DISOIPLINE (The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church), 1888 pretty with richly saturated color on

with richly saturated color on a warm cream stock

and believe it dates to to the earlyish 20th century

A tear and fold at the bottom left corner and a little wear along the bottom edge but overall good condition

and converted most of Sydney Parkinson's Australian plant drawings from the Endeavor expedition into paintings and helped engrave them for publication

And as I have not been able to find much of anything about Porter

DISOIPLINE (The Doctrines and Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church), 1888 pretty with richly saturated color onThe first picture tells the entire story of why I bought this and why I love it the perfect articulation of throwing discipline or, perhaps even more so, doctrine to the wind! The leather fold over cover is pretty beaten and torn, but the book inside is actually in quite good shape, and there are some energetic scribbles on the several pages too. But if it were me, I'd find a good spot for it to just leave it spread open to that first page: perfect. 5