(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT) Clap Thomas A Brief History and Vin

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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINT.) Clap, Thomas. A Brief History and Vindication of the Doctrines . . . in the Churches of New-England. 8vo, partial early plain wrappers, pinned to text block; stitched, crudely trimmed, but leaving ample margins; early owners' inscriptions on wrapper and half-title. New Haven: James Parker, 1755

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first edition. One of the earliest New Haven imprints, the first being an almanac printed in late 1754. Here, Yale's president defends his institution's religious conservatism in the wake of the Great Awakening. Illustrated with an attractive woodcut headpiece on page 3, likely of English origin, discussed in Hamilton's Early American Book Illustrators, 41. Evans 7386; Sabin 13214.