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A dictionary of all religions and religious denominations : Jewish, heathen, Mahometan, and Christian, ancient and modern. : With an appendix, containing a sketch of the present state of the world, as to population, religion, toleration, missions, etc. and the articles in which all Christian denominations agree. / By Hannah Adams. ; [One line of Scripture text].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Hannah, 1755-1831.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 39921.
- Standardized Title:
- Alphabetical compendium of the various sects
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religion--Dictionaries.
- Religion.
- Religions.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 376 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition, with corrections and large additions.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Published by James Eastburn and Company, at the literary rooms, corner of Broadway and Pine Street, N. York; and by Cummings and Hilliard, no. 1, Cornhill, Boston., 1817.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- First published in 1784 with title: An alphabetical compendium of the various sects which have appeared in the world from the beginning of the Christian era to the present day (Evans 18319).
- Copyright March 13, 1817 by James Eastburn and Co.
- "Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, at the University Press in Cambridge, Mass."--verso of title page.
- Dedicated to "Hon. John Adams, LL.D. formerly president of the United States."
- Dictionary, p. [19]-324, printed in two columns.
- "A brief sketch of the state of religion throughout the world, by Mr. T. Williams."--Appendix, p. [325]-365.
- "Appendix to the fourth American edition."--p. [367]-376.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 39921).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contains:
- Williams, Thomas, 1755-1839. Brief sketch of the state of religion throughout the world.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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