Caswall, Henry. The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century or the rise, progress and present state of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints; to which is appended an analysis of the Book of Mormon. Printed for J.G.F. & J. Rivington, London, 1843.

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Description: 277pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Rebound in green buckram with new marbled endsheets and pastedowns. Title and bands gilt on backstrip. Very good. Short inscription in ink (contemporary) on front free endsheet. Includes an engraved frontispiece of Joseph Smith, "the prophet pronouncing the greek psalter to be a dictionary of Egyptian hieroglyphics". Early outsider's account of Mormonism. An important early anti-Mormon work published during Joseph Smith's lifetime. Flake/Draper 1237. Howes C235. Sabin 11478.

Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.