Graves, Richard (Rev.)

THE SPIRITUAL QUIXOTE OR THE SUMMER'S RAMBLE OF MR. GEOFFRY WILDGOOSE : A COMIC ROMANCE (3 VOLUMES, COMPLETE)

London, England: J. Dodsley, 1774. Second Edition. Leather-bound. 16mo. (6 3/4" x 4") Full leather set, worn, ruled in gilt, all rebacked. Five raised bands, with contrasting black spine labels. Picaresque novel "...satirizing John Wesley, George Whitefield and Methodism in general, which he saw as a threat to his Anglican congregation...It ridiculed the intrusion of the laity into spiritual functions..." (Wikipedia). Very Good Plus. Item #85004

Richard Graves (1715-1804) was an English cleric, poet and novelist.

Price: $350.00