Ingraham, J. H. The Prince of the House of David; or Three Years in the Holy City; Being A Series of Letters of Adina, A Jewess of Alexandria, Sojourning in Jerusalem in the Days of Herod, Addressed to her Father, a Wealthy Jew in Egypt. And Relating, as by an Eye-Witness, All the Scenes and Wonderful Incidents in the Life of Jesus of Nazareth, from his Baptism in Jordan to His Crucifixion on Calvary. New York: Pudney & Russell, 1859. Revised Edition. [10149]
Faded pebble publisher's cloth, binding intact with small fraying at the corner tips, tight, 8 x 5 1/4 inches. Advert for the author's Pillar of Fire, soon be published, tipped in at front. Engraved View of Jerusalem, extra lithographed title page, xix., 472 clean pp., 7 pp. of recommendations. There are several additional lithograph plates in the book. Good. Hardcover.
The author's purpose in writing "to tempt the daughters of Israel to read what he wrote, and receive and be convinced by the arguments and proofs of the divinity of Christ as here presented. For the Israelite as well as the Gentile believer this volume appears; and if it may be the means of convincing one son or daughter of Abraham to accept Jesus as Messias, or convince the infidel Gentile that He is the very Son of God and Creator of the world, he will have received his reward for the midnight hours, stolen from parochial labors, which he has devoted to this work" - Preface.
Joseph Holt Ingraham (1809-1860), b. Portland, Maine; d. Holly Springs, Mississippi. Ingraham became an Episcopal clergyman in 1852. He was married to Mary Brooks, a cousin of Phillips Brooks. He had written many novels under the pen name F. Clinton Barrington before writing his three books on Biblical themes in his own name: The Pillar of Fire, The Throne of David, and The Prince of the House of David.