[SWEDENBORG, Emanuel.] – Manoah SIBLY. Twelve Sermons Preached at the New Jerusalem Temple. London: R. Hindmarsh, 1796-40. First edition, 8vo (208 x 125mm.) In 12 Parts, separate titles and pagination for each sermon. (Occasional scattered spotting, damp-stain to front endpaper.) Contemporary half calf (inner hinge weakened, spine ends chipped, rubbed). Note: scarce. Manoah Sibly was the brother of Ebenezer and had studied astrology, astronomy and languages. The first works published under his name were translations of Ptolemy and Placidus de Titis. He became a Swedenborgian preacher in 1787, the year that the New Jerusalem Temple was established in Red Cross Street, London. The printer, Robert Hindmarsh, was one of the founders of the Church of the New Jerusalem in England.