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The village in the mountains : Conversion of Peter Bayssiere ; and, History of a Bible.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bayssière, Pierre.
- Series:
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
- Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Conversion--Personal narratives.
- Conversion.
- Protestant converts.
- Anti-Catholicism.
- Books--Fiction.
- Books.
- Christian life--Biblical teaching.
- Christian life.
- Christian literature--Publishing.
- Christian literature.
- Bible--Reading.
- Bible.
- Catholic Church--Doctrines--Protestant authors.
- Catholic Church.
- Bayssière, Pierre.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (108, [2] p., [2] leaves of plates ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Village in the mountains
- Place of Publication:
- New York : American Tract Society, [1851?]
- Summary:
- "The village in the mountains" is an account of an American's missionary activity in a French village, based on the letters of his widow, in French, deposited at the American Tract Society. Cf. P. 39. Attributed to S.V.S. Wilder in NUC Pre-1956 imprints.
- "History of a Bible" is the story of a Bible's experience and influence on it's readers as it moves from owner to owner.
- Contents:
- The village in the mountain
- Conversion of Peter Bayssiere : from the Romish Church to the Protestant faith : in a letter to his children : translated from the French
- The history of a Bible.
- Notes:
- The American Tract Society was first located at 150 Nassau St., New York, in 1832. A new typeface was introduced in 1848. The Baldwin Library copy is printed in the new typeface. One copy bears an inscription dated 1851.
- Double paging; each tract also paged separately.
- Publisher's advertisement: [2] p. at end.
- Reproduction of original from The American Antiquarian Society.
- Sabin no. 103985.
- Contains:
- Conversion of Peter Bayssiere.
- History of a Bible.
- OCLC:
- 12
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