Alexander, Archibald. Evidences of the Authenticity, Inspiration, and Canonical Authority of the Holy Scriptures. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication , 1836. Seventh Edition. [11505]
Black cloth spine with lines & title in gilt, blue textured cloth boards, good joints, light edge-wear, 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Small yellow bookseller's ticket on front paste-down, "Leary, Bookseller, 5th & Walnut, Philada." 1895 pencil signature of Mr. Samuel McCraken, Kortright, NY. Steel-engraved portrait of Alexander by Sartain. 308 pp., tight. Infrequent foxing; lacks the portrait tissue guard and the rear free end papers (blanks). Very good. Hardcover.
1836 copyright, this copy probably 1840's. "This edition of the Evidences has been enlarged by the addition of one-fourth part of the volume, and contains nearly twice as much matter as was included in the first editions of the work." - Publisher's advertisement.
Archibald Alexander (1772-1851), American Presbyterian scholar, president of Princeton. “Although not an itinerant, few men in his day were more intimately acquainted with the work of revival than Archibald Alexander. He himself was converted in a revival and many of the early days of his ministry were spent in revival scenes. The missionary and revival spirit which long characterized the seminary [at Princeton] were due in no small part to the powerful influence of this godly man.” - Roberts, Revival Literature: An Annotated Bibliography, p. 8.
