Miracles of Jesus Vindicated

[Zachary Pearce]. The Miracles of Jesus Vindicated. Part I[-IV]. London: J. Roberts, 1729. First edition; first part a variant with the first rule on the title-page shorter than the second and Unfair Author at the end of the second line on page 29. Octavo (7.625 x 5 inches; 195 x 125 mm.). 31, [1, blank]; 36; 35, [1, blank]; 39, [1, blank] pages. Engraved head- and tailpieces. Contemporary cord binding, in want of boards and a backstrip (text block only); all edge of text block sprinkled red. First and last pages slightly soiled with some light staining to the terminal leaf; page margins very faintly tanned; the fore-edge of a few leaves trimmed a little short (still far from any text). Very good. "Zachary Pearce (1690-1774), from 1756 dean of Westminster and bishop of Rochester. He published The Miracles of Jesus Vindicated in 1729, replying to the writings of Thomas Woolston (1668-1733), who had challenger literalistic (in favour of allegorical) readings of the accounts of Christ's miracles" (James Boswell, London Journal 1762-1763. London: 2015. Penguin Classics ebook). ESTC N5790 (first part). (#10335).