A Brief Account of the Life of Howell Harris, Esq; Extracted from papers written by himself. To which is added A concise Collection of his letters from the year 1738, to 1772.

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Very rare biography, with a Welsh, historical & religious interest. Small 8vo, VG, first edition, [9], 10-224 pp, contemporary publishers blue paper covers marked, corners & edges chipped & worn, some loss at corners. Re-spined, to style, no title. Internally, prelims and edges a little browned and dog-earred, ink name (Will.m Williams) to title page, text block edges uncut, 57 letters, contains the 2 leaf Elegiac Poem on the death of Howell Harris, inserted between N4 and O1. Along with a loose copy of There Was a Man Sent, an outline of the story of Howell Harris of Trevecka and the beginnings of the Calvinistic Methodist Church in Wales (now called the Presbyterian Church of Wales) by M Bickerstaff, Trevecca, 1959, 36 pp, plates & illustrations and with ink name to tp. All housed in a quarter red calf over red marbled boards solander box, within a black slip case. (197*130 mm). (ESTC T145179. Libri Walliae 2322). Harris, was a religious reformer who left behind him a large number of diaries which give a detailed account of his experiences, his journeys, and his preaching over a long period of time. It was from these diaries that the 'Family' collected the material for the autobiography ( A Brief Account , etc.) published in 1791 ( Welsh ed., Hanes Ferr , etc., 1792 ). From time to time, much that was written in the diaries has been published but more remains unpublished. See NLW WBO. (ND) Important primary source documenting the life and ministry of one of the founders of the Welsh Methodist revival. Frequently cited in studies of early Methodism and evangelical history.