A very rare first edition of Alexander Campbell's magnum opus. No copies in the trade and not a single example in the auction record. The rare first edition, whose title Campbell repudiated as a printer's error, was later issued [1839] as "A Connected System." It is considered by many to be the first articulation of the Campbellite "Creed." 

Of interest as well is its connection to early Latter Day Saints / Mormon works [see HERE] and its function as a part of and in dialogue with the larger array of Adventist movements of the time [see HERE].

The University of Virginia described the work in the context of the work of William Miller, the Millerites, and other Adventists of the time this way:

Campbell, Alexander. A Connected View of the Principles and Rules by Which the Living Oracles May be Intelligibly and Certainly Interpreted: of the Foundation on which all Christians Form One Communion: and of the Capital Positions Sustained in the Attempt to Restore the Original Gospel and Order of Things: Containing the Principle Extras of the Millennial Harbinger, Revised and Corrected. Bethany, VA. Printed and Published by M'Vay and Ewing, 1835. 404pp.

A good + to very copy, bound in leather with some generalized rubbing and light losses at head of spine; one signature forward in the binding, but still generally solid. Text with generally bright with some light scattered foxing and toning.