"A very scarce complete five volume edition of the theological works of English Presbyterian minister Nathaniel Lardner." 'This is the only quarto edition of Lardner's work.' 'Bookplates of Frances Mary Richardson Currer. [Frances Mary Richardson Currer (3 March 1785 – 28 April 1861) was a British heiress and book collector. Thomas Frognall Dibdin wrote in 1838 that her library was one of the best in the country. He estimated that the library contained 20,000 books].' Full contempory purple-calf with gilt lineal borders. Four gilt raised bands with gilt panel vignettes. Morocco gilt titles. Marbled endpapers and page-blocks. Green cloth page-marker. Sporadic spotting/Foxing. Volume I. v, 650 pages. Frontispiece portrait engraving. Volume II. iv, 632 pages. Volume III. vi, 622 pages.. Volume IV. xi, 692 pages. Volume V. xlviii, 594 pages. 2 page catalogue. "Lardner's works were first published in eleven volumes in 1788. Complete sets of Lardner's works are very scarce.With a portrait frontispiece to volume I. Larder was a prominent Presbyterian minister and theologian in the eighteenth century, and is perhaps best known for mounting the argument that the New Testament does not teach that Jesus or any element within him pre-existed Mary's pregnancy.Including sermons on various subjects, tracts, and an index to volume V." Shipped and insured [courier liability] by recorded delivery with UPS.