Very rare and important history of missions, with a special emphasis on the recent boom in American missions. Illustrated throughout with half plate and full sheet engravings. 

This example with both volumes with the discrete printed ownership strip of and the signature of Horatio Bardwell. He was sent to India by the A.B.C.F. M. with Haystack Revival missionary, Samuel Mills. Just 3 years after Adoniram Judson's arrival, he worked with Judson, though never becoming Baptist himself. He was also close friends with Samuel Newell, whose marriage he helped arrange after the death of his wife Harriett. Her memoir became one of the most influential missionary works of the age. You can see our letter about the remarriage HERE. He also edited the Memoir of fellow Adoniram Judson worker, Gordon Hall. 

Choules, John O. and Smith, Thomas. The Origin and History of Missions; Voyages, Travels, Labors, and Successes of the Various Missionaries, who have Been Sent Forth by Protestant Societies and Churches to Evangelize the Heathen; Compiled from Authentic Documents; Complete Missionary Repository; Illustrated by Numerous Engravings, from Original Drawings Made Expressly for this Work. by Rev. John O. Choules, A. M. Buffalo, Y., Y, and the Rev. Thomas Smith, Late Minister of Trinity Chapel, London. Fifth Edition, Continued to the Present Time. In Two Volumes. Boston. Published by Gould, Kendall and Lincoln. 1838. 622pp. + 610pp.

A good - set, bound in cloth. Some dampstaining, worn, and lightly shaken with moderate foxing, handled pages. A very usable set and superbly provenanced.