HISTORY OF THE HOLY EASTERN CHURCH (2 Volumes, orig 1847 edition)

Used, front cover and title pages separated from remainder of book on both volumes (back cover on Vol 2 as well), the remainder of text is in very good condition considering almost 180 years old. Scarce and sold as is!  From Omni/CBC Reference Library.

John Mason Neale (24 January 1818 – 6 August 1866) was an English Anglican priest, scholar, and hymnwriter. He worked on and wrote a wide range of holy Christian texts, including obscure medieval hymns, both Western and Eastern. Among his most famous hymns is the 1853 Good King Wenceslas, set on St. Stephen's day, known as Boxing Day in the UK. An Anglo-Catholic, Neale's works have found positive reception in high-church Anglicanism and Western Rite Orthodoxy.