of slavery. The book I got - "The Wonders of Nature and Providence Displayed" - has been held by a number of critics to have been one source for statements in Joseph Smith's 1830 "A Book of Mormon". Smith was also from upstate New York and his use of phrases in describing events or phenomena track Priest's language on more than a few occasions. -- Francis A. Miniter Oscuramente libros, laminas, llaves siguen mi suerte. Jorge Luis Borges, La Cifra Haiku, 6 |
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