Collection of select pieces from different authors, 1781 / mostly by William Walker school master, the rest by and all copied by Isaac Black-beard.

1 v. (circa 190 p.) ; 20 cm.

English

In English.

Purchased from A. R. Heath on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2011.

This material is open for research.

Isaac Blackbeard (1722-1788) was a barber and an Elder of the Whitby Friends Meeting for many years. He published a mystical pamphlet, Man's Own Book of Three Leaves, in Whitby in 1783.

Autograph manuscript containing fifteen religious and mystical pieces in prose and verse, several of which show the influence of Jacob Böhme. Titles include On Perfection; The Qualifying of the Five Senses; On the Cause, Consequence and Cure of Spiritual Pride; Arnelle Nicholas's Account of Herself, from the French; and Meditations and Contemplations. The volume concludes with a copy of Addison's hymn, When all Thy mercies, O My God.

May 19, 2011

Isaac Blackbeard, Collection of Select Pieces from Different Authors. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Isaac Blackbeard, Collection of Select Pieces from Different Authors. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.