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AMERICANA RARISSIMA 
 
 FROM THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF 
 
 FRANCIS W. FABYAN, Esq.. of Boston 
 
 INCLUDING A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY 
 
 INCREASE AND COTTON MATHER 
 
 TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 
 
 BY ORDER OF MR. FABYAN 
 
 ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT ABOUT 4:00 O'CLOCK 
 
 FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE FABYAN AND FOLEY ASSOCIATION ITEMS 
 
 FEBRUARY 17th, 1920 
 UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF 
 
 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 
 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
 Cornell University Library 
 
 Illustrated catalogue of Americana rarls 
 
 olin 
 
 3 1924 029 555 707 
 
Cornell University 
 Library 
 
 The original of this book is in 
 the Cornell University Library. 
 
 There are no known copyright restrictions in 
 the United States on the use of the text. 
 
 http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029555707 
 
THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION 
 
 DESIGNS ITS CATALOGUES AND DIRECTS 
 
 ALL DETAILS OF ILLUSTRATION 
 
 TEXT AND TYPOGRAPHY 
 
ON PUBLIC EXHIBITION 
 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
 MADISON SQUARE SOUTH, NEW YORK 
 ENTRANCE, 6 EAST 23rd STREET 
 
 BEGINNING THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12th, 1920 
 AND CONTINUING UNTIL THE TIME OF SALE 
 
 AMERICANA RARISSIMA 
 
 FROM THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF 
 
 FRANCIS W. FABYAN, Esq., of Boston 
 
 INCLUDING A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY 
 INCREASE AND COTTON MATHER 
 
 TO BE SOLD AT UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE 
 
 BY ORDER OF MR. FABYAN 
 
 ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1920 
 AT ABOUT 4:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON 
 
 FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE FABYAN AND FOLEY ASSOCIATION ITEMS 
 
 AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES 
 
Several REASONS 
 
 Proving that Inoculating or Tranfplanting the Small Tox, is a 
 Law tul Pradice, and that it has been Bleffed by GOD 
 for the Saving of many a Life. 
 
 By hicreafe Mather, D. D. 
 
 Exod. XX. I ■>.. Thou Jhalt net Kill. 
 Gal. I. 10. D.JfcektoflcaftMenl ij I pe.ij- Men, I Jhiuld not be a Sc:v^r,iof CHRiet. 
 
 U has been aueffioned, Whether fem</^«7^:ht m Kia-Enghnd. My Sentiments, and try Son's 
 W, J.'Abe a Lawful Praftice. I incline to alfo, about this-^bwfr ate wdUnown. Alfo ive 
 the Athtmame, Ici thele Reafons. hear that theReve.end and Learned Mr. S.^lcm.n 
 
 , «— ^ r, „,- I I J t . r i( •</(/jrJ of A«v/w//^f;'/; concurs with US; fo doih 
 
 '■ IB '"""''- ' ",^>= 'P^' '•>" in5»7vr«, a,:- the Reverend Mr. lV:Ji of Ijfvjkb, and main- other 
 
 mj «.«"'.T/<,3nd other Places Th.uQnds younger Uivines, not Only in hojlon, but in the 
 
 ■ J olLiv.shaicbcenfavedbHnocuijtion, Country, ioyn with their Fathers. Furthermore. 
 
 , -f^.fr. '. <i""cn>:otThoflandsl-j.mili:arriei I have tr.ade fome Enquiry, Wi^ether there are 
 
 by 1 . Tn,s ,s related by W ilt 8. Learned Men who ma..y Perlbns of a Ftophan^ Life and Converfa- 
 
 «..uld,,otUve,mpoledr.t.rhcWn,!Jatal(eNar- tion,' that do Approve and ulf eT W«;'» 
 
 WJ,, .'", "^f '■^^ ''''■' P"W,llted by the and 1 have been anfwered, that tt; know tt of 
 
 ll WP if ' "'"''f'-""?'=^/Re«rJ isduetoit. very le,v fuch. .This is to me a weighty Confide- 
 
 , s K.w/n ' '^'-''■'r''*-^''''"'^'^' ^ii.iaienot the Wicked one, are generally fierce 
 V'".--''\'^:y'"."''"'J'-^\^elnncth3'.'eippKyQi Enemies to Inoculation. It is a erave ftvinT oi 
 heieol,andthatit isnowcomincintoriraairpUri,, r-iu <- ^ '-^^^ - — "-' f"A/r iJriS fffi 
 Nation. In unc ot the rubiick Prints are thele For rav part I mould be afhamed to joyn with fuch 
 Words, " InoculJiing the Small Pcx h a f-iji and Perlon's -, my Soul come not thou into their Secret 
 " ""ivcr/jlly I'fcJ.il ExfcriKc/it. Several Worthy urto iheir Ajjiir:bl)i be not tkou United. lam fat 
 Perlbns lately airivcd frt-m i/TjA/Bi inform us,that from tetletiing upon all rhat areagainit Inoculation 
 it is a fuccelsful PraOice there : If Wife & Learn- I know there are very worthy Perfons (with whom" 
 tdMen in krglmi, d. -dare their Approbation of 1 deliie to Live and Die) that are not clear in their 
 tnis CraJicc. f r us lo declare our Difapprobaiion Judgments tot it, and they ate greatly to be com- 
 wiU not be fw our Honour. mended and honoured in that they will not aft 
 
 ill. GOD has graei^ully owned theP/j.V.-cf ofUo- againll a doubting Confcience ; yet it may be fome 
 .rK.W/i:/!,among us in&/? /r, where fome Scores, yea of them might change their minds, if they 
 aho\eaiihuiidiedhai'cbeen''i"iH'./rfi^,8cnotonemif- would advife with thofe who ate heft able to afford 
 cjrried;butthcy BlelsliOO.fbrHis dircovcririgthis them Scripture Light in this as well as in other 
 Experiment tothcm. Ithas been objecled, that one Cafes of Confcience. 
 
 thattvas Inoculated,died,vi2.Mrs. D //.■ but fhe ■ l^ovemb. io. ijit. 
 
 hal the 5w(j//f'..ix,in the common way before.Schcr . ' — -- 
 
 Fiiends and neaielt Relaiions declare that Ae re- Tht ihcCan/e »MyhaveTu,omrneffee,hereare Moyn- 
 teived no hurt by lnocul,,„on, but was by a fright , ../ ,'.- Scnti,n/n,s of .„o,her/«ell knoJTiur 
 
 Tvon '' H P \ \ rA ?'"''• , ' ' ""^" ^ ■ C'^""'^"' "Z™"-* ^ i"'''' "> *''^'> MtlrL^n 
 
 ^^onderlu! ProviJeiceof GOD, that all that wore ■ y -"tj^'mu,,^,,, 
 
 to.;,fc7iJlhou!d have their Lives prefcrvcd ; fo Sc-ntiment<;nn tfip ^Imall Pnv Tnr,r-„1.,.„ J 
 
 that the Saieiy and [ifeiuii.efi of this Experiment '^™"raentsonme Small! OX InocuJatcd. 
 
 is confiimcd to us by Ocular Demonftration : icon- , A „ofl Succefsful, art! MlnMe Method cf wc- 
 icfs lanialraid that.-he Dilcouraging of this A Jntm \^<A^h, and many other PvL tl 
 
 INCREASE MATHER 
 Reduced facsimile of first page of a rare broadside 
 [No. 90] 
 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF 
 
 AMERICANA RARISSIMA 
 
 FROM THE PRIVATE LIBRARY OF 
 
 FRANCIS W. FABYAN, Esq., of Boston 
 
 INCLUDING A REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY 
 
 INCREASE AND COTTON MATHER 
 
 TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE OR RESTRICTION 
 
 BY ORDER OF MR. FABYAN 
 
 ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17th, 1920 
 AT ABOUT 4:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON 
 
 FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE FABYAN AND FOLEY ASSOCIATION ITEMS 
 
 THE SALE TO BE CONDUCTED BY 
 
 MR. THOMAS E. KIRBY AND HIS ASSISTANTS, OF 
 THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, Manac.ers 
 
 NEW YORK CITY 
 
P^H9o^' 
 
PREFATORY NOTE 
 
 Mr. Pabyan's Collection of Eare Americana is one of the most important of 
 its kind that has come into the American Auction ^fart in recent years. 
 Greater collections, embracing a wider field of American history have fre- 
 quently been sold; but in its special feature of rare and important Mather 
 titles, very few, if any collections disposed of in America have equalled in 
 quality ilr. Fabyan's notable gathering. Even the famous Brinley Collec- 
 tion (although more extensive) was notably lacking in some of the more im- 
 portant items which it has been ]\[r. Pabyan's good fortune to secure. Many 
 of the Mather copies, liccansc of the excellent state of preservation, might well 
 be termed "unique," offered as they are either in the original wrappers, or 
 showing the original stitchings, while others are in the original calf or sheep 
 bindings, some with wide or uncut edges, each being neatly protected by a 
 half morocco slip-case. A number of the Mather items contain contemporary 
 signatures and inscriptions, including the names of Jonathan Belcher, Thomas 
 Foxcroft, and John Barnard. Although it seems superfluous in a collection of 
 this importance to make special mention of any of the items, the following 
 merit special attention, — 
 
 By CoTTOx j\Iatiiek. "The High Attainment," Boston, 1703. Presentation 
 copy to the Eeverend J. Belcher, and the only known copy. 
 
 Bt Ixceease Mathek. "A Narrative of the Miseries of Xew England,"' Bos- 
 ton, 1688. Unique copy bearing indisputable evidence of the place and 
 time of publication. 
 
 "Death is Certain," Boston, 1710. Only known copy. 
 "Several Reasons Proving that Inoculating or Transplanting the Small 
 Pox is a Lawful Practice," Boston, 1721. Only known copy of this rare 
 broadside. 
 
 In his pursuit of the rarer and more important items of Colonial Literature 
 ]\Ir. Fabyan has added to his collection items of inestimable value and great 
 historical importance, notable among them being. — 
 
 Eliphalet Adams's Sermon on "The Necessity of Judgment and Eighteous- 
 ness,"' delivered before the General Court at Hartford, Connecticut, May 11, 
 1710, and printed by Thomas Short, at New London, in 1710. This is a 
 recently discovered title, and the imprint as well as the date of delivery refutes 
 Isaiah Thomas's statement regarding "The Saybrook Platform and Confes- 
 sion of Faith" as being the first book printed in Connecticut. The latter 
 according to newly discovered data by Trumbull was not finished until early 
 in 1711, although the imprint bears the same date as the Adams Sermon. 
 
 Of superlative interest to New York Collectors and especially to Historians 
 of Columbia College is a recently discovered treatise (the only known copy) 
 by "Hippocrates Mithridate," entitled "Some Serious Thoughts on the De- 
 sign of erecting a College in the Province of New York," and printed by the 
 younger Zenger in 1749. 
 
other items of interest include rare Connecticut and Ehode Island imprints 
 of the eighteenth century ; Earh' Fkanklin and other Almanacs ; Unknown 
 issues of JoHANXOT, Dickenson, and Eowlandson's Indian Narratives; 
 Original Edition of Saxdees's "Indian Wai's;" Important tracts by William 
 Livingston ; Williaii ^Iilns's hitherto undescribed play of "All in a Bustle," 
 written for the Opening of the New Theatre, New York, and printed in 1770; 
 Billings's "The Xew-England Psalm-Singer,'' 1770, with engraved plate 
 and music by Paul Reveke; A highly important autograph letter by Geoege 
 Washingtox, with mention of Cape-Cod Canal, accompanied by the ofBcial 
 report of the engineer: Johx Wilson's "A Copy of Verses." [Cambridge, 
 1657], the first separate example of Native Poetry printed in English Amer- 
 ica, and the only known cojjy; Eogee \\"olcott's "Poetical Meditations," 
 1725, the first book of poetry and the first published historical record of the 
 Colony of Connecticut ; and many other items of importance. 
 
Conditions of Sale 
 
 1. Any bid which Is merely a nominal or fractional advance may be rejected by 
 the auctioneer, if, in his judgment, such bid would be likely to affect the sale in- 
 juriously. . , ^ 
 
 2. The highest bidder shall be the buyer, and if any dispute arise between 
 two or more bidders, the auctioneer shall either decide the same or put up for 
 re-sale the lot so in dispute. 
 
 3. Payment shall be made of all or such part of the purchase money as 
 may be required, and the names and addresses of the purchasers shall be given 
 immediately on the sale of every lot, in default of which the lot so purchased 
 shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 
 
 Payment of that part of the purchase money not made at the time of sale, 
 shall he made within ten days thereafter, in default of which the undersigned may 
 either continue to hold the lots at the risk of the purchaser and take such action 
 as may be necessary for the enforcement of the sale, or may at public or private 
 sale, and without other than this notice, re-sell the lots for the benefit of such pur- 
 chaser, and the deficiency (if any) arising from such re-sale, shall be a charge 
 against such purchaser. 
 
 ■1. Delivery of any purchase will be made only upon payment of the total 
 amount due for all purchases at the sale. 
 
 Deliveries will be made on sales days between the hours of 9 A. M. and 1 P. M., 
 and on other days — except holidays — lietween the hours of 9 A. M. and 5 P. M. 
 
 Delivery of any purchase will be made only at the American Art Galleries, or 
 other place of sale, as the case may be, and only on presenting the bill of purchase. 
 
 Delivery may be made, at the discretion of the Association, of any purchase 
 during the session of the sale at which it was sold. 
 
 5. Shipping, boxing or wrapping of purchases is a business in which the 
 Association is in no wise engaged, and will not be performed liy the Association 
 for purchasers. The Association will, however, afford to purchasers every facility 
 for employing at current and reasonable rates carriers and packers ; doing so, how- 
 ever, without any assumption of responsibility on its part for the acts and charges 
 of the parties engaged for such service. 
 
 6. Storage of any purchase shall be at the sole risk of the purchaser. Title 
 passes upon the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, and thereafter, while the Asso- 
 ciation will exercise due caution in caring for and delivering such purchase, it 
 will not hold itself responsible if such purchase be lost, stolen, damaged or 
 destroyed. 
 
 Storage charges will be made upon all purchases not removed within ten days 
 from the date of the sale thereof. 
 
 7. Guarantee is not made either liy the owner or the Association of the cor- 
 rectness of the description, genuineness or authenticity of any lot, and no sale will 
 be set aside on account of any incorrectness, error of cataloguing, or any imper- 
 fection not noted. Every lot is on public exhibition one or more daj's prior to its 
 sale, after which it is sold "as is" and without recourse. 
 
 The Association exercises great care to catalogue every lot correctly, and will 
 give consideration to the opinion of any trustworthy expert to the effect that any 
 lot has been incorrectly catalogued, and, in its judgment, may either sell the 
 lot as catalogued or make mention of the opinion of such expert who thereby 
 would become responsible for such damage as might result were his opinion with- 
 out proper foundation. 
 
 SPECIAL NOTICE. 
 
 Buying or bidding by the Association for responsible parties on orders trans- 
 mitted to it by mail, telegraph or telephone, will be faithfully attended to without 
 charge or commission. Any purchase so made will be subject to the above Condi- 
 tions of Sale, which cannot In any manner be modified. The Association, however, 
 in the event of making a purchase of a lot consisting of one or more books for a 
 purchaser who has not, through himself or his agent, been present at the exhibition 
 or sale, will permit such lot to be returned within ten days from the date of sale, 
 and the purchase money will be returned, if the lot in any material manner differs 
 from its catalogue description. 
 
 Orders for execution by the Association should be written and given with 
 such plainness as to leave no room for misunderstanding. Not only should the lot 
 number be given, but also the title, and bids should be stated to be so much 
 for the lot, and when the lot consists of one or more volumes of books or objects 
 of art, the bid per volume or ■piece should also be stated. If the one transmitting 
 the order is unknown to the Association, a deposit should be sent or reference 
 submitted. Shipping directions should also be given. 
 
 Priced copies of the catalogue of any sale, or any session thereof, will be 
 furnished by the Association at a reasonable charge. 
 
 AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, 
 
 American Art Galleries, 
 Madison Square South, 
 
 New York City. 
 
At The American Art Galleries 
 
 madison square south, new york 
 
 UNRESTRICTED PUBLIC SALE BY ORDER OF MR. FABYAN 
 
 AMERICANA RARISSIMA FROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 FRANCIS W. FABYAN, ESQ., OF BOSTON, MASS. 
 
 TUESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 17th, AT 4:00 O'CLOCK 
 
 FOLLOWING THE SALE OF THE FABYAN AND FOLEY 
 ASSOCIATION ITEMS 
 
 1. Almanac. Freebetter's New-England Almanack For the Year 1776. . . 
 Calculated for the Meridian of New-London, (etc). Woodcut. ISmo, 
 12 leaves, sewed, uncut. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip- 
 case, lettered on back. 
 
 New London: Printed and sold by T. Green [1775] 
 
 A VEEY BAKE AND INTEBESTIKG CONNECTICUT REVOLUTIONARY AlMANAO, 
 
 having design on cover, "Boston Cannonaded" and "America Swallowing 
 the Bitter Draught" (of Tea), being a variant of Paul Revere's plate of 
 similar character. 
 
 Originally the property of the pastor of (loshen, Conn., with his MS. 
 marginal notes on battles by land and sea, — "March nth. The Regulars 
 left Boston in haste t)etween 2 (6 8 o'clock A.M." ; "June 2Sth Sr. Peter 
 Parker defeated at Sullivan's Island"; "July 9th. Ld. Dumnore routed"; 
 "Aug. 27th. Battle on Long Island"; "Dec. 26th. Ye Hessians at Trenton 
 routed atiove 1000 killed <f- taken," etc. 
 
 2. American Revolution. Broadside. In Provincial Congress, Water- 
 town, May 5, 1775; Resolves. Polio, untrimmed. 
 
 Salem: Printed by E. Russell. [1775] 
 A FINE COPY OF THE RESOLVES denouncing Gen. Gage as an unnatural 
 and inveterate enemy to the country, emphasizing his share in the deeds 
 of April 19th, 1775, etc. 
 
 "...Whereas his Excellency General Gage, since his arrival into this 
 Colony, hath, conducted as an Instrument in the Hands of an arliitrary 
 ministry, to enslave this People; and a Detachment of the Troops under 
 his Command, has of late been hy him ordered to the Toivn of Concord to 
 destroy the Put)lic Stores, deposited in that Place for the Use of the 
 Colony; and ivhereas hy this clandestine and perfidious Measure, a Nutn- 
 l>er of Respectable Inhabitants of the Colony, without any Provocation 
 given by them have been illegally, ivantonly, and inhumanly slaughtered 
 by his Troops, etc. 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 3. Ameeicax Kevolutiox. Broadside. Ix Couxcil, Watertown, August 
 
 23, irrs. 4to, uncut. 
 
 [Watertown: Benjamin Edes, 1775] 
 
 Resolves, relative to War Assessments : Samuel Adams, Secretary ; 
 James Otis ; Benj. Lincoln, etc. 
 
 Only one copy cited by Evans, none recorded as sold at public sale in 
 America. 
 
 4. AiiEitiCAX Eevolutiox. Adjutant's Orderly Book for a Eeuiment where- 
 
 of Edward Wiggleswortli Esq. is Colonel: Aug. 2 — Nov. 23, 1776. 
 272 pages, small -tto, unliound. With cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Col. W'ig-glesworth's Regiment was composed of men from Essex County, 
 Mass. This Orderly Book (in the hand of Adjutant Thomas Smart) con- 
 tains historical material, not accessible in other form, relating to the 
 Regiment, its officers and its marches, exploits in which it bore a prom- 
 inent part, etc. 
 
 5. Americax Eevolutiox. CON COED COXVEXTIOX. Extracts] from 
 
 the] Proceedings j of the[ Convextiox] at| Cox cord and of the 
 Town of I BosTOX;j containing thej Eegulation of the Prices of 
 Merchan|dize, Provisions, &e. Published by Order of the Town.| 
 Svo, pp.8, sewn, one margin cut down. In morocco folder, lettered 
 on front cover. 
 
 Boston: Printed bv Benjamin Edes and Sons, in State Street, | 
 ls\J)CG, LXXIX (i;79). 
 
 Contains the Report on the Regulation of the Price of Commodities 
 and Labor, offered to the town of Concord to be adopted as one of the 
 official regulations. The violation of any one of these regulations was 
 "a C'rim.e of the deepest Dye." It is interesting to ncjtc, that besides 
 fixing the price of commodities, the wages of laborers, — blacksmiths, 
 printers, rope-makers, liartiers, and others, are ordere<l to l)e reduced 
 from 1.5 to 20 per cent. 
 
 Of extreme eaeity. Not described by bibliographers. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
 6. BosTOx, Massachusetts, The Boston Directory. Containing the 
 
 Xames of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business, 
 etc .... To which is prefixed a General Description of Boston. Fold- 
 ing pla)h engraved hy S. Hill. 12mo, half sheep, cracked at hinges. 
 
 Boston, 1796 
 Engraved book plate of John Quincy Adams. The Rare Second 
 Boston Directory. 
 
 7. BosTOX^^ Massachusetts, The Boston Directory. Containing the 
 
 Xames of the Inhabitants, their Occupations, Places of Business and 
 Dwelling-Houses, etc. To which is prefixed a general Description 
 of Boston. Folding plan, engraved by S. HUl. 12mo, original 
 wrappers. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 back. Boston, 1798 
 
 A fine copy of the rare third Boston Directory. 
 
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 C-O N V E N T i O N 
 
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 AKB ©'* THB. ToWSf OF 
 
 EL O i. "T O Nj 
 
 Regakuon of the Prices • of Mer.cllan- 
 dise'j Pfovifions, 6ec« •"•^ 
 
 •;■ FahlKhtd by Ord^r of the Town; 
 
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 frmii jfjjltsfjimu 1di» and S^oai, in Staif'StrMH^ 
 
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 M,8«c,i:itsis. 
 
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 CONCORD FOOD CONVENTION— 1779 
 
 Rare Issue undescribed by Bibliographers 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 5] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 8. BosTOx Massacre, 17^0. Thacher (Peter). An Oration delivered a( 
 
 Watcrtoi.vn, ]\Iarch 5, IT 76, to Commemorate the Bloody Massacre 
 at Boston; Perpetrated March 5, 1770. ito, sewn; half-title missing. 
 
 Watertown : Benjamin Edes. 1776 
 Scarce. One of the few imprints Issued at Watertown, during the 
 occupation of Boston by the British. 
 
 9. Boston Eiots, 1747. An Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of 
 
 the .Massachusetts-Bay in Xew England; .More Especially, To the 
 Inhalntants of Boston; occasioned by the late Illegal and Unwar- 
 rantable Attack Upon their Liberties, and the unhappy Confusion 
 and Disorders consequent thereon. By a Lover of his Country. 
 Square 8vo, pp. 8, sewn; text slightly discolored by time; last leaf 
 rubbed, caused by old fold. In morocco folder, lettered on front 
 cover. 
 
 Boston : Printed and Sold by Eogers and Fowle . . . [1747] 
 ExTEEMELY RARE. A denunciation of the impressment of seamen by 
 Commodore Knowles on Nov. 17th (the "Address" is dated Nov. 23, 1747), 
 wliich occasioned the riots In Boston. The defects mentioned above are 
 such as are to be expected in a tract of this period. This copy is a most 
 desirable one. 
 
 10. [Byles (Mathee).J On the Death] of thel Queen. | a Poem.| In- 
 
 scribed to his Excellency] Governor Belclier.] By the Eeverend Mr. 
 Byles. j [Quotation : 4 lines.] 4io, original sable wrappers, worn 
 at folds, in morocco folder, lettered on front cover. 
 
 Boston in Xew-England :| Printed by J. Draper, for D. Hench- 
 man in Cornhill. 1738. 
 
 Collation: Half-title and blank verso; title and blank verso; Poem; 
 pp. 1-7 (pp. 1 and 7 not numbered). MS. correctio.x. by the author, on 
 LAST page. 
 
 A RARE Ex.viiPLE OF COLONIAL POETRY. Only One, an imperfect copy, is 
 recorded as sold. 
 
 11. Catechism. The ShortekJ CATECHISM,! Composed by the | Eeverend 
 
 Assembly of] DIVINES,] with the Proofs thereof out of the] Scrip- 
 tures, in ^Yords at length.] . . .16mo, pp. (2) 46, contemporary paper 
 covers ; text slightly discolored. With cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston, Printed by Gamaliel Eogers,] for Daniel Henchman 
 over against the] Brick Meeting-House in Cornhill. 1728.| 
 
 A MOST DESIRABLE COPY, WITH UKTTSUALLY BROAD MARGINS OF AN EDITION 
 t'NDESCRIBED BY ALL BIBLIOGRAPHERS. 
 
 12. Columbia College, New York City. Some] SEEIOUS THOUGHTS] 
 
 on] The DESIGN of erecting a COLLEGE] in the Province of 
 NEW-YOEK.] SheavingJ The Eminent Advantages of a liberal 
 Education,] more especially with regard to Eeligion and PoJli- 
 TicKs. Humbly offered to the Public, for the] Encouragement of so 
 useful an Undertaking.) By Hippocrates Mithridate. Apoth.] 
 
 [Continued 
 
HUH"'" 
 
 HIPIIPHH 
 
 
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 SOME. /^ 
 
 1 ''^SER 
 
 rous 
 
 THOUGHTS 
 
 O N 
 
 The DESIGN of ereaini a COLLEGE 
 in the Province ot iV£>r»rO.^ a; 
 
 S H E J'f I N (/ 
 
 The eminent AJvanta'ic-; of a liScr.sl EJuc.ti.-.n, 
 t, ice cfptcially with reL\.ird to RELIGION an>l F(> 
 LITICKS. flun-.blv ort:re.! to the Pabrck, tor ihe 
 EE:coura2;ement of fo ufefui an U N D E R T A K I H G. 
 
 Bj HIP POCR AT E''^ M J "t H R J D A 1 E. \'rth. 
 
 
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 iv /■: /r. TOR K. 
 
 Vnn:cAhy 10 UN Z E A G E 8, MDCCXLIX. 
 
 COLUMBIA COLLEGE— NEW YORK 
 
 Recently discovered Treatise printed by the Younger Zenger 
 
 Slightly reduced facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 12] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Fehruarii 17th 
 
 |Xo. 12— Coutiinicd] 
 
 [Quotations from Job and Cicero : ;j lines.] Small 4to, sewn. In 
 morocco folder, lettered on front cover. 
 
 Xew-Yoek.| Printed by Iohx Zexgee, MDCCXLIX 
 CoixATioK : Title ; blank verso ; Dedication, 3 pages, unnumbered ; Some 
 Serious Thoughts, pp. 1-9. 
 
 A RECENTLY DISCOVERED TREATISE RELATING TO 
 COLUMBIA COLLEGE. BELIEVED TO BE UNIQUE. 
 
 Apart from its exrcssive rarity the Tract now discovered, and offered, 
 merits close attention because of the far-reaching influence of the great 
 Institution, the projected services of which were outlined by the writer, 
 George H. Moore, in "The Origin and Early History of Columbia College" 
 records interesting facts relative to methods for obtaining necessary 
 funds, and references to the early friends and supporters of the College: 
 Bishop Berkeley. Dr. .Johnson, Gen. Shirley. Bl.vles Cooper, etc. 
 
 Publications bearing the imprint of John (son of John Peter) Zenger are 
 cited as more excessively kake than axy other issues of the New Yoek 
 Press. Isaiah Thomas's statement, — "he piihlishol a far pamphlcl.f." 
 seems supported only by "A Brief Vindication of the Purcha.sers," etc., 
 1745-6: of Nathan's Almanacks tor 1750 and 1751 (presumably the other 
 "liamphlets" referred to by Thomas) no copy seems extant; The Weekly 
 Xric York Journal, for 1740 receives separate mention. 
 
 Hildeliurn states that following Zenger's death, July, 1751, his press 
 and type were sold by auction. It seems reasonable to assume that all 
 uncirculated productions of the press found their way to the paper-mih 
 at the time. 
 
 [See Eeprocluction of Title-Page] 
 
 13. CoxxECTicuT Aljiaxack. The American Ephemeris;! ^t, an| ALMA- 
 
 XACKI for the Year of Christian Account,! 1'59. . . By J. Pae- 
 soxy, Philoma.| 12mo, sewn, untrimmed; water-stained; MS. 
 notes, in a contemporary hand. With cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Xew-Havex, Printed and Sold[ bv J. Parker & Company at the 
 Post-office. I [17,-)8] 
 
 Extremely rare. Only another copy (Yale College) is known. 
 
 Trumbull refers to only one J. Parsons,— the Jonathan Parsons, Yale 
 College, Class of 17120. whose escape, with nine other students, inspired 
 the poem described liy Trumbull, No. 113. 
 
 14. CoxxECTicuT Exoeaved ]\IiTsic. Chorister's Companion (The) : or 
 
 Church Music Eevised ... Together with a Collection of approved 
 Hymns and Anthems, ilany of which, never before printed. Ob- 
 long 12mo, original boards. With cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Xcw Haven: Printed for and Sold by Simeon Jocelin, and 
 Amos Doolittle. [1782] 
 
 Part Third : pp. 16, and engraved music, pp. 32, follows Part Two, 
 page 64. with separate title : New Haven : Printed by Thomas and Samuel 
 Green, for Simeon Jocelin & Amos Doolittle. The title and 96 pages of 
 music are engraved liy Doolittle. 
 
 A desirable copy in original boards, with end-papers, etc.. the first 
 end-paper inscribed,— "S-amHcZ Tinglei/'s: Bought March,- ye 2nd 1785." 
 
The ttecej/ity of Judgynertt, and 
 Righteotifneji in a Land, 
 
 A Sermon, 
 
 Preached at tEe General 
 Court of Eledlion, at 
 !^artf0?.Bm the Colony 
 of C^jBi}^€C^3cmX. 
 
 on f 
 
 1 1 
 
 th 
 
 1710, 
 
 By Cltpliaiet %mvi\%^ 
 
 Pallor of the Church in i^ew Lindon. 
 
 Zeph a. 3. 5i?(?^ Righteoufnefij feek 3feek 
 nefi, it may he ye fhail hi hid in the thy 
 oj the Lords Aniitr. 
 
 N E rV-L N DON in N. E. 
 
 PrinreJ by 7horr>a; Shnrf, Prjfiter to the 
 
 Go-'e>-noiir and Counctl 87 so. 
 
 FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN CONNECTICUT 
 
 A newly discovered title 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 15] 
 
Sale Tuesdaii Afternoon, Febritari/ 17th 
 
 15. Connecticut I:\rpuiNT. Adams (Eliphalet). The Necessity of Judg- 
 
 wcnf. and\ Bu/liieoiisness iti a Land.\ A SElvMOX.j Preached at 
 the General! 'c^ourt of Election, atj Harlford in the Colony] of 
 CoNXECTiCT-T.I on ^May 11th. 1710.| . . .12mo, sewn. AVith cloth 
 folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Xe-\v-Londox in X.E.j Printed by Thomas Short, Printer to 
 thel Governour and Council. 1^0. 
 
 THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN CONNECTICUT. 
 
 Thomas errs in stating that the Confession of Faith (The Saybrooii; 
 Platform) was the first publication in book form issued by the Connecti- 
 cut Press. Trumbull's note to the "Confession": "Though the Title page 
 h(iH 1710. and the roluiiie in iisiKill!/ aHsifjned to that t/ear, it ivas not com- 
 plclfd before 1711, nvd the grciitrr part of the edition {of 2,000 copies) 
 remained in the hands of J/r. .S'Tiorfs ividoic until 1714, nearly tivo years 
 after his death," is based on more recent and fuller investigation, and 
 establishes the priority of the Election Sermon of 1710. 
 
 Of extreme rarity. The copy now offered is the first to appear 
 IX AX auction room. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title page] 
 
 16. CoNNECTiciTT Imprint. Saybrook Confession and Platfobm. A 
 
 Confession of Eaith Owned and Consented to by the Elders and 
 i\Iesseno;ers Of the Churches In The Colony of Connecticut in ISTew- 
 Enuland, Assembled by Delegation at Say-Brook, September 9th. 
 1708. . . [To which is appended] Heads of Agreement Assented to 
 by the United ^Ministers formerly called Presbyterian and Congre- 
 gational. [And also] Articles for the Administration of Church 
 Discipline. . 16mo, sheep. 
 
 [Imprint on second title] Xew London Printed by Thomas 
 Short. 1710 
 Wanting : first title-page and three leaves, — pp. 1-2 and 79-83. In other 
 respects a desirable copy in the original cedar lioards covered with sheep. 
 Contemporary autograph on margin, p. 72, — S<(linon Trent's Liber. 
 
 17. C'oNNECTicuT Impp.int. Chapman (Daniel). The Death of the Eiglit- 
 
 eous Considered,! .. .a sermon. . .occasioned by the Death of the 
 A\'orshipful Samuel Couch, Esq., at East Guilford Xov. 24th. 1739. 
 16mo, sewn. Witli cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered 
 on back. Xew London : T. Green, 1741 
 
 No COPY located. 
 
 18. Connecticut Imprint. Todd (Jonathan). The Young People Warnecl. 
 
 Or, the A'oice of God to the Young People in the late terrible Judg- 
 ment of the Throat-Distemper. 16mo, sewn. With cloth folder, 
 in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Xew London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, 1741 
 Only one copy located. The present copy contains a blank leaf pre- 
 ceding title-page, and another following page .50, — both unlcnown to bibU- 
 ographers. 
 
PROPOSALS 
 
 Relating to the 
 
 EDUCATION 
 
 O F 
 
 AZ<1 
 
 %-i 
 
 U T 
 
 I N 
 
 E N S I L VA N lA.^ 
 
 ^, P H I LAD E L P H lAt 
 J^rinted in the Year, M. D C C. X L I X' 
 
 ■'\ 
 
 ■r-!^'m ^m^^^ i »mM ).; gfS^^^^^i0St 
 
 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PROPOSALS 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 23] 
 
Sale Tuesday ^ifternoon, February 17th 
 
 19. CloxxKCTicuT Imprint. Todd (Jonathan). Be Followers of the Saints 
 
 ...a Sermon preached at East Guilford, June 10th, 1739. Occa- 
 sioned by the Death of Capt. Janna ]\Ieigs. 16mo, sewn. With 
 cloth folder, in half morocco slip-ease, lettered on back. 
 
 Xew London; Printed and Sold by T. Green, 1743. 
 No COPY LOCATED. Contains a blank leaf, following page 50, not cited 
 by authorities. 
 
 20. Co.vNECTicuT IjiPiiixT. Todd (Jonathan). The Soldier waxing Strons; 
 
 and Valiant in Fight through Faith. Or, Keligion recommended to 
 Soldiers, in a Sermon preached. . .July 6th, 1746. 16mo, sewn. 
 AVith cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Xew London, Printed and Sold by T. Green, 1747. 
 Of exteeme raeity. Unknown to Evans, Trumlnill and other authori- 
 ties. Addressed to "^omr Yoinuj Pit.ioiis of mij Charge, havhig mlisted 
 themsclirs Volunteers for the E.rpedition that ii'ds then intended against 
 Canada." etc. 
 
 21. CoNNECTicfT Impkixt. Stiles (Ezra). Oratio Funebris pro exequiis 
 
 celebrandis A'ivi perillustris Jonathan Law, Armigeri, Colonic 
 Connecticutensis ; qui obiit Xo\-. 6, 1750. Square 8vo, original black 
 wrappers. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 back. Xovi-Londini, 1751 
 
 Dr. Stiles's Address (in English) to Madam Law, follows page 12, A 
 
 BAEE FUNEKAL TKIBUTE. 
 
 22. DuMMER (Jeremiah). A Defence of the New England Charters. 8vo, 
 
 sewn, as issued, uncut. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, 
 lettered on back. 
 
 London: Printed; lieprinted at Boston. 1721. 
 FiBST American Edition. A Fine Copy of a bare work. No sale 
 recorded ; no copy located by Evans. 
 
 23. [Franklin (Benjajiin.)] Proposals Eelating to the Education of 
 
 Youth in Pensilvania. 8vo, sewn, as issued. With cloth folder, in 
 half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Philadelphia : Printed in the Year 1749 
 
 An unusually fine copy', irith the original atitehes. of the pamphlet 
 
 written and printed by Franklin, and distributed with his newspapers, 
 
 preparatory to his campaign for subscriptions for the proiected Academy 
 
 in Philadelphia. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
 24. [Franklin (Benjamin).] Poor Richard, 1740. An Almanack for 
 
 the Year of Christ 1740... By Eichard Saunders. 16mo, sewn, 
 
 uncut. Last leaf worn at centre, slightly affecting text of a few 
 
 lines. With cloth folder, in half -morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin. [1739] 
 
 A VERY rare issue. 
 
N A R RATI V E. 
 
 O F T H E 
 
 APT 
 
 T 
 
 Sufferings: and Rcmov. 
 
 , 
 
 '-ir^ 
 
 iViary KowiaoGion, 
 
 Who was taken Prifoncr by the IncianSj v.:th 
 
 ftveral others, ;ind treated i^i the moPc 
 
 . barbarous and cr.iel manner by fl, jfl.-; vil* 
 
 Sava^^es. W,th many other remarkable evtrKs 
 
 during her travels. 
 
 .■Vj 
 
 Written uy hcf ovjit Hand, for h-rr p-:-: :lc iJic, 
 end now mdde P:i'du\ at the ear,:'::: O'f'.'i of 
 p;i:c Frk'iidsy and for the bin.f.i of 'b^ ■■]]:' chi.. 
 
 HAVERHILL, ( Niv:^' 'a^-^^f::^-^) 
 
 Printii) and Sold, by N A i H 'v ,\ \ EL 
 C O V E R L Y and S O \', nea- dve C-aivr- 
 Hc'jjE. [Price One Shiliin.-;.] 
 
 CT GR.t.M AtLOWANCE SY THE CF.r.i5 OP T^i^yr^i- , 
 
 'wmmm 
 
 NEWLY DISCOVERED ISSUE OF ROWLANDSON'S NARRATIVE 
 
 Slightly reduced facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 32] 
 
Sale Tncsdaii Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 25 [Fevxklin (Ben.jamin)-J Poor Ei^'liard Improved: Being an Alma- 
 
 ]iai'k and Ephemeris. . .for the Year l^-iS. By Eichard Saunders. 
 12mo, sewn, uncut. With cloth folder, in half morocco shp-case, 
 lettered on back. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin. [1747] 
 Rake In tbis issue are recorded accounts of famous battles; anec- 
 dotes and sketches of eminent soldiers, philosophers, etc. 
 
 26 IFiiAXKLix (Benjamin). J Poor Eichard Improved: being an Alma- 
 
 nack and Ephemeris. . .for 1756. By Eichard Saunders. 12mo, 
 sewn, uncut, last loaf lost. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip- 
 case, lettered on l)ack. 
 
 Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Prankhn and D. Hall. 
 [1755] 
 In this issue each month is accompanied by an illustration (astro- 
 nomical). 
 
 27. FnANKLiN (Benjam1x\). Poor Eichard Improved: Being an Almanack 
 
 and Ephemeris. . .for 1763. By Eichard Saunders. 12mo, sewn, 
 uncut. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered up back. 
 Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. 
 [1762] 
 
 28. [Franklix (Benjamin).] Father Abka ham's | SPEECH] to a Great 
 
 Xumber of| People,] at a Vendue of] Mekchant Goods;] Intro- 
 duced to the] Public] by] Poor Richnyd,\ (a famous Conjurer and 
 Almanack-ilaker.)] Square 16mo, pp. 16, sewn, uncut; slightly 
 discolored. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 back. Printed in New Haven : 1804. 
 
 A RAEE EDITION I not described by bibliographers. Large copy, with 
 
 WIDE MARGINS. 
 
 29. Feaxklin (Benjamin) Imprint. A Short Treatise of Church Disci- 
 
 pline. 16mo. original sheep, some leaves foxed. 
 
 Philadelphia : Printed by B. Franklin, 1743 
 
 A good, crisp copy, in original binding, with original end-papers, of the 
 rare separate issue : tjndescribed by bibliographers. 
 
 Autograph, — "Jonathan Purchase His Boole," on end-paper, and on 
 verso of title, — "Jouiithan Purchase, Ortoher 1751!." 
 
 30. Fhothixgham (Ebenezee). The Articles of Faith and Practice, with 
 
 the Covenant, that is Confessed by the separate Churches of Christ 
 in General in this Land; also a Discourse, holding forth the great 
 Privileges of the Church of Jesus Christ, and the same Privileges 
 ^'indicated from the Sacred Scriptures ; and some Points of Prac- 
 tice in the Church of Christ, that are in great Dispute between the 
 Learned and Unlearned, fairly settled in a line of Divine Truth. 
 12mo, original sheep. 
 
 Newport: Printed by J. Frankhn. 1750. 
 
 A FIME COPY OF AN EXTREMELY RARE NEWPORT ITEM. TJnkuOWn tO Sabln ; 
 
 only one copy located by Evans. 
 
 The copy now offered contains a leaf of errata unknown to bibli- 
 ographers — perhaps unique. 
 
£:>■^^S53te;v*lJr/^^:iV ''irf:v^:_\rc-*^--^*- : 
 
 PW^g^ 
 
 REMARKABLE 
 
 D E L 1 V E R A N C E 
 
 O F 
 
 ROBERT BARROV/, 
 
 WITH DIVERS OTHER PERSONS, FROM THE 
 
 DEVOURING WAVES OF THE SEA, AMONG WHICH 
 
 THEY SUFFERED SHIPWRECK; AND ALSO 
 
 FROM THE CRUEL DEVOURING JAWS 
 
 OF THE INHUMAN CANNIBALS 
 
 OF FLORI DA ; 
 
 GOD'S 
 
 PROTECTING PROVIDENCE, 
 MAN'S SUREST HELP ^nd DEFENCE, 
 
 IN TIMSS OF GREATEST DIFFICULTy^ 
 
 AND 
 
 MOST EMINENT DANGER, 
 
 -~— iaSSi'St*- — 
 FAITHFULLY RELATED f, Y 
 
 JONATHAN .DICKENSON, ■' 
 
 ONE OF THE PERSONS CONCERNKO THEREIN. 
 
 Pfal. xciii. 4, The Lord on high is nulbticr than; 
 the noijc of vuiny ivaicys ; yen, than the jiiighly 
 xvaves of the fea. 
 
 Ixxiv. 20, The divrk places cf ihe ea>th ifrf 
 
 full cf the halitations of cruelly. 
 
 DOVER: Printed hy ELIPHALET iJw^ 
 
 w.ncc.xrj 
 
 •%' 
 
 ' ! Ml 
 
 m 
 
 
 RARE ISSUE OF DICKENSON'S FAMOUS NARRATIVE 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 33] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 31. Indian (:.\j'Titities. \\'illiams (John). The Eodeenied Captive Re- 
 turning to Zion. A Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences, 
 in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams, Minister of 
 the (iospel in Dccriicld, who in the Desolation which befel that Plan- 
 tation, by an incursion of the French and Indians, was by them 
 carried away to Canada. DraM'n up by Himself. As also an Appen- 
 dix, etc. Small 8vo, contem])(irary wall-paper wrappers; text as 
 usual with works of this period is time-stained, the wrapper torn. 
 AVith cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston, 1774. 
 
 32. Indian Captivities. AI Xaeeative,! ofthel CAPTIVITY,! Suffering 
 
 s 
 
 and Removes, j of iMiiw.j ]\Iai;y Rowlandson,] Wlio was taken Pris- 
 oner by the Indians, withj se\'eral others, and treated in the most| 
 barbarous and cruel manner by those vile| Sa\'ages.| With many 
 other remarkable events j during her tra^'els.j Written by her own 
 hand, for her prinde I'se,', and now made Public, at the earnest 
 I)esire ofj some Friends, and for the benefit of the Afflicted. 8vo, 
 pp. (Jl, sewed. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered 
 on back. 
 
 Haverhill, (New Hiuiips]iire)\ Peinted and Sold by Na- 
 thaniel! CovEELT and Son, near the Couet-j House. 
 Price One Shilling. | circa 171>2. 
 
 Ax UXDESCRIBED AND UNRECORDED OF MrS. ROWLA.NDSOX'S FAMOfS NAR- 
 RATIVE. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 33. Indian Captivities. Dickenson (Jonathan). The Remarkable Deliv- 
 
 erance of Robert Barrow, with divers other Persons, from the 
 Devouring Waves of the Sea, among which they suffered Shipwreck; 
 and also from the cruel devouring Jaws of the inhuman Cannibals 
 of Florida. 12mo, original calf; some lea\es discolored, corner torn 
 off p. 71, removing last letter of two words. With cloth folcler, in 
 half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Do\er (X. H.) : Printed by Eliphalet Ladd. 1792 
 A RARE EDITION OF THIS FAMOUS NARRATIVE. No copy lias been located 
 or described. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 34. Indian Captivities. Johoxnot (Jackson). Thej Remaekable 
 
 AdventukesI ofi JACKSOX JOHOX^X^OT,! of -Massachusetts:! 
 who served as a Soldier in the Western Army, in the Massa!chusetts 
 Line, in the Expedition under! Cex. Harmae,! and the Unfortunate! 
 Gen. St. Claik.! Containing,! an Account of his Captivity, Suffer- 
 ings,! and Escape from the! Kickapoo Indians.! Written by Him- 
 self. 12mo, pp. 20, sewn, lower margin of some leaves closely 
 
 ^Continued 
 
'0: 
 
 'A- 
 
 ■ ■ ■ J- : ' I 
 
 
 J i A Vj^V O" <.^- i V j V-^ A i. v-^ LH i.'^ x^ i y 
 
 (^r M.jj'i-iC//yj2rr:w 
 
 W'lio f-l'Vcd r.-: a S^!.;'ie 
 
 cd r.-: a .-j^I.i.er 1,1 tiie >.'c,! r;r Arn-',-, 
 
 r^ ■- . - ' 1 \ I-'' '■• T A 'f* 
 
 in 1-^ J.Iuii.t. 
 
 
 An f^z. 
 
 arid r.j'J,-\P^, hoiYx iiie 
 
 ■ WRITTEN BY HI M S E L Y, 
 Antl pub!;l]ieJ at the eariieft Iinporm;!!;y o'J liis Fi^rd; 
 FOil THE BENEFIT OF 
 A M L: ix I C A N y O U 'i' H. 
 
 
 
 ..-^ , .,.-*-•-'■ 
 
 RARE ISSUE OF JOHONNET'S NARRATIVE 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 [No. 34] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Februari/ 17th 
 
 [Xo. U—Conliiiiied] 
 
 trimmed, somewhat soiled, writing on title. With cloth folder, in 
 half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Salem (Massa. ) Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. 1802. 
 The barest foem of Johonnot's Narrative of bis Captivity. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 35. IxDi.vN Captivities. [Barber (Eunice). J Narrative of the Tragical 
 
 Death of iMr. Darius Barber and his Seven Children, who were in- 
 humanly Butchered by the Indians, in Camden County, Georgia, 
 January 3G, 1818. To which is added an Account of the Captivity 
 and Sufferings of j\Irs. Barber, wdio was carried away a Captive by 
 Savages, and from whom she fortunately made her escape six weeks 
 afterwards. Frontispiece. 8vo, sewn, uncut; two leaves torn across. 
 With cloth folder in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed for David Hazen. [1818] 
 Extremely rare. Only the Thomas W. Field copy (May 24, 1875) is 
 
 RECORDED AS SOLD. 
 
 36. Indian Captivities. Wilson (Jane Adeline). A Thrilling Narrative 
 
 of the Sufferings of Mrs. Jane Adeline Wilson, during her Captivity 
 among the Camanche Indians. 2 full-page illustrations (one re- 
 printed on wrapper). 12mo, pp. 23 (1), original printed wrappers. 
 With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. There 
 is a very small stain on top margins. 
 
 Rochester [N. Y.] : D. M. Dewey, Arcade Hall. n. d. 
 A bare narrative OF Indian Captivity : Unknown to bibliocraphees. 
 
 37. Indian AVaes. [Sanders (Daniel C.).] A History of the Indian Wars 
 
 with the First Settlers of the United States, particularly in New 
 England. Written in Vermont. First Edition. Small 12mo, origi- 
 nal sheep, in crimson morocco solander case, lettered on back. 
 
 Montpelier, Yt., 1812 
 
 An unusually desirable copy, in the original binding and label title: 
 "Indian Wars," with all the original blank leaves, preceding and follow- 
 ing the text. 
 
 The extreme scarcity of the work is due to the bitter and unjust criti- 
 cism, which caused the author to destroy the greater portion of the edi- 
 tion. For an extended description see Oilman's Bibliography of Vermont. 
 
 38. Johnson (Capt. Chaeles). A General History of the Lives and Ad- 
 
 ventures of the most famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street Rob- 
 bers, etc., from the Famous Sir John Falstail in the Reign of K. 
 Henry IV, 1399 to 1733. To which is added a Genuine Account of 
 Voyages and Plunders of the most Notorious Pyrates. Interspersed 
 with diverting Tales, and pleasant Songs. 26 full page Copper 
 Plates, engraved hy the best Masters. Folio, contemporary russia, 
 re-backed. London, 1736 
 
 A fine crisp copy of the best edition : only a very few copies contain all 
 the plates. 
 
 Many of the pirates attained notoriety on the coasts of America, the 
 West Indies, etc. 
 

 L%" 
 
 FUNERAL ELOQIB'M 
 
 ON 
 
 The Reverend Mr. AARON BURR. 
 
 Latb President o? the College 
 OF New- Jersey, 
 
 BY WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, Esq, 
 
 - — Of comfort no uah speatc ! 
 
 Let's talk of graves, and works, and epitaphs, 
 mike dust our paper, and with rainy ete3, 
 Write sorrow is the bosom of the earth, 
 
 SHAKfSSP,-' 
 
 ;i.t 
 
 Stat sui cuiqjje dies ; bsevb, et ireepa-rabilh 
 
 [TEMPtfS 
 OmniBOS est VJT.S : SED EAMAM EXTEHDER^ FJICTIS, 
 
 Hoc viaTOTis opns. 
 
 . NEW-YORK, Printed : ' 
 BOSTON ; Re-printeo 
 
 Bt Green and Russell, in Queen-street^ 
 
 FOR J. Winter, in Union-street. 
 «*■ 
 M Dcciitriji. 
 
 -yJ^^a^Mtisllii 
 
 BOOK PRINTED IN AMERICA WITH QUOTATION 
 
 FROM SHAKESPEARE ON TITLE 
 
 Reduced facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 43] 
 
Sale Tuesdcqi Afternoon, Fehruari/ 17th 
 
 39. [JoHxsox (Sajiuel).] Ethices Elemexta.j Or tlie| Fibst Pkinci- 
 
 PLEs| of Moral Philosoi'iiy. And Esioecialh- j That Part of it 
 which is called! ETHICS. [ Iii a Chain of Xeccssary Consequences | 
 from certain Facts. j B}- Ah]stocles.| Square 8vo, sewn; slio-litly 
 discolored. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 back. BosTOX : Eouers and Fowle. PT-IO. 
 
 Contiiins the blank leaf following p. 70 — u.xKxowx to bibliocrapheks, — 
 and the half title, — A/xew system/ of/MOBATiTY./ 
 
 The writer wa.s the founder and the flr.st president of King's (after- 
 wards Columbia) (.'ollege, New York. 
 
 40. Lee (Sajiuel). Contemplations on Mortality. Wherein the Terrors 
 
 of Death are laid open for a AVarnino- to Sinners : and the Joyes of 
 Communion with Christ for Comfort to Belie\ers. 16mo, water- 
 stained; a few margins slightly torn. With cloth folder, in half 
 morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston : B. Green, and J. Allen. 1698 
 A RARE 17th centtiry imprixt. Only another copy (Muss. Hist. See.) 
 cited. 
 
 41. [LiTixGSTOx (William). J Philosophic Solitude :| or,j The ClioiceI 
 
 OF a| RUJ;AL LIFE.I A| POEM.I By a Gextlemax educated 
 
 at Yale College. | [Quotations: two lines.] Small 4to, pp. 44, 
 
 sewn. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 New-A"oek:| Printed by Jnincs Farker, lUT. 
 
 Contains the half-title: "Philosophic Solitude:/ A/ Poem."/; and 
 the blank leaf following page 44 — two features apparextly uxkxown 
 to bibliocraphers. 
 
 Very rare : perhaps tjxique in this state. 
 
 42. [LivixG.STOx (William).] A Review of the ililitarv Operations in 
 
 Xorth America, from the Commencement of the French Hostihties 
 on the Frontiers of Virginia in ir.5:_], to the Surrender of Oswego 
 on 14th of August, lT.5(j. Interspersed with various Observations, 
 Characters and Anecdotes :. . . American Transactions in general. . . 
 Political ilanagement of Affairs in Xew A'ork, etc. In a Letter to 
 a Xobleman. Square 8vo, sewn, uncut. With cloth folder, in half 
 morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 London Printed: Xew England, Ee-Printed 1758 
 A fine copy of the hare Bostox Editiox. The Barlow copy, 1890, is 
 the last recorded as sold. 
 
 43. LivixG.sTox (A\-illiam). A Funeral Elogium on The Reverend Mr. 
 
 Aaron Burr, late President of the College of Xew Jersey. Small 4to 
 unbound. With cloth folder, in half mOrocco slip-case, lettered on 
 °*^°^- -"^'ew York Printed : Boston, Reprinted by 
 
 Green and EusseU, 1758 
 The Boston edition of the First Book printed in America to bear on 
 
 [Continued 
 
Meditation^ upon the 
 
 w>. - 
 
 AsjiT)f^e oi the 
 
 , Delivered in a 
 
 > 
 
 MON 
 
 '(■^ . ' at 1500011, 
 
 ■ AfiJ noiv"^ DeJicatcd unto the Service cj AXU 
 
 'iiiit efpecialfy'Of tbofe whofe .Concerns Lye'h 
 
 it -.i 
 
 By Cotton '^atljei;.. ;> 
 
 Zccl'efiam pro 'Ni-ie gero ; raihi climati M'Jndi,, 
 Sunt Afiire; Scripciirs, i^cr/* ; f//w, ^omo, 
 
 I; , ZilTn) N(85 X-ifhar'"' 'o'^a< y.';^0 ' tj >"iv Va?^a'q i.e. 
 
 Qu^r© B.atemA'oix, ut mortis Diicrifnina VitenJi, S 
 Ni(z. Carm. in Epifc, , "^ 
 
 ^,.^ . _ 
 
 I ..BoJIon Printed 'by Samuel Gref»^ and Sold , ^ 
 *f by J^fiP^ Browmn^%i the corner fef 
 ' the Frifon Lane. i6'i^. < ^ ' ' 
 
 RARE COTTON MATHER ITEM 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 45] 
 
Sale Tuesdnif ^iftcrnoon, February 17th 
 
 [Xo. 'ii—Conlimiedl 
 
 its title-iiau'e an extract from Shakesjieare ("Kichard II.," Act. Ill, 
 .Scene II) : 
 
 . Of comfort no man speak! 
 Let's lalt; of graves, and icorms, and epitaphs, 
 Male dust our paper, and irith raiiii/ et/cs. 
 Write sorroiv in the liosoin of the earth." 
 Of ST'rEi!LATi\ e iatekest as an illustration of Shakespearian study in 
 America. It will lie remembered that dramatic performances \Yere first 
 witnessed in New York about six years previous, and that no American 
 publisher issued Shakespeare's plays, in collected or separate form, 
 previous to 1794. 
 Of esteeme earity. 
 
 fScc Reproduction of title-page] 
 
 44. LovELL (JoHx). A Funeral Oration Delivered at the Opening of the 
 
 Annual .Meeting of the Town. :\iarch 14th, 1742. In Faneuil Hall 
 in Boston : occasioned by the Death of the Founder, Peter Faneuil, 
 l^sq. 4t(j, sewn ; margin of half-title torn. With cloth folder, in 
 half morocco shp-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed ]>j Green, Bushnell, and Allen. 1743 
 
 First Edition with the half-title. 
 
 A.L.S. of the author's son (James: an eminent patriot of the American 
 Revolution) laid in. 
 
 45. Mather (Cottox). Work upon the Arh.\ Meditations iipon the 
 
 ARK I As a Type of the Ciiuech;] Delivered in a| SEEMON] at 
 Boston,] and now Dedicated unto the .Service of All,| but especially 
 of those whose Concerns Lye in .Ships. | By Cotton Mather.] 
 (Greek and Latin quotations: .5 hues)] 16mo, sewed. With cloth 
 folder, in half morocco slip-ca.se, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston Printed by Smniiel Green, and Sold| by Joseph Brown- 
 ing at the corner of | the Prison Lane. 1689 
 Collation: 10 pages (not numbered), preceded bv blank leaf (bearing 
 inscription,— "./o.s-cp;i Belcher: 5:^:05: ex demo fratris ,S7o™") • text up 
 1-54, followed liy blank leaf. 
 
 A FINE COPY OF AX EXTREMELY RARE IIaTHER TITLE. OxLY ANOTHEB 
 
 COPY (Massachusetts Historical Society) has been located by Evans. 
 [.See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 46. Mather (Cottox). The Present State of Xew Exglavd I Consid- 
 
 ered m a I DLSCOURSEI on the Xecessities and Advantages of a 
 Public .Spirit, 111 every iLix;! Esjjeciallv, at such a time as this, 
 ilade at the Lecture in Boston j 2i).d. l.m. 1690. | Upon the Xews 
 of an Invasion by bloodyl Ixdiaxs and Frexch-Mex, begun] upon 
 Us.j 16mo, sewn. With cloth folder, in half morocco'' slip-case, 
 lettered on back. Bostox:| Printed by .Samuel Green. 1690. 
 
 Good crisp copy. Autograph of ./[o/ui] Barnard on title-page 
 One of Mather's most important historical tracts. Of excessive 
 earity. Pages' 47-52 are devoted to the Order of the Governour and Gen- 
 eral Court, referring to existing afflictions and calamities. 
 
 [.See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
wit )^xtkmS^^W^c^^^^- 
 
 Jd^ 
 
 f Confidercd in a /' .-i^ /■ .i':r'> 
 
 ■ T>ISCOUKS E 
 
 r "^w the Neceffities and Advantages of a 
 
 " ■/» every MAN ', - - '-^ 
 
 tfpeciaiiy, at fucti a imt a0 t!)igf. ,. 
 
 . . ^ Made at the J^ECTURE io.^^*?/?': ^1 
 
 'f/;POrt' th Navs of an , InvfiJon "^'h "^^5^1 
 INDIANS d«^ PRENCft-MEN, h^. 
 
 ^'•- -.,-^ 
 
 .■^u^' Cotton ^aflim :::7/ ci^| 
 
 fr' ■ ^ . ., "-•■-•■■ ■'",, ' _ ^ 
 
 .ll'^i^r^ ^-- ^:^.:.-^l^on dlfppcuiffe n}eretur\^.\ 
 ''. ^ ■ • Fi^fii^t P^t'rU ^ui'pkcuiffe fnz. ' ' 
 
 yM ' - ■ ■ "' i I ■ ■ ■ ■ ' • ■ M kt - ■• ■^.. , « ,; ^ i 
 
 
 OXE OF COTTON MATHER'S MOST IMPORTANT 
 HISTORICAL WORKS 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 [No. 46] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Februari/ 17th 
 
 47. [irATHEi! (Cotton). J [The Principles] of the PEOTESTAXT EELI- 
 6I0X ;\raintained, and Churches of New England, in the Peofes- 
 siox and Exehcise thereof defended, against all the Calumnies of 
 one George Keith, a Quakei', in a Book lately published at Pensil- 
 vanie, to undermine them both. By the Ministers of the Gospel in 
 Boston. ] 6mo, unbound ; closely cut, affecting text, first hue of title 
 cut away, half title missing. ^Mth cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston, in Xew England, Printed by Eichard Pierce and sold 
 By Booksellers. ilDCXC (1690) 
 By .Tames Allen, .Joshua Moodej', Samuel Wlllarcl, Cotton Mather. Rake 
 
 IN ANY CONDITION. 
 
 48. Mather (Cottox). Johaxxes in Eremo.| ilemoirs, Eelating to the| 
 
 LIVES,! OP THE I Ever-ilEMoiiABLE,! Mr. Johx Cottoxt,| Who 
 Dyed, 2:'j.d. 10. m. 1652 j Mr. Johx Moetox,| Who Dyed, b'.d. 2 m. 
 1663.! Mr. John Wilson,! Who Dyed, 7 ^. 6 m. 1667. 1 :\rr. John 
 Davexpobt,! AVho Dyed, 15.d. l.m. 1670. | Eeverend and Eenowned 
 Ministers of the! (Jospel, All, in the more Immediate Servicej of 
 One Church, in Bosfon \\ axd iln. Thomas Hooeer,| Who Dyed, 
 7.ri 5. TO. 1647. 1 Pastor of the Church at Hartford; X^ew England.!' 
 Written, by Cottox ^Iather.! l^mo, original boards, covered with 
 sheep. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 Printed for and Sold by Michael Perry, at his Shop,| under the 
 West End of the Town-House. 1695 
 An unusually desiral)le coi)y of an esteemed historical and bio- 
 graphical WORK BY Cotton Mather. 
 
 Collation: Title, 1 leaf; To the Reader, bv Increase Mather, pp 3-12- 
 Introduction, pp. 13-27 ; Advertisement, etc. pp. 28-32; Text, pp 1-80- 
 Nortonus Honoratus, 1-39; Memoria Wllsonlana, pp. 1-46; blank leaf; 
 Chrysostomus Xciv. Anglorum, 1-20 (small hole in blank part of last leaf) ; 
 blank leaf; Title tn "Piscator Evangelicus, or the Life of Mr. Thomas 
 Hooker, 1 leaf, verso, "To the Churches in the Colony of Connecticut; 
 lest, pp. 3-4.0 ; Catalogue of some Books," 2 pp., last page (3) blank. 
 
 [Sec Ec])roiluctioii of Title-page] 
 
 49. '[Mathek (Cottox). J yoxesmry Admonirions;\ Oontamingl Just 
 
 THOUfiHTs upon some SJXS,| Too Little Thouqhi of.\ Or,! A Brief 
 Discouese! Concerning! tiins of Oinission.\ ^'lade 11 d 4: m 1702.| 
 Spectemur Agendo. 16mo, pp. (2), 34, sewed, as is.sued ; margin 
 of two leaves slightly torn, not affecting text. With cloth folder, in 
 halt morocco slip-case lettered on back. 
 
 Boston in X.E.! Printed by B. Green, and J. Allen, for! Samuel 
 Phillips at the Brick Sliop.j 1702 1. 
 Only two other copies (both in public libraries) known. 
 Fine copy, with full margins. 
 
J^Oj^i^ A i\ i\ E b m «i?rcino. 
 
 litr-inscJriT', Relating to the 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Er^r MEMORABLE, 
 
 Mr. JOHN C O T T O N, 
 
 Mr. j O li N K O R T O N, 
 
 Who Dyed, ^ d.2.17:. \GG-.. 
 Mr. J O H iNi W I L S O N, 
 
 Who Dyod, 
 Mr. J O H N D 
 WKo^- ■ 
 
 ■ ■-If' ,v.'. r66- 
 
 V i: ^i P O" K. T, 
 
 vi^'^M J-.'\L'J, ; 5,.-/. I.,'/;. 16- J. 
 
 Reverend and Renowned Minilteri of thi 
 
 Gofpcl, A'.., in tnc more InMucdute Serv^-e 
 
 of €>->\t Cijari;|, in B.:hn ; 
 
 j\ N D 
 
 Mr. T H O M A b H O O K E R., 
 
 Who Dyed, - .■:' ^- .«. 1.^4-. 
 P.iftor ofthcChiHvh at/;.-;r ,,,•,/; J>rLut-'i?!2Sit^uO. 
 
 IDnrtcn, by C0T7 0N MATHER. 
 
 Forte iiimis Vi k- r Lvi.h-s Cmtan: MEOr.L M \\ 
 Forte -.nn::s c-.v.c..:; /'..A'l./ i.iAn-'rc rc^.jLi ; | 
 Non itii me F-u'tio,: S:nc I'cro CrC'i:'<-' '- J 
 
 Piintcd for :md ^old hy M:J.>r.d Ff;,' ■,,3.t liis ^ho;; - 
 •jrdcr the Wc[> Hnd or' the Town Houie ''^?)_ \ 
 
 ^^ 
 
 ■I y 
 i ■ i 
 
 U' 
 
 . - -r^L ^^ 
 
 ESTEEMED HISTORICAL WORK BY COTTON MATHER 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 48] 
 
Sale Tnesdaii Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 50. [Mathek (Cotton). J The IJii/li, Alt(iinincnt.\ A Brief Discouese| 
 
 C'oiic'crnmi;[ EESI(iXATIOX| to the Will of (ioD;| A Glorious 
 Duty incumbent on| every Ciieistiax.I a.\d| Containing in it, the 
 very Spirit,| and L^onifort/and Glory of| CliEISTIAXITY.j (Quo- 
 tation: 4 lines). IGnio, ])p. (2), 42, original wall-paper wrappers. 
 With ildth folder, in half moroeco slip-ease, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston : Printed bv B. Clrecn,] & J. Alien, for Xicholas Boone, 
 at his| Shoi) near the Old Meeting House.| 1703. | 
 In the finest possible state. 
 
 Presentatioii cop.v ; iiisciTl)ed, — "For the Renl. J. Belcher." 
 Of this vvohk no copy is known except that heee described. 
 
 [See Iicproduction of Title-page] 
 
 51. [Mathek (('ottox).J I'/ti-ciitid Wislies kikI (_'liar(/e.s.\ Oe,| The EV- 
 
 JOYMEXTl of a Glorious) CHE1ST.| Proposed, as the Great 
 Blessed-|xess, which Christian PaeextsI desire, both for Them- 
 selves, and! for their CHiLDiiEX.| . . j IGnni, pp. GO, sewn, small 
 piece torn off last leaf, slightly alfecting last two words of page 59. 
 With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston, in X. E. Printed and Sold by| Timothy Green, 1705. | 
 
 Choice crisp copy of a rare title ; iiages 58, 59, 60 occupied by an 
 original poem, — "The Consent." 
 
 Only- one sale recorded (Brinley, ISTO. I 
 
 52. [Mather (Cottox).] Eeee-Grace, maintained & Improved. | Oii,| The 
 
 (iEXEEAL OFi-EEf OF the| G0SPEL,| ilanagcd with Considerations 
 of the I Gekat Thixos done byj Special Grace,] ix the[ Elec- 
 Tiox and Eedemptiox] and Yocati()x[ Of those who Embrace that 
 Offee.) axd[ The Illustrious Ttoctrines of Divine| Pkedestixatiox 
 and Humane I IMPOTEX^CY, Eescued from the Abuses,\ which they 
 too frequently meet withal ;| And rendered (as they are) highly 
 Useful] to the Designs of Practical Piety. | In Two Brief Dis- 
 courses; Published at the Desire] of Si.me, who have been greatly 
 Apprehensive] of Groirine/ Gcaisions for such Treiifises.\ 16mo, 
 pp. (2) 1-7 0, sewn. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, 
 lettered on back. BosTOX : Printed by B. Green. 1706. 
 
 Inscribed Ij.v Rev. Thomas Foxcrott,— per Dr. Cotton Mather. 
 
 53. [Matheu (Cottox).] The Good Old ]yaij.\ Or,] Christinniiy\ De- 
 
 scribed,] from the Glorious Lustre of it] Appearing] in the Lives 
 of the Primitive (.'liristians.j An Essay. . . 16mo, original sheep; a 
 small tear in first leaf which does not damage any of text. With 
 cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed by B. Green. . .1706. 
 Autograpli on end-paper,— Sow »r/ M<iii Ms hook June 10, 1706, 1)11 ve gift 
 of [the Rev.] J/r. liromfield of Boston. Leaves of a rare Almanac "(c//-ca 
 1700) used by binder. 
 
 A FINE CRISP COPY. 
 
fo^ {^j /z<uf^tfy*^j. ibd4^. 
 
 ' A Brief DISCOURSE 
 Concerning 
 
 to the WILL of GOD ,• 
 
 A Glorious DUTY incumbent on 
 every CHRISTIAN, 
 
 AND 
 
 Containing in it, the very Spirit, 
 and Comfort, and Glory of 
 
 CHRISTIANITY. 
 
 Om-ftem Diem inter amijfos Jeputate, 
 in quo, Dei Amore^ propriam non 
 fregiftis njoluntatem. 
 
 Taulerus. 
 
 <ff — 
 
 BOSTON : Printed by B- Green, 
 & J.Allen, for Nicholas Boone-,-^t his 
 Shop near theOld-Meeting-Houfe. 
 
 ' 1703. 
 
 m 
 
 COTTON MATHER'S "HIGH ATTAINMENT" 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 50] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 54. [Matiiee (Cotton).] A Conrjuest over the Grand Excuse] of Sinful- 
 ness niul Slnlhfulness.l Oe,| The Cause of GOD| AXD| BELIGf- 
 ION,| Pleaded against those, | Who make their Inability to Do| 
 Good, I Their PLEA,! For their Continuance in a way of| EVIL- 
 ])GIX(ij An Essay, to Clinvli tlie Seri(.>us| Advice, which we leave 
 witli suchj as we would see take Steps of| Wisdom and the Well- 
 advised] ((Quotation: 4 lines.) j 16mo, pp. 40, contemporary wall- 
 paper wrapi)ers. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-ease, lettered 
 on back. 
 
 BosTOX ia Xew-Exglaxd:I Printed & Sold by Timotliy Green, 
 i:06. 
 
 Autograph (contemporary i on title, — Ro. Cotton. 
 
 Running title: "The Impenitent Sinner disarm'cl| of his Plea for his 
 Impenitence." 
 
 A Fi.\E copy: wholly tjntrimmed. 
 
 Of this work ^'o copy- is knowx, except that in Bostox Public 
 Library-. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 55. [Mati-iek (Cottox).J Corderius Americanus.} Ax Essay | upon| The 
 Good Education of Children. | And what mav Hopefully be At- 
 tempted, fori the Hope of the Flock. | In a| FU'XEEAL SEEIMOX| 
 upon I :\Ir. EzEKiEL Cheeter,| The Ancient and Honourable Master 
 of thej Free School in Boston.] . . .With an Elegy, and an Epitaph 
 upon hini.j By One that was once a Scholar to hmi. 16mo, original 
 wrappers, with cloth folder, m half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 *3ack. Boston : Printed by John Allen. . . 1708 
 
 A FIXE COPY IX THE ORiGi.NAL WRAPPERS. Perhaps unique in this state 
 The Elegiac poem and Epitaph, pp. 2(; 34, form a feature unusual in 
 Mather's writings. The autograph, on inside of front cover, is that of 
 the original owner "Xichola.i Noi/rx. i?/.s- Boole." and recalls a contempor- 
 ary of aiather's, who has left several examples of elegiac and other 
 verse. 
 
 I Sue Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
 5(;. Mather (Cotto.v). Xehemiah.] A Brief Essay on| Divine Consola- 
 tions,, How (iREAT they are; I Axd| How Great the Regards to be 
 Paid unto them.l With ax| APPLICATIOX thereof to Somel 
 frequent CASES ;| Especially,! The Death of Relatives. I Offered at 
 tlie J.ecture m Bostox, :iO d. m. 1710. | By Cottox :\Iathei!, 
 U.D.I (Quotation: 3 lines) | Small 4to, pp. 24 sewn, as issued, 
 origixal STiTCHix.;; hole in last leaf, through centre, mutilating 
 portion of two lines. ^Vith cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, 
 lettered on back. 
 
 Boston- in XEw-ExciLAxn.! Printed liy Bartholomew Green. 
 
 In.scription on title,-B,r IWris Fran... Fo.rrroft. father of Reverend 
 ihonia.s 1- Dxcroft. 
 
^^j)i*^'--^\irif^-^;^^^-' 
 
 ■'^V^J^viSU-^A* 
 
 of s>!n?iilncr3 anti ©iofljfiiliu'ro' 
 
 i: The Caufe of GOD 
 
 RELIGION. 
 
 ^ItatiCD QgaiTift thcfe, 
 
 Who make their .INABILITY to Do I 
 GOOD, ^ 
 
 Their PLEA,'- 
 
 For their Continuance in a way ot 
 
 EVILDOING, 
 
 (* 
 
 An ESSAY, to CU-ch the Serious 
 ADV'ICE, which we leave with Tud^ i 
 as we woukl fee tnke the Steps ot 
 ll/'.i';orn and the IViH-n^v!:^- 
 
 
 
 S'S^'^:-,>>'"'^^»a'^r>-i 
 
 RARE ITI':iI BY COTTON MATHER 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 54] 
 
Sale Tucfiday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 57. ilATHETf (C'(iTTON). OvHtii, Brcvi l(i.'<.\ An Essay| Made in a Few 
 ^\'oR]>s.l To demoiistratr that aj Few Words| may have| Much 
 cdniprised in them.| Witjij Tlie most Weighty Matters of| Ee- 
 Lioiox, ofl'ered in several | ABMDGEMENTy, as particularl Demonstra- 
 tions of it. I A WiN'TEii Sermon Preached at| Bostox Lecture 27 d. 
 9 m. 1T12. By Cotton Mather, D.D.| (Quotation: 2 lines.) | 16mo, 
 pp. (2), 20, sewn, as issued, orkiixal stitches. With cloth folder, 
 in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Bo.ston: Printed by B. (Irceii for Samuel] Gerrish at his Shop 
 over against thej South MeetJiig-House. 1712. 
 Contains the blank leaf following iia^e 20, necessary to complete the 
 signature. This feature is not mfniinneil tni bibliographers. 
 
 Very rare : perhaps unique in this bxtraordinahy state. Onlj' two 
 other copies (both in public libraries) are cited. 
 
 58. [M.iTHER (Cotton ).j Pastoral Desires.] A Short Catalogue| of| 
 
 Excellent THIXGS,| which I A True Pastor, will Desire toj see 
 Approved, and Practised, and| Abounding among his People. | A 
 Book, design'd to be Lodg'dj and Left in their Hands, by One| De- 
 sirous to be such an One, in| his Pastoral Visits,] to the Houses 
 of all his People.! (Quotation: !) lines.)] 16mo, pp. (:2), 116, 
 original wrappers, uncut ; corners water-stained. 'With cloth folder, 
 in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed by B. Green,\ for Nicholas Boone, at his 
 
 Sboi.) ^it the Sinn of] the Bible in Marlborough Street. 
 
 1712. 
 
 A fine tall copy of an extremely rare item, of which only one othek 
 COPY' (Boston Public Library) is cited. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
 59. [Mather (Cotton). J Things to be more thought upon. A Brief 
 
 TEEATISE on the Injuries oflVred unto the Glorious and Only 
 Saviour of the World. . . "With a more Particular Conviction of the 
 Jewish and Arian Infidelity... 18ino, original sheep; joints 
 strengthened. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered 
 on back. 
 
 Boston : Printed by Thomas Fleet, for Daniel Henchman, 1713. 
 Only o.xe copy recorded as sold. 
 
 60. Mather (Cotton). The Glorious THEOXE.| A Short Alcw of Our 
 
 Great] Lord-Eedeemer,] On His Throne;] Ordering bv His Pkovi- 
 dexce, all the] Changes in the World:] And most Particularly, 
 what lias Occurr'd in] the Death of Our Late Memorable] SOVB- 
 EEIGX.I AND THE legal' Succession of the British Crowx,I to the 
 Illustrious House of] HAXO\'EE.j In a Sermon on that Great 
 Occasion,! at Bo.'.tou in Xcw England,! on 23 D. A"II M. 1711.] By 
 Cotton Mather, D.D. & F.E.S."! (Quotation: 2 lines.)] 16mo, 
 
 IContiinird 
 
COTTON MATHER'S "CORl>EKirS AMERICANUS" 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No, 55 J 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 [No. 60 — Cotilinvcd] 
 
 pp. (2), 1-37, pewi). With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, 
 lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed bv B. Green. Sold by S. GeiTi.-:]i,\ at his 
 Shop at the Xorth-side of the T. House. 1714. 
 A CKisp, SPOTLESS COPY ; with wide margins. 
 
 61. Mather (Cottox). The Saoifirer.l Ax Essay| Upon the] Sacrifices, 
 Wherewith a Christian, laying] a Claim to an| Holy Priesthood, 
 Endeavours to Glorifyj HOT)) By CoHon Mather, D.D. & F.R.S. 
 (Quotation: 3 lines.) 16mo, pp. 45; followed by list of Gerrish's 
 publications, 3 pp., sewn, as issued, original stitches. With cloth 
 folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston:] Printed by T. Fleet, for Samuel] Genish, at the 
 North-Side of thej Town-House. 1714. 
 Autograph, — Tho. Fo.rrroft 17] T. A fi.xe copy of an extremely rake 
 TITLE ; of which only two other copies are linown. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 02. [Mather (Cotton).] Ju.^t Cominemorations] The DEATH] of] good 
 iiEN, Considered;] and The Characters of Some who] have lately 
 died in the Service of] the Churches, Exhibited.] Unto which 
 tliere is added,] A Brief Account of the Eva>ifjeliral\ ll'orfc among 
 the Christianized] Indian's of Xew Englaxd;' Whereof One of 
 the Persons here] commemorated, was a Valuable] and Memorable 
 Instrument.] (Quotation: 4 lines.)] 16mo, pp. (2), iv.. 58, sewn. 
 ^Vith cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 BosTOX in X. E. Printed by B. Green : Soldi by Samuel Ger- 
 
 risli at his Shop on the Xorth Side of the Town House. 
 
 [1715.] 
 
 A CRLSP, SPOTLESS COPY, WITH WIDE MARGINS. 
 
 63. Mather (Cottox). Xunrin Bona e Terra Longincjua.] A Brief Ac- 
 
 couxTJ of some] (UmhI & Great Tilings] a Doing] for the Kingdom of 
 GoDJ in the midst of] EUROPE. 16mo, sewn, uncut, as issued. 
 With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston in Xew England: Printed In' B. Green. . .1715. 
 Examples of Mather's writings in this pristine state are of excessive 
 RARITY. Has contemporary autograph, — James ,^riileg'n Book, A.D., 1734, 
 on title. 
 
 64. [Mather (Cotton).] The Christian Ctnick.] A brief ESSAY] On 
 
 a] Merciful SAVIOUR.] Address'd by an] UXWORTHY Sinner;] 
 With Directions and Excourage.mentsJ for the ADDRESSES.] 
 which will obtain His ra\ours.! [Quotation: 3 lines.] 16 mo, pp. 
 -J 2 (3 ) , new half morocco. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip- 
 case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston:] Printed by T. Fleet for D. IIenchman,\ at the Cor- 
 ner Shop over against the] Brick .Meeting House. 1716.] 
 
 [Continued 
 

 V k\ 
 
 0:Talloral Defires, 
 
 Short CATALOGUE 
 
 Excellent'' THINGS, 
 
 W H 1 C H 
 
 True PASTOR, will Dejire to 
 fee Approved, and Pradifed, and 
 Abounding,among his PEOPLE. 
 
 A BOOK, defign'd to" be Lodgd 
 and Left in their Hands, by One 
 Dcfirous to be Such an One, in 
 his PASTORAL F IS ITS, 
 
 to the Hcufcs of all his People. 
 
 j 2 Pec, I. 15, 13, «J- 
 
 I w:U not k n'^liT,:nt, to frit jm alviityt in Rf 
 
 I nctxhi-fnce of th;fe Thing!. 
 
 Ten, 1 think it meet at lorg as I am in this Ta^ 
 
 j krn^ch, t) air ysuup, h^/ putting ycu in Re. 
 
 1 wcmbranci. 
 
 ' Mtreu'vCr, I s>iU Endeav.ur, that pu may bt 
 
 \ Me after my Dscc*j1', ti have thifi things 
 
 1 always in Ref):imbra/ice. 
 
 BOSTON : Prinfed by B. Green, for 
 Nidolas Bi'aiie, «t his StJi p «t tlie Sign of 
 tht Bible in Mdkrough Street. 1 7 1 ». 
 
 COTTON MATHER'S "PASTORAL DESIRES' 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 58] 
 
 'I'tl 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 [No. 6-i — Continued] 
 
 Only two copies cited, — American Antiquarian Society ; and Boston 
 Public Library. No copy catalogued in any of the collections dis- 
 persed. 
 
 65. [Mather (Cotton). J The City of Eefuge.] TheI GOSPEL of the 
 
 CITYj Explained;! And the Flight of a| Distressed Sixneh| 
 Thereunto,] Directed and Quickened ;| ^Vith a special Aspect on the 
 Intentions ofj EARLY PIETY.| [Quotation: 2 Sam. XXIII. 3.] 
 16ino, pp. 33, (] ), new half morocco; fore-edges of some leaves 
 closely cut, slightly affecting text. AVith cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston :| Printed l)y T. Fleet and T. Crump for| Daniel Hench- 
 man, lit the Corner Sliop| over against the Brick Meeting- 
 IIome.\ ]^l(i. 
 Oxly one copy (Boston Public Library) is mentioned by biblioq- 
 EAPiiERS. None included in any of the collections dispersed. 
 
 66. [ilATiiER (Cotton).] A Mini of Reason. \ A Brief Essay] to demon- 
 
 strate.! That all Mex should ' hearken iio] EEASOX;| and,[ What a 
 World of Evil would] be prevented in the World, if] Men would 
 once become so] Ehasoxable.] (Quotation: -1 lines.)] 16mo, pp. 
 34, sewn, as issued, original stitching; lower margin of last leaf 
 slightly defective having last three lines torn ofP. AVith cloth folder, 
 in half morocco slip-case, lettered up back. 
 
 Boston: in N. E.[ Printed for Johx' Edwards, on the South] 
 Side of the Town-House in King-Street.] 1718. 
 Only one other copy (Massacliusetts Historical Society) is known. 
 
 67. [Mather (Cotton). J A Sermon | Delivered] by Thomas Prince, M.A.] 
 
 On the AA'ensday (sic) October 1, 1718. | Athisj OEDIXATIOX. . . 
 Together with] The CHAEGE.j by the Eeverend Inckease Mather, 
 D.D.I And a Co])y of what Avas said at giving] the Eight Hand of 
 Fellowship (pp. 72-76) :] By the Eeverend Cotton' Mather, D.D.. . . 
 12nio, unbound. AVith cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, let- 
 tered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed liy J. Franklin for S. ({crrish. . .1718. 
 Good crisp copy of an e.^rly P^ranklin imprint. 
 
 68. [Mather (Cotton). J A Glorious Espousal.\ A Brief Essay,] To Illus- 
 
 trate and Prosecute the] ,MAEEIAGE,| Wherein Our Great Saviour 
 offers] to Espouse unto Himself the] Children of ^Icn.] And there- 
 upon to Eeconimend from] that Grand Pattern a Good] Carriage 
 in the] AIarried Life] Among them.] An Essay Proper and Useful 
 in the] Hands of those who Travel on the] XobJc Design of Espous- 
 ing the Souls] of Men unto their Saviour.] But more Particularly 
 and Seaso-lnably to be presented, where a] ilarriage is upon a 
 
 [Continued 
 
•T7;e Sacrijicer. 
 
 An ESSAY 
 
 Upon the 
 
 SACRIFICES, 
 
 Wherewith a Chriftian, laying 
 * a Claim to an 
 
 Holy PRIESTHOODyf 
 
 Endeavours tp Glorify 
 
 i 3y Cotton Mather, D. D. & F. R .''S.' ■ f 
 
 ^ i 
 
 Pfal. LI. 19. • 
 
 lig; Jhal£ them he plenfcd vnitl Sncrr^ees 
 
 B O S r O N: * 
 Printed By 71 Pleet, for iS'^JWa!??! 
 
 Town-Houfe. i7i4> . 
 
 COTTON MATHER'S "THE SACRIFICER- 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 61] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 I Xo. 08 — Continued] 
 
 Celebration. 16mo, pp. (2), Ml, sewn, as issued. With cloth 
 folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed by S. K\eelaxd,| for B. Ghay, and J. Ed- 
 \VAi:i)s, at their Shops [ on the Xorth and South Side of 
 the Town-|Housc in King-Street. 171!). 
 A pRESEXTATiox COPY, inscribed (by Thomas Foxci-uft), — Given l)y Dr. 
 C. Mather 171!). 
 
 A FiKE COPY, crisp as when issued, of an extremely rare title, of which 
 o.\LY 0-\E OTHER COPY (Bostoii Publlc Library) is Kxowx. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
 69. [;Matjiei! (Cottox).] The Jirliijion of an Oath.| Plaix DirectioxsJ 
 
 how the Duty ofj SwEAr,ixi;[ May be Safely ilanaged,| when it is 
 Justly Denianded.| And] Strong PEitsr.vsiVEsj To avoid the Perils 
 of PEEJUPiY.] Concluding with a most Solemn Explaj nation of 
 an Oath, which the Laws| of Denmark have provided for the eon|- 
 sideration of them, whom an Oath| is propos'd unto.j Published 
 at the Desire of Some who I appreliend Oaths to be too frequently! 
 and faultily trifled with.| 16nio, sewn ; closely cut removing running 
 title of some pages and affecting fore-edges of text. With cloth 
 folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 BosTOX-, X. E. Printed by B. Green. 1719. 
 
 70. [Mather (Cottox axd others).] Ax ACCOUXT of the EEASOXS 
 
 Why a Considerable Xumber, (about Eifty, whereof Ten are Mem- 
 bers in full Communion) Belonging to the Xew Xorth Congregation 
 in Boston, could not Consent to Mr. Peter Thacher's Ordination 
 there. Who has left his Flock at Weymouth, and accepted of a Call 
 in Boston, without the Approbation and contrary to the Advice of 
 the ilinisters in this Town. With a Declaration of the Dissatisfied 
 Brethren of the Church, &c. 16mo, sewn; front half of original 
 wrapper retained. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, 
 lettered on back. 
 
 [Boston:] Printed [by James Franklin?] in the Year 1720. 
 A EAKE coxTRovEESiAL NARRATIVE, of which HO perfect copy has been 
 described or located. The letters opiiosiug Mr. Thacher's settlement in 
 Boston include two important docviments by the most eminent Boston 
 divines, including Increase and Cotton Mather. The latter (in his 
 Diary ) makes references to the "Account" and attendant circumstances 
 liroving his sentiments unchanged towards Mr. Thacher. 
 
 71. [Mather (Cottox).] HonesUi Parsimonia:\ 0r,| TIME Spent as it| 
 
 should be. PROPOSALS,! To prevent that Great Folly] and 
 Mischief, The Loss of Time;] And Employ thel Talext of Time| 
 so Watchfully and Fruitfully! that a Good Account may at] Last be 
 given of it! (Quotation: 2 lines.)! 16mo, pp. (4), 23, sewn, 
 
 [Continued 
 
A Glorious EjpoufaL 
 
 A Brief ESSAY, 
 
 To lUuftrate and Profccucc the 
 
 MARRIAGE, 
 
 Wherein Our Great Sav-i'our offers 
 
 to Efpoiifc unto Hiinfelf the 
 
 Children of Men. 
 
 And thereupon to Recommend from 
 
 that Grand Pattern a Good 
 
 Carriage in the 
 
 Married Life 
 
 iln/na. Among them. 'J^rxcze'H. 
 
 ^ 
 
 An Essay Proper and Ufeful in the 
 Hands of thofe who Travel on the 
 Noble Defign oi'Ej^oiifi/ig the Souls 
 of Men unto their Saviour. 
 But more Particularly and Seafo- 
 nably to be prefented, where a 
 Marriage is upon a Celebration. 
 
 BOSTON.- Friicc i by S. Kneeland, 
 fot B. GRAY,ancl J. ED\VARDs,at their.Shops 
 on the Isionh and South iiJe oi'theTown- 
 Houfe in King-Scveet. ^l^^-'^^^l^l^ . 
 
 COTTON MATHER'S "GLORIOUS ESPOUSAL" 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 68] 
 
Sale Tucsda// Afternoon, Februari/ 17th 
 
 [Xo. 71 — I '(inii)niPiI\ 
 
 uncait, as issued. "With clotli folder, in half moroeco slip-case, let- 
 tered up back. 
 
 I'xisTOx : Printed bv S. Kiieelaiid,] for ./. EdiranJs. and Sold at 
 his Shop. 1721. 
 Of this very rare ilather item oxly one other copij (American Anti- 
 quarian Society) is Icnoicii. 
 
 I Sec Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 7-.\ [Mather (CVmox).] LOVK Triiimph<uit\ A| SEEilOX' at the 
 (iATHEJiiNcl of a Si-ir Chuvcli ,\ and the| Obdaixixg] of their| Pas- 
 tor:' In the Xorth Part of Boston;| May 2.'!, 1722. | IGmo. sewn; 
 elo>ely trimmed, headlines shayed. With cloth folder, in half 
 morocco sliji-casc, lettered on back. 
 
 P)(ist(in: Printed by S. Kneeland. . .1723. 
 
 ■;3. [^Iathee Cottox).] The Mixistei;.! A Sermon,] Offer'd unto the 
 Anniyersai-y Conyention! of j ^IIXISTERSj from Se\eral Parts of 
 yeir England,] Met at Pxiston. .31 d. Ill m.[ 1722. j 12mo, sewn, 
 uncut, as issued ; water-stained. With cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. F)()ston: Printed in the year 1722. 
 
 Rake. Tall copy, with the .scarce half-title, \yhich has corners Sillghtly 
 torn. 
 
 I Sec Pie))roductiiin of Title-page] 
 
 71. Mather (Cottox). Parentator.[ MeiioirsJ of[ Reiiaiikablesj 
 in the LIFE! and thej DEATHI of the Eyer-:\Lemorable! Dr. In- 
 crease Maiher.\ AYho Expired, August 23, 1723. 12ino, original 
 sheep; blank corner of two leayes torn off, and small piece of "Ad- 
 yertisement,'' at end, lost, slightly affecting fiye lines, stained in few 
 corners. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, letters on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed by B. (Jreen. 1721. 
 
 75. Mather (C(nTox). TELA PILEVISA.j A Short Essayj on| Troubles 
 to be Look'd for.| A Wise] Expectation of,| and Peep.vratiox for,| 
 Troublesome C!iarge>,, Recommended unto the Strangers andj Pil- 
 grims in the Present E\il World. KJmo, sewn ; some margins 
 frayed, 2 leaves temporarih' reinforced. With cloth folder, in half 
 3)110 rocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed by B. Green. 1724. 
 
 ^0. []\1atheh (Cottox ).J Virtue in iis Tcrdure.] A' Cheistiax! Exhib- 
 ited as a| (ireen Oliyetree,' in the! Honse of GOD:\ with {Chaeac- 
 TEEJ of the A'irtuous' .Mrs. Ahii/ail liruirn: The Amiable and 
 Memorable Consort of the Honourable! Samtel Bkow.v, Esq;| Who 
 expired Feb. IS. i:21,.5. 16mo, sewn. With cloth folder, in half 
 morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston. X. E. Printed by B. (ireen. 1725. 
 A good crisp copy of a rake biographical title. Headline (running 
 title) shayed ; other margins full width. 
 
ftiould be. 
 
 PROPOSALS, 
 
 To prevent that Great FOLLY 
 and MISCHIEF, 
 
 The Lofs of Time ; 
 
 And Employ the 
 
 T A L E N T of T I M E 
 
 So Watchfully and Fruitfully 
 that a ^jo,i Account may at 
 Lalt be given of it. 
 
 Djinna jleo Rcnuii^ Sed plus JieoD.:nina 
 DLrum. 
 
 B OSTO ,v , rriiitecl by S. Knedand, 
 tor J.Edwards,inviSo\6 at bisShop.i7ii. 
 
 \) 
 
 COTTON MATHER'S "HONBSTA PARSIMONIA" 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 [No. 71] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Fehruarii 17th 
 
 "I'i. Mather (Cotton). A Ti;esi>.\ss-()f1'-ekix(i, Humbly presented unto 
 the Cluirclies of yew Eiujlaiii], By Eobert Sliirgeou. Small 4to, pp. 
 ■i ; fore-edues frayed (but neatly silked) a few end-letters slJiilitlv 
 allVcted ; small eircular stamji on ivA'^v 2. In morocco folder, lettered 
 on front cover. 
 
 [Colojilioii.] Boston IX XE\v-Ex(ii,AXD. Printed bv .B. Green. 
 17 2.-). 
 Deci.siox of CorxciL of Churches, C<.ittoii Mather, Mciderator. alisulv- 
 ing Mr. Sturgeon, on p. 4. 
 Extremely rare. Nh sale recorded. 
 
 7 8. [JlATHEn (CoTTOx).] HATZAR-ilAVETiT.j ComfortaUe ^Yol■(Is\\ In a 
 Short EssAYJ on| The C0iIP^Oi;TS| Of One LirUui to God.! But 
 Walliiii/j tlirough the Valli'ii\ of tiie| Hhadow of DEATH;! And 
 finding- it no mure than a Sii.VDOwj of DEATHj (Quotations: 10 
 lines.)! I'^mo, 2 unnumbered lea\es (half title and title) : text pp. 
 1-28, followed by 2 blank leaves, sewn as issued; small corner torn 
 off one leaf, slightly affecting a word on each page. With elotli 
 folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston, Printed for S. Gerrisii. 17 211. 
 OxLY TWO COPIES (linth ill publii- lil>rari<'s) are cited. 
 
 79. Mathee (CoTTox). Maxaiuctio ad ilixisxEijiuir. DIEECTIOXS 
 
 FOR A Candidate of the MIXISTIiY .. 12mo, original calf; 
 back strengthened, two at end arc cut slightly below balance of text. 
 With (loth folder, in half morocco sli])-casc, lettered up back. 
 
 Boston : Printed for Thomas Hancock. 1721;. 
 Fixe crisp copy, with half-title. 
 
 80. [Mather (Cotton).] llalin Ui^ripVuKp Fndi-ion] XOV-AX(;LOFiU.M.! 
 
 A| Faithful Acount! of thel DISCIPLIXE! Professed and Pkac- 
 tised;! in the Churches! of! Xeir Enrjlati(l.\ . . . 12mo, pp. iv.. 207 
 (2), original sheep; rebacked. AVith' cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed for S. (U'liisl, in CornhilL! 17 2(1. 
 
 81. Mather (Cotton). PIor-Haoidgad.! An Essay| upon,! An Happy 
 
 Departure,! Occasioned by the Dece.vse of the A^aluablej Mr. WIL- 
 LIAil WALDPtOX,! Late Pastor to one of the Churches in| Boston; 
 who Departed, Se]jt. 11, 17 27. Svo, sewn, rxcuT; embossed stamp 
 on first title. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered 
 on back. 
 
 Boston : Printed for S. Gerrisb, S. Kneeland, X'. Belknap, and 
 B. Love, 1727'. 
 Half-title: "Sermons on the Death (jf the Reverend Mr. Waldron." 
 Introduction (S pp.), followed Ijy Sermon 1)V Cotton Mather; the other 
 sei-mons are by .John Webb, Thomas Foxcroft and Sumuel Checklev. 
 
I 
 
 
 I 
 
 ''7:^'^'^*'?'ss'ait**t^--*'*a^ mUu^ 
 
 The MiN isTER. 
 
 ermon, 
 
 Offer'd unto the 
 
 Anniverdiry Convention 
 
 o F 
 
 MINISTERS' 
 
 From feveral Parts of 
 
 Met at BO S T O N, 3 1 d. Ill m. 
 
 1722. 
 
 By One of their Number, 
 
 And publilhed a; the Requell of them that heard it. 
 
 V'n-itji nbundet, per tyit licet, q^uifquii yolueni ; In Opcribii: 
 ■nea Jh jLbuv.dantia. 
 
 I 
 
 BO'^TON: Printed in the Year 1722. 
 
 c 
 
 ^.^ 
 
 is 
 
 '{< < 
 
 
 COTTON MATHER'S "THE MINISTER" 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 73] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 82. [Mather (Cottox).] RE8TITUTl'S.\ Thej End of Life Pursued,| 
 
 and then, Thej Hope ju Death Enjoyed,| by the| FAITHFtrL.j 
 Both of them Described! in aj DI8C0UK.SE| Made upon aj Eecov- 
 ery from Sickness.] Or, The| Df.claeatiox! of One Returning from 
 thei Gates of the (irave. IGmo, sewn, foee-edges uxcut. With 
 cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 BosTOX: Printed for S. Gerrish. 1727. 
 
 83. [Mathee (Cottox^).] A Monitor for Comrnunicants.\ An ESSAY| 
 
 To Excite and Assist] Eeligious Approaches] to the] Table of the 
 Lord] Offered by an Assembly of the Xew-Exg-]lish Pastobs, 
 unto their own Elocks,] and unto all the Chueches in these Ame-\ 
 rican Colonics;] With] A Solemn Testimoxy to that Cause of] GOD 
 and RELIGIOX, in them. (Quotation: 3 lines.) 12mo, jjp. 21, 
 sewn, uncut; small blank corner torn off title. With cloth folder, 
 in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 BosTOX" : Ee-jJrinted and Sold by (S'. Kneeland,\ over against the 
 Prison in Queen Street. 1750. 
 
 84. [Mathee (Ixceease).J Torrey (Samuel). An] EXHOETATIOlSr| 
 
 unto] Reformation, I Amplified,] By a Discourse concerning the 
 Parts and Progress of that] ^Vork, according to the Word of God.j 
 Delivered in a Sekmox Preached in the Audience of] the General 
 Assembly of the Massachusetts Colony,} at Boston in New England, 
 May 27. 1674.] Beixo the] DAY of ELECTION] these. Small 
 4to, pp. 8 and 44, sewn ; lower margin closely cut, slightly affecting 
 lower line of last leaf. In morocco folder, lettered on front cover. 
 Cambridge : Printed by Marmaduke Johnson. 1674. 
 
 "To the Reader," by Ixckease Mather, 6 pages, following title-page, 
 dated Boston, N.E., 26. 5. 1674. 
 
 Contemporary inscription on title, — T/jo. Clarl-e his hooke gaven him Tjy 
 Mr. Torrey. Mr. Clarke was appointed pastor at Chelmsford, 1677-8. His 
 class-mate, Rev. George Burroughs (H.TJ. 1670) was executed for witch- 
 craft in 1692. 
 
 An extremely rare and valuable example of the earliest New Eng- 
 land PRESS. Its principal, Marmaduke Johnson, aided John Eliot in pro- 
 ducing the famous Indian Bible. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 85. [Mather (Ixcrease).] Aj XARRATIYE] Of the Miseries of] Xew- 
 
 England,] l.iy Reason of an] Arhitrary Govermnent\ Erected there.] 
 
 Small 4to, pp. 8, sewn. In morocco folder, lettered on front cover. 
 
 [London : Printed for Richard Janeway . . . And Reprinted at 
 
 Bo.ston in Xew England, by Richard Pierce. 1688] 9.] 
 
 UNIQUE COPY, BEARING INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE OF 
 
 THE PLACE AND TIME OF ITS PUBLICATION. 
 
 Sibley ("Graduates of Harvard University," vol. 1, p. 447) uses the 
 above imprint, having failed to locate a copy for examination, presum- 
 ably surmising its form and title from some manuscript references, and 
 omitting to supply brackets. 
 
 [Continued 
 
AN j2>«./a3^ 
 
 EXHORTAf ION 
 
 UNTO 
 
 Reformation, 
 
 AMPLIFIED, 
 
 By a Difcourfe concerning the. Parts and Progrefs of that 
 
 Work, according to the Word of God. 
 
 Delivered in a SERMON Preached in the Audience oi 
 
 the General Aficn-.bly of tiie Majftchitfets Colony, 
 
 at ScifioH laNnv- England, Miy ij, 1674, 
 
 BEING T^E 
 
 DAY of ELECTION 
 
 THERE. 
 
 By S AMVBL roRRET , Pafior of the Charch of 
 
 ChtiU in ivaymomh. 
 
 1ft. 50.1 f. Forthti f^ith t'vt Lt'Td Co.i. thkHy Onctf J,';-,iti> invctunisgati >-t[i Ptali 
 
 it be fivcd, in qjiitscfs lusd in wfi.kr.ti (IiaH sc jov.- pKitb, td y.» -vaiU 
 
 Mt. , 
 • Vcr.is. Aid thenfo-i' mil thi Urd -trait-, that be maybe gv.uiaas iiittyBn, S'li t':(rt 
 
 fmt-mfihsii niUtti, thit iic mn'i hi-je mtrcr-!fos )eii -, for ih! Und is ^ Cti c' 
 
 liid^i-xint.- and Uc^J :-.,'! ,!U thtyfb.it -ivait far bin. 
 Jcr. 5,12, Rit,ir« yi h.:clipSh'.;^ cHUires, ,ud 1 Kill bnl yar,- hckpdirp : S.hU> 
 
 it-i cor,! :,sto thee, fcr th:-: ■:■ t the Wd cur G.ii 
 Rev. 1. 7. Hr thus hath i» cay— Ut hitn ktur tfb.it the Sphit [i'.th :ifita thfChaiClns. 
 
 \y Ctmbridgt : Vx\x\Ktih^ M^mtadtike J-ohinpn. 1674. 
 
 V » .. : 
 
 '■i^O 
 
 y 1'^-''- 
 
 WITH INTRODUCTION BY INCREASE MATHER 
 
 Slightly reduced facsimile of title-iiage 
 
 [No. 84] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Febrnary 17th 
 
 [No. 8r>—Coiifiniicd'] 
 
 The copy now offerod was originally the property of the Reverend John 
 Higginson', of Salem, a friend and correspondent of its author, and bears 
 his autograph on the upper margin of the first page: on the lower margin 
 a note in his hand refers to the •■Narrative," — ('(imr nut in ijc U'i)it<r 
 KkSN. This inscription was undoubtedly the source of William H. Whit- 
 more's statement ("Increase Mather, the Agent of Massachusetts," p. 
 14), — "ft fopu rciichcd Bonton in se«.s-o» /o he printed before the end of 
 the current year, which cloned on the '24tli of March according to our 
 modern reclioiiinr/." 
 
 The close friendship which existed between the Rev. Increase Mather 
 and the Rev. John Higginson adds a peculiar interest to the present copy, 
 and the unique inscription removes the uncertainty heretofore apparent 
 in the references of bililiographers. 
 
 Mr. Higginson died in ITOS. aged !).'! years. His 72 years' services In 
 the ministry are referred to in "A Testimony to the Order of the Gospel 
 in the Churches of New England liy the Two Most Aged Ministers of the 
 Cosjiel yet surviving in the Countrey" (Rev. John Higginson and Rev. 
 William Hubbard). 
 
 [See Ec'prodiiction of First page] 
 
 86. ifATHEE (Ixcrease). A| Discoursc| Concerning| Earthquakes. | 
 
 Occasioned by tlie Eartliqualies wliieli| were in Neio England, in tlie 
 Province! of Mrtssiich iisclts-Bni/, June 16, and in| Connecticot-Col- 
 ony, June 22. 170:).| Also, Two| SEiaiOXS,] She:wing,| Tliat 
 Six is tlie Greatest Evil :| And,} Tliat to Eedeem Time is tlie Great- 
 est! ^^'isnoM.! T>y Increase Mailier. 16nio, original boards, cov- 
 ered with sheep and lixed with leaves piiour ax earlier work 
 relatixg to Xew Exglaxd ; a slight corner is torn off one leaf 
 (pp. 87-88) removing the final letter of each of two lines. With 
 cloth folder^ in half morocco slip-ease, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston, Printed by Tintolhy (rreen, for! Benjamin Eliot, at his 
 Shop under the! West End of the Exchange, 1706. 
 A desirable ccipy of a rare iiistoeical work, in the original state, with 
 all end-papers (two preceding and two following text), which are not 
 referred to by bibliographers. 
 
 87. [JIather (Ixcrease).] DEATII! Is Certain,! The Time when Un- 
 
 certain.! A I SER.AIOX,! (Occasioned bv the Death of the Eeverend 
 .Air. JA:\1ES ALLEX.! Teacher of First Church of Christ in 
 Boston. Who Departed this Life, ><pplcrn\ber 22. 1710. Aged 78 
 Years.] By Benjamin. Wadsirnrtli , M.A. Pastor of the| same Church 
 witli the Late Teacher.] Prefaced |"4 pages] by the Eeverend Dr. I. 
 Mallier.l To which is Aiiiiexeil, A Fuxeral Ele-!gy on the same 
 Occasion. By Mr. B. T.] ((,)uotations : 3 lines.) ] 12mo, pp. (3) 
 (4) 1-21, unbound; upper margin closely trimmed, some headlines 
 shaved. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 back. 
 
 Bostox, X. E. Printed bv John Allen, for] NicJi.olas Boone. 
 
 1710. 
 
 [Continued 
 
,rss 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 (V) 
 
 ^h 
 
 '■} /■ ■ 
 
 I 
 
 A 
 
 
 if 11 
 
 f-j 
 
 Of the MiieEies of 
 
 c\w - England , 
 
 By Realon.)fan 
 
 ^rbitrarp (iotjettttnen 
 
 Erected there. 
 
 "^Hat a Collony Co confidsraUe as N'ttr'-E^gland ,•-:. 
 • fhould be dilcouraged, is not for the Honour and 
 Intereft of the Englifli Nitinn ; in as much as die 
 People there are generally Soberjnduftrious, wcll- 
 Difciplin'd, and apt for Martial Affairs ; fo that he that isSc- 
 veraign of Ncw-EngLxnd, may by means thereof ( when he 
 pleafeth ) be Emperor of Am;ricd : Neverthelefs, the whole 
 Englijh Intereft in that Territory has been of late in apparent 
 danger of being lofl; and ruined, and iie Mifenes of that 
 
 A People 
 
 e ■ 
 
 4^t 
 
 /J 
 
 ■ I 
 
 RARE NARRATIVE BY INCREASE MATHER 
 
 Reduced facsimile of first page 
 
 [No. 85] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afiernoon, February 17th 
 
 [Xo. 8^ — Contiinied~\ 
 
 Op extreme eaeity. The example describecl is apparently the only 
 
 KNOWN COPY OF THIS TRACT. 
 
 The Elegy, 52 lines, occupying the last two pages, is, undoubtedly by 
 Benjamin Tompson (3642-1714), author of other elegiac verse, and of 
 "New England's Crisis," Boston, 1676, a poem descriptive of King Philip's 
 war. On his tombstone he is described, — a learurd schoolmaster and 
 physician, and ye rcnoirned poet of A'cf England. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
 88. Mather (Ixceease). Suul-Saving| Gospel Truths. | Delivered in sev- 
 
 eral Sermons : I ... By I. JMathee, D.D.| The Second Edition. | 
 (Quotation : 8 lines.) | 16mo, pp. 2, iv., 35^ (1), original boards and 
 and sheep; back streng-thened, last leaf torn into but text intact. 
 With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case^ lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed by T. Green, for| B. Eliot, in King-Street. 
 1712. 
 Presentation copy. Inscription (by Di-. Foxcroft), — "Tho. Foxcroft — 
 Don. Author. Rev. 171.3. 
 
 89. [Mather (IxciiEASi^with others).] A| LETTEE| from Some] Aged 
 
 Nonconforming Ministers! to their| Christian Friends, | Touching 
 the| EEASOXSj Of their | PEACTICE! August 24. 1701. | The 
 Eourth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged,! with some Practical Ad- 
 vice. 12mo, original wrappers; circular embossed stamp on title. 
 With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston : Eeprinted for Samuel Gerrish. 1712. 
 
 "To the Reader," pp. i.-iv., dated Boston, August Sth, 1712, is signed 
 
 by Increase Mather, The "Advertisement." following p. 72, is attached to 
 
 wrapper, as issued ; it announces Increase Mather's "Meditations on the 
 
 Sanctification of the Lord's Day." 
 
 90. Mather (Increase). Several EEASOXS] Proving that Inoculating 
 
 or Transplanting the SmaU Pox is a| Lawful Practice, and that it 
 has been Blessed by GOD| for the Saving of many a Life.| By 
 Increase j\falher, D.D. 2 pages small folio, "wholly UNTRiMiiED, in 
 crimson le\ant case, lined witli antique white poplin, title on front 
 cover. 
 
 [Colophon.] Boston: Printed Ijy ,S'. Knerlcnid for ./. Edwards 
 at his shop in Kiiig-Strect. 1721. | 
 Of excessive rarity : apparently xtnkji'e. No eojiy is contained in any 
 of the great public or private collections. 
 
 [See Frontispiece for Reproduction of first page] 
 
 91. [Mather (Increase).] Some Important| TEUTHSj about| Con- 
 
 version,! Delivered in sundryj SEEMOXS.j By Increase Mather, 
 D.D. Teacher! of a Churcli at Boston, m Neir'-England.\ With a 
 Praeface by Dr. Ozyew. I The Second Edition. I (Quotation: 7 lines.) 1 
 16mo, pp. (2, xxii.) 260, (1), original sheep; outer edges of title 
 
 [Gontimied 
 
DEATH 
 
 Is Certain, 
 
 The Time when Uncertain. 
 
 SERMON, 
 
 OccdGi-iued by the Death of the Reverend 
 
 |Mr. JAMES ALLEN. 
 
 Teacher of the Firft Chnrch of CHRIST in 
 Bojlon. Who Dcpiirtcd this Life, Seftem- 
 I'ir 2 2. 171 0, Aged 78 Years. 
 
 \ij BenjaKiinWadfrvortb, M* A. Paftoroftiicj 
 fame Church with the Late Teacher. 
 
 Prefaced hy the Reverend Dr. /. Mather. 
 
 To w^hich is Annexed, A FUKERAL ELE- 
 GY Oil the f^iins dccaflon. By Mr. B. T. 
 
 Heb. 9. 2. It is appointed ttnte men once to die- 
 I King. 2. 2. I go the vay of all the Earth. 
 [Ecclef^o.i 2. For man alfo knoweth not bis time. 
 
 \mSTON, N. E. Printed by Jphfi Jlle», for 
 Nicholas Boone. 171c. 
 
 . 
 
 
 (3^/j^ 
 
 WITH PREFACE BY INCREASE MATHER 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 87] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 [Xo. 91 — ConlinvecT] 
 
 slightly frayed, small tear in one leaf. With cloth folder, in half 
 morocco sli]5-case, lettered on hack. 
 
 London Printed. 1674. | Boston in N. E. Ee-Printed by ,JoUn\ 
 Allen, for Jolin Efhvards, at his Shop] at the Head of 
 Kingstreet, 1721. | 
 First American Edition. Presentation copy from the author to the 
 Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, with inscription hy the latter. — "Thomas Fo-rcroft, 
 E.r (loiio autori.'i i-ciicnindi Apr. 21, 1721." Part of the London date sup- 
 plied in ink. 
 
 113. ilATHEB (In'cebase). A| (iuJdc to Christ| . . .Comjjiled for the Help ofl 
 Young Ministers! . . .P)y Solomon Stoddard. . . With an Epistle Pre- 
 fixed, by thei lieverencl J)r. Increase MalJier. 16mo, original sheep. 
 AVith cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 Slightly stained. Boston: Printed by J. Draper. . .17.35. 
 
 Inscription liy Rev. Thomas Foxcroft, and IMS. commentary (12 pages) 
 in his hand, on the subjects treated in the book. 
 
 9.3. il-VTHEr, (Samuel). An APOLOGY for the Liberties of the Churches 
 in Xew England: To which is prefixed a Discourse concerning Con- 
 gregational Churches. 8yo, original panelled calf. With cloth 
 folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston : Printed by T. Fleet. 1738. 
 
 91. [AIather (Samt'el).] To the Autlior of a Letter to Doctor [Samuel] 
 blather. By One of the Eeaders. Svo, pp. fi, sewn, .uncut. In 
 morocco folder, lettered on front co\'er. 
 
 P>()ston : Printed by Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1783 
 Autograph on title, — C'harlr.'i Loirrll (father of .Tames Russell Lowell). 
 A FINE COPY OF A RARE TRACT. Only two copies located by Evans. Ad- 
 dressed to Dr. .John Clark, of Boston. 
 
 9.J. MiL-vTs (AVilliam). ALL IX A BUSTLE:} or the XEW HOUSE. 
 A I Comic Prelude] AVritten for the Opening of the] Xbvt Theatre 
 in I Xew-Yoek. I Performed for the First Time, on Monday! Jan. 
 29, 1798. By Williaj: :\1ilxs:| Author of the Comet, &c. &c.| 
 16mo, sewn, uncut. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, 
 lettered on back. 
 
 Xew-A"okk:' Printed at the Literary Printins; Office, Xo. 29, 
 Golcl-Sti-eet| i:9R.! Copy-Eight Secured. | 
 
 Collation : Half-Title : All in a Bustle (i) ; The Author's introductory 
 remarks (ii) ; Title-page (1) ; Dramatis PersontTe (2) ; All in a Bustle or 
 the New House, pp. (3-) 14. 
 
 The "characters" are the members of the companj', and, in the words 
 of the author, "personate themselves." 
 
 A NOTABLE company: Mr. and Mrs. Hodgkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. 
 Mr. .TefCerson, etc. 
 
 The COPY' now offered is the first described, and apparently' unique. 
 The play referred to. "The Comet," is apparently another of "the lost 
 books" of American dramatic literature. 
 
 [See Eeproduction of Title-page] 
 
C O :sl I C PRELUDE 
 
 M 
 
 V. M T r i. K T O .^ T H F. O t •.'. NINO O t I li B 
 
 NEW THEATRE 
 
 1 t" 
 
 t% r. 
 
 FERFORMEB FOK T li E F I 11 S T TIMF, ON MONOAV 
 jA-C. 2<), 17>j8. . 
 
 i? }' IV I L LI A M M I L X.S 
 
 N E !!'- Y R K : 
 
 Pi-ln'cd at the Literary Printing- OT.ce, No. sg, Gold-Strett 
 
 I 7 8. 
 
 rColjy-l.iis,ht fcciircd.'j 
 
 Rf^jrt'vsrfi.'^v:^ 
 
 ^mi^m^msmmi 
 
 EARLY NEW YORK PLAY 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-iiage 
 
 [No. 95] 
 
Sale Tuesdat/ Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 96. A'ewpoet Imi'EINT. Barclay (Eobcrt). An Apology for the True Chris- 
 tian Divinity, as the same is Held Forth and Preached by the 
 People, called in Scorn, Quakers. 8vo, original calf. 
 
 Xewport, Ehode Island: Printed by James Franklin. 1729. 
 A narrow margin torn off one leaf of index, slightly touching initial 
 letters of three lines. In other respects a choice co|iy with the original 
 end-papers, irhich contain ciitiica relating to Xciv Eiif/iand QiiaKrr fam- 
 ilies: 1745-1820. 
 
 97. Newpoet Ijn'ifiNT. Shepherd (Job). Poor Job, 17.53. An Almanack 
 for. . .1752. . . Fitted to the ;\Ieridian of Bhode Island. 16mo, 
 sewn, one paper co\ er jDreserved. ^\'ith cloth folder, in half morocco 
 slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Xewport: Printed and Sold by James Franklin. [1751] 
 ].j leaves are inserted, and bear MS. records by Ephraim Langdon 
 (Harvard Colleiic : Class of 1702) of local events. Eight closely written 
 pages record, — "1752. Persons ileud of ye small I'o.i-," and in parallel 
 columns: "in iic natural iruy" \ two pages record "Persons dead of ye 
 Small Po.r hi/ I iinculation." Occurrences at College; "Books Perused," 
 weather records, etc., fill up remaining pages. 
 
 98. Xewpoet Impeixt. . A Catalogue of Druggs, and of Chymical and Ga- 
 lenical iledicines; Sold by John Tweedy at his Shop in Xewport, 
 Ehode Island. And for him in New York at the Sign of the Unicorn 
 and Mortar. 12mo, sewn, as issued. With cloth folder, in half 
 morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 [Xewport: Printed by James Franklin. 1760.] 
 Last six leaves lost; in other respects a choice cris]! example of an' 
 EXCESSIVELY KAKE TITLE. Only oxe COPY, — which is preserved in the col- 
 lection of the .Surgeon General of the United States, — has beex located. 
 
 99. Xewpoet Impeixt. Hymns and Spiritual Songs, collected from the 
 Works of several Authors. 12ni(), original sheep; back strengthened, 
 few time spots. 
 
 Xe^'port : Printed by Samuel Hall. 1766. 
 
 ExTEEJiELY RAKE. "Wiushlp's "Early Rhode Island Imprints" cites only 
 
 one copy (Harris Collection, Brown University) which is described as 
 
 ending with page 182. The present copy, ending on page 1N4, followed by 
 
 blank leaf, is, therefore, the only kxowx coiiplete example. 
 
 100. Xewpoet Impeixt. The Gentleman & Lady's Companion; containing, 
 the Newest Cotillions and Country Dances; to which is added 
 Instances of 111 ]\laiiners to be carefully avoided by Youth of both 
 Sexes. 12mo, pp. 2.'5, contemporary boards. 
 
 Xewport: Printed by Oliver Farnsworth. 1799. 
 
 UXKXOWX TO BIBLIOGRAPHERS. ApPAUEXTLY UXIQUE. 
 
RARE ISSUE OF REDPIELD'S LIFE 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 103] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Fehruari/ 17th 
 
 101. [Otis (James). J The Eiidimeiits of Latin Prosody: with a Disserta- 
 
 tion on Letters and the Principles of TIarmony in Poetic and Prose 
 Composition. Collected from some of the Best W'riters. 12mo, pp. 
 60 and 70, sewn, uncut. \\'ith cloth folder, in half morocco slip- 
 case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Printed and Sold by Benj. Mecom. 1760 
 Fixe copy : with errata slip attached as issued. 
 
 102. Pembertox (Ebenezek). A Funeral Sermon on the Death of that 
 
 Learned and Excellent Divine the Eev. Mr. Samuel Willard...To 
 which is Annexed, A Poem, on the same Sorrowful Occasion, by the 
 Rev. Benjamin Colman. 16mii, original sheep; back strengthened. 
 With cloth folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston : Printed by B. Green. 1707. 
 
 Fixe, ceisp copy op a hare volume. 
 
 Mr. Colman's poem, with separate title and pagination : "A Poem on 
 Elijah's Translation," etc. ; text pp. 1-1-1. a bare example of early Amee- 
 iCAx POETRY, follows page so. 
 
 103. PiEDFiELD (Levi). A\ Succinct AccouxtJ of some] Memorable Events] 
 
 and] Eemarkable Occurrences! in tlie Life ofj Lei'i Piedfield,\ Late 
 of Connecticut,] Xow residing in Brattleboro', Ver.] Written bt 
 HiMSELi'. 12mo, pp. 12. uncut, folded .sheets, neyee bound. With 
 cloth folder, in morocco slip-case, lettered on back. 
 
 Printed for the Autlior.l Brattlcborough :] Prom the Press of 
 B. Smead.] KOS.] 
 Fixe, xtxcpexed copy of a."< extremely- rare xarrative, of experiences 
 in the campaign against Havannah, 17G2, in the Revolntion, and subse- 
 quently in New Hampsliire and A'crmont. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 104. Eeveee (Paul). Ex(;eaveii .Music. Billings (\\'illiam). The i\''ew- 
 
 England PSALM-Sl X(_;EE :] on,] Ainericcm Citokistek.] Con- 
 TAiNiNfjj A Xumber of Psalii-Tu.\es, Anthems and Canons.] In 
 Four and Five Parts.) [.\ever before Published.] Oblong 8vo, 
 original boards ; loose at hinges and .slightly waterstained. In 
 morocco chamois lined solander case, lettered on back. 
 
 Boston: Xew Eiifjhtnil. Printed by Edes and Gill, [1770]. 
 
 The froxtirpiece. lOS paces, axo S prelimi.xary pages of music EX- 
 GRAVED BY PAUL REVERE. On page 10 appears a poem "On Music, 
 from a Miscellany of the Rev. Dr. [Mather] Byles" ; lu second part, page 
 22 is occupied by : "New-England Hymn, by the Rev. Dr. Byles." Follow- 
 ing engraved music are 3 pages ; page 109, explanator.v piece, page 110, 
 "An Hymn composed by Rev. Mr. Whitetield with design to be sung at 
 his own funeral" ; and "An Alphabetical List of the Tunes, Anthems, and 
 ("anons." 
 
 The frontispiece, a copper-plate measuring 5% by 7 inches, is of great 
 interest, showing a number of divines (7 in all) seated about a table sing- 
 ing from music. This group possilily included portraits of New England 
 divines. 
 
 A desiraele copy. Complete copies of this work are extremely' rare. 
 
 [See Reproduction of Frontispiece] 
 
EN(iHAVED MUSIC BY PAUL REVERE 
 
 Billing's "The New England Psalm Singer" 
 
 Slightly reduced facsimile of frontispiece 
 
 [No. 104] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, February 17th 
 
 105. Sewall (Samuel). Phenomena qu£edam| Apocalyptioa| Ad Aspec- 
 
 tum Koyi Oebis configurata.j Or, some few Lines towards a Des- 
 cription of the A'ew| HEAVENj As It makes to those who stand 
 upon tlie I New Earth j . . . 4to, pp. 64 and 2-i, newly bound in half 
 morocco, gilt back. 
 
 ]\Iassac[-ivsett ;| liosrox. Printed by Bartholomew Green... 
 
 Second title: "The/ Fountain Opened: or, The Admirable Blessings 
 plentifully to be disjieused at the National Conversion of the Jews" ; by 
 Samuel Willard. 
 
 106. Van Shemain (Theodorus). A Vision of Hell, and a Discovery of 
 
 some of the Consultations and Devices there. In the Year 1767. 
 12mo, pp. 35, sewn, uncut; slight tear at inner margin of title. With 
 cloth folder, in half morocco slip-ease, lettered on back. 
 
 New-London, Ee-printed. 1770 
 
 A full-page emblemntic design, on wood, presumably by a Connecticut 
 artist, occupies the second page; a small piece torn off margin of last 
 page slightly affects three words. 
 
 Of extreme eaeity. Tinknown to Trumbull, Evans and other bibliog- 
 raphers. 
 
 107. Wadswoeth (Ben.tamin). King WILLIAM] Lamented in| AMER- 
 
 ICA:! on, I A Sermon occasioned by the| very Sorrowful tidings, of 
 the| Death of William III.| King of England, Scotland,] Prance 
 & Ireland, Defender of] the Faith, &e. Preached June 4th.] 1702. 
 At a Lecture in Boston. Title in mourning borders with skull and 
 cross-hones. 16mo, sewn. With cloth folder, in half morocco slip- 
 case, lettered up back. 
 
 Boston in N. E. Printed by B. Green & J. Allen. . .1703. 
 Rake. No copy located by Evaxs. 
 
 108. Wad;>woeth (Bex.jamix). Considerations] to Prevent] .Murmuring 
 
 and] Promote Patience,! m Christians! under Afflictive Providences. 
 Title in mourning borck'rs witli a skull and cross-bones. 16mo, 
 sewn. With (4()th folder, in half morocco slip-case, lettered on 
 back. Boston : Printed by B. Green, 1706. 
 
 Suggested by the murder in London, of Simeon Stoddard, son to Simeon 
 Stoddard, Boston. 
 
 109. Washington (Geor(!e). Autograph Letter, signed, addressed to Jambs 
 
 BowDOiN (afterwards Governor of Massachusetts), 2 pages, 4to, 
 New York, June 10th, 1776. 
 
 Of superlative historical importance, referring to the projected 
 Cape Cod canal. 
 
 " . . / am hopeful that you applied to General Ward, and have re- 
 ceived all the assistance that Mr. Machin could give in determining upon 
 the practicability of cutting a Canal, betiveen Barnstable & Buzzards Bay 
 ere this, as the great demand we have for Engineers in this Department, 
 Canada, &c., has otiligcd me to order Mr. Machin hither to assist in that 
 branch of bumness. 
 
 [Continued 
 

 
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 GEORGE WASHINGTON 
 
 Autograph Letter with mention of Cape-Cod Canal 
 
 Reduced facsimile of first page 
 
 [No. 109] 
 
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 A N 
 
 EULOGIUM 
 
 O M THE 
 
 |] Gen, George Wafhington, 
 
 COMMANDER in CHIEF of thk 
 ARMIES OF AMERICA. 
 
 Pronounced February 22d, A. D. 1800, at 
 the Meeting rioufc \n Pittsimeld, Rock- 
 ingham County, State of, Newhampfiiire. 
 
 BY SAMUEL G. BISHOP, 
 .Preacher 0/ ike GoJpeL 
 
 The fwcet remembrance of the "j ust, 
 Shall flouriO), though they fieep in duft. 
 
 /e^ 
 
 Puhlijhed to pkafe ike Author, ihat the Reader may , 
 
 know vjhat a Good and Virtuous Example 
 
 is, and be excited to cop\ it. 
 
 M\'' 
 
 P K I M T P: D At G I I. ^i A N TO N , 
 
 By E. RUSSELL, FOi^^yHE AUTHOR. 
 
 MaKCHj I'^pO. 
 
 m 
 
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 'W;.- 
 
 iy-w<.:;s25*'^^«^ 
 
 BISHOP'S EULOGY OF GEORGE WASHINGTON 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 110] 
 

 A COPY OF VERSES 
 
 MjJcly t!'jt Rrverend M.tnofCcd /J/r. John Wilfon, Fuslor i> the 
 firft Chi^rch in Bo^toft; On the fuddcn Death of . 
 
 M" ioieDti 1311 
 
 B 
 
 i 3 
 
 Who was traollttcj ficinEinh to Heaven Tan. i. 16^7. 
 
 !^ot ht « Fiery Chetrioi <jj Elifha vsas, 
 ^/lut Ij the W,:t£r,Kl:idiKas t'.e ottws-rJ cn'ifc: 
 And new at Reu Kith Chrift his Savimr dear, 
 7bc:!gb k; hjth lift his deer Relations here. 
 
 JofifhErifioe \ ^„,^„„_ 
 Job cries hopes. J 
 
 I Here i^ no ;'o5 but cries toGodandhopeSr. 
 And God his ear in Chrift; to cries be opeS, 
 Out oi the deeps to him I cry'dand hdp'd, 
 And unto ms hiv gracious ear is op'd ; 
 Doubt not oi ii;i! ye that my drath bewail, 
 What if it did fn (iiange'y me ailail : 
 Wl;st if T was lb foon in Waters drown'd, 
 And whenlcry'd to men, no help \ found: 
 Tl?erc V, a,' a God '"" Hefven tint hca.-J j-.-.r cry' 
 And Jookt upor. me v.'itli a gracious bye; 
 He tl':at did pity '^"fph in ins 'grief, 
 Sent from above unto my ]oul relief: 
 Hs fcnt his Angels ^I'ho did it convcigh 
 Intohi? Bofom, where poor iinVw lay : 
 Let rcne pielume tc cenfurc my eftate, 
 As Job his Friends did ftumble at hii Fate.' 
 ADthingson Earth db fall alike to all, 
 To good Difciplcs, which on God that call ^ 
 To thofs that do Bli:fpherne his Hoi)- Name, 
 And unto thole that reverence the fame : 
 He ihn from nature drew racunto Gricc, 
 And look'd upon mc; with a Fathers face : 
 When in my blood upheld me to the lafl:, 
 And now I do of joyej eternal taft, 
 . Remember how 7'''^''^^ciotiS; children Dy'd, ■, 
 As aifo what the Pi^Mt j//^/ betide ; Jonah 
 
 What Mas the' cnd.btl^d Jofiaf.'s life, 
 And how it fared with Ezehiels Wife : 
 Remember what a 'iDeathitwaj thatClu-ifl 
 ( .Jufferec' for ms) ;hc Darling of the highcS; 
 His Death oi Deaths hath quite rcmof'd the fiing. 
 No matter how or Ybere the Lord doth bring 
 Uj to our end, in;'Chrift who live and die 
 And fuie to live with Chrift eternally. 
 
 i:i 
 
 FIRST SEPARATE EXAMPI^E OF NATIVE POETRY 
 PRINTED IN ENGLISH AMERICA 
 
 Reduced facsimile of a rare broadside — 1657 
 [No. Ill] 
 
Sale Tuesday Afternoon, Fehriiari/ 17th 
 
 I No. IQ?}— Continued'] 
 
 I thaiil: i/oii viost liriniili/ far i/oiir kind congratulations on the depar- 
 ture of Hie tioops from Bontoii," etc. 
 
 Report of the ('ommittee on survey of the Isthmus between Barnstable 
 and Buzzards Bay attached, within frame, t,'ivlng details, measurements, 
 etc.; and (2 lla^'(■s 4to, In another frame), the official report of Thos. 
 Machln (In his own hand), referred to In (Jen. Washington's letter, stat- 
 ing dimensions, costs, etc. 
 
 The most important axisTiNfi letter and document relating to the 
 
 MUCH DISCUSSED CaPE ( "oD CaNAL. 
 
 I See Kejjroductioii of Letter] 
 
 110. Washixgtox (Geoikje). Bisliop (Saimicl (i) An| EUL()(iIUMl on the 
 
 Deatfi\ ol'l *icii. (icorn'c Washington ... | Pronounced Feb. 22d, 
 1800... at Pittsfield, Xcw Ilampsliire. 8vo, sewn, uncut. With 
 cloth folder, in half morocco slija-casc, lettered on hack. 
 
 Printed at Gilniiuiloii, by E. Rus.scU, for the Author, March, 
 
 1800. 
 
 A most desirable e(Jiiy of the rarest eulogy on WASiii.\(iT0N. No sale 
 
 Is recorded except that of the W(jodward cojiy which in 1869 was sold for 
 
 $100 — at that time the Fourth Folio Edition of Hhal^enpeare could he 
 
 seeured for the same iiriee! 
 
 [See Reproduction of Title-page] 
 
 111. Wilson (Jotin). A Cot^' of Verses | Made by tliat Reverend Man of 
 
 God Mr. John Wilson, I'lislar to tlie\ first Church in Boston; On 
 the sudden Death of| i\lr. .loseph Briscoe, [ Who was translated from 
 Earth to Heaven, Jan. 1, l(ir)7.j Small folio, Broadside, printed 
 within mourning rules; a few spots, discoloring paper. Enclosed 
 in morocco folder, lettered on sides, in morocco slip-case of same 
 color. |C'ambridgc: Printed by Samuel Green, 1657] 
 
 THE FIRST SEPARATE EXAMPLE OF NATIVE POETRY 
 PRINTED IN ENGLISH AMERICA. 
 
 Of EXCESSIVE RARITY, APPARENTLY UNIQUE. No COPY' LOCATED. 
 
 This early example of New England poetry and typography Is numbered 
 "48" by Evans. Of the iireceding forty-seven titles e.ramples of only 
 tu-eiiti/ are liiliered to tie e.rtant. The copy now offered Is, therefore, 
 entitled to rank as ta-cntii-Jirst among surviving examples of the Engllsh- 
 Ameiican press. 
 
 It possesses an additional claim ui)on attention In being the earliest 
 PRINTED BROADSIDE of whlch We have record. 
 
 [See Boproduction] 
 
 112. Wise (Joiix). The Churches Quarrel Espoused: or a Reply in Satyre, 
 
 to certain Proposals Made, in answer to this Question, What further 
 Steps are to be taken, that the Councils may have due Constitution 
 and Efficacy in Supporting, Preserving, and Well-Ordering the In- 
 terest of the Churches in this Country? 16mo, original sheep, lined 
 
 [Continued 
 
r 
 
 PO ETIGAL 
 
 i^-j"} 
 
 B E I N G T H E 
 
 IMPROVEMENT 
 
 OF SOME 
 
 
 /^--u 
 
 5 
 
 By Roger Wolcot^, E/q-^ 
 
 P R E F ' A G E 
 
 By the R E v e s E N d 
 
 N E W L N [' (■' N ; 
 
 Printed and Sold by X» 'dB'tKU, 
 
 1725. 
 
 FIRST VOLUME OF POETRY PRINTED IN CONNECTICUT 
 
 Exact facsimile of title-page 
 
 [No. 113] 
 
Sale Tuesdaji jlfternoon, Fehruari/ 17th 
 
 [Xo. 112 — Coiiliniied] 
 
 with leaves of an early almanac; title-page mended, a few margins 
 frayed. 
 
 Boston, Reprinted : Sold by Nicholas Boone. . .1715 
 
 The rare Kecom) Edition : with the leaf preceding title, containing 
 aiiproval of the Rev. Samuel Moodey and John White. 
 
 Henry Stevens refers to this work as "perhaps the pertest keenest, 
 wittiest stingiii,i;cst little literary production that New England ever 
 produced . . . The occasion was a grand one. Certain New England 
 ministers met in Boston as self-elected delegates on the .5th of Ncjvem- 
 Iier, 170.5 and issued sundry proposals for amending the New England 
 Platform." 
 
 The Proposals were originated liy Cotton and Increase Mather, and 
 other prominent divines, but, mainly owing to Wise's opposition met with 
 no success in Massachusetts: they wi'vr. to some extent, embodied in the 
 Saybrook Platform. 
 
 113. WoLcoTT (KoGEii). Poetical] Meditations,! bej.nm; the] I.MPliOVE- 
 iI]']XT| OF some] V/irdiit l[oin-s,\ ]!v IiOGEh Wolcott, AVv/.;! "with 
 a| PREFACKI By the PEVEiiE.\i)"| Mr. BiiWi'ij of ('olcli(:slcr.\ 
 13mo, original sheej). AVith cloth folder, in half moi'oeeo slip-ease, 
 lettered on Imck. 
 
 New L(>xdox:| Printed and Sold by T. (4reen,| 1725. 
 
 (!oLLATio.\: P.lank leaf; half title: "Mr. Wolcott's/Poetical Medita- 
 tions"/ (verso blank); title (verso blank); Preface: l.-lvi., signed 
 .John Bulkley ; dedication : "To the Reverend Mr. Timothy Edwards, pp. 
 1., ii. ; Some Improvement of Vacant Hours, pp. l-TS; Errata, 1 page; 
 Advertisement of Jo.seph Dewev, Colchester, ','j pages, followed Ijv blank 
 leaf. 
 
 Pages 10-7S. inclusive, are devoted to, — "A Brief account of the 
 A<;EXCY of the no.N-ouRABLE .TOH.X WINTHRf)P, Es,| ;/ in the Court of/ 
 King Charles the Second,/ Anno Doin. 1062./ When he olitained for the 
 Colony of Von-/nccti(ut His Majesty's (Jracious Charter." 
 
 An item of superlative literary and historical interest : the first vol- 
 ume OF POETRY PRINTED l.\ Co.\ .XECTIC ITT ; and THE FIRST PUBLISIIiaj HIS- 
 TORICAL SKETCH OF THE CoLONY ; its settlement ; the Pequot War, etc. 
 
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 Auctioneer. 
 
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