Swedenborg (Emanuel) De nova Hierosolyma et ejus doctrina coelesti: ex auditis e coelo, first edition, [one of 1000 copies], woodcut device on title and ornaments, errata leaf at end, large engraved armorial bookplate of Washington Sewallis Shirley 9th Earl Ferrers, contemporary sheep, worn, [Printed by John Lewis], 1758 § Owen (Robert, of New Lanark) and Alexander Campbell, of Bethany, Virginia. Debate on the Evidences of Christianity..., second (first English) edition, advertisement leaf at end, ink signature to head of title, some soiling and staining, modern half calf, red morocco label, [Goldsmiths' 31256; Not in Kress], 1839 § London Missionary Society. Report of the proceedings against the late Rev. J.Smith, of Demerara...who was tried under Martial Law...on a charge of aiding and assisting in a rebellion of the Negro Slaves..., first edition, original boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, name erased from upper cover, [Goldsmiths' 24336; Sabin 82905; Not in Kress], 1824; and 3 others concerning overseas missions, 4to & 8vo (6)

⁂ The first is Swedenborg's vision of a new church based on faith, charity and the unification of existing protestant churches. Fifteen years after his death his ideas were realised in the establishment of the New Church or Church of the New Jerusalem in 1787, with its emphasis on missionary work.