The Christian Œconomy [Economy]: translated from the Original Greek of an Old Manuscript, found in the Island of Patmos, where St. John wrote his Book of the Revelation. Hartford: O. D. Cooke, 1814. [10690]
Printed paper wrapper, 13.5 x 8.3 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/4 inches), front and first several leaves dampstained, back with publisher's adverts. Imprint date 1814; cover date 1815. Frontispiece of a man praying or sleeping in bed; small tear with loss in the bottom margin. 72 clean pages, final free end paper with pencil scribbles. Good. Pamphlet.
The earliest printing we can find of this small book is London, 1754, "printed for T. Waller."
Cover title has "Book of Revelation," omitting "the."
The first 58 pages are the Christian Economy and the purported account of the discovery of this manuscript by an Englishman visiting Greek islands, where, finding an elderly monk who has been banished due to his evangelical faith, he received a Greek manuscript from this mysterious man.
Page 59 begins Reflections on the Nature, Works, and Providence of God.
